Happy Feet Best Bitter
Brewed: 08/30/2015 Kegged: 09/15/2015
 The SheppyBrew Brew Master was part of a Walking Challenge at his real job. His employer obtained a discount and paid a significant percentage of fitbits for 550 people at their company and divided these people into several teams.
Well, the Brew Master couldn't help but talk trash to one of the other teams and wagered homebrew. He was sure his team couldn't lose to this other team, but apparently he was mistaken. His team let him down.
The bet was made with a member of a team calling themselves "Happy Feet", and so this is where the name came in.
The Brew Master asked a couple of Happy Feet's members what sort of beer they wanted, and no one really knew enough about beer styles to give much direction.
He decided that as losing really made him bitter, an English Bitter would be Best.
And so the style came into play.
He threw together a recipe of English Malts and English hops. He will be keeping most of the beer for himself in a keg, but will bottle 12 or so bottles for the Denver members of the winning team to distribute as they see fit.
| Happy Feet Best Bitter --- Batch 1 |
| Style |
|
Best Bitter |
|
Batch Size |
|
5.50 gal |
| Type |
|
All Grain |
|
Boil Size |
|
7.76 gal |
| Brewhouse Efficiency |
|
75.00 |
|
Boil Time |
|
90 minutes | Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity |
|
1.046 SG |
|
Estimated FG |
|
1.013 SG |
| Recipe Bitterness |
|
29.4 IBUs (Rager) |
|
Alcohol by Volume |
|
4.3 % |
| BU : GU |
|
0.638 |
|
|
|
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| Recipe Color |
|
11.0 SRM |
|
|
|
|
| Measured OG: |
|
1.048 |
|
Measured FG: |
|
1.014 |
| ADF: |
|
71% |
|
Measured ABV: |
|
4.5 | Ingredients
Ingredients
| Amt |
Name |
Type |
# |
%/IBU |
| 6.00 g |
Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins) |
Water Agent |
1 |
- |
| 8 lbs |
Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) |
Grain |
2 |
88.9 % |
| 12.0 oz |
Crystal, Medium (Simpsons) (55.0 SRM) |
Grain |
3 |
8.3 % |
| 4.0 oz |
Pale Chocolate Malt (200.0 SRM) |
Grain |
4 |
2.8 % |
| 0.250 oz |
Fuggles [4.50 %] - First Wort 90.0 min |
Hop |
5 |
4.8 IBUs |
| 0.250 oz |
Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - First Wort 90.0 min |
Hop |
6 |
5.4 IBUs |
| 0.250 oz |
Columbus (Tomahawk) [13.90 %] - Boil 60.0 min |
Hop |
7 |
13.6 IBUs |
| 1.00 Items |
Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) |
Fining |
8 |
- |
| 0.750 oz |
Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min |
Hop |
9 |
2.6 IBUs |
| 0.750 oz |
Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min |
Hop |
10 |
2.9 IBUs |
| 1.0 pkg |
Nottingham (Danstar #-) [23.66 ml] |
Yeast |
11 |
- |
| 1.00 tsp |
Yeast Nutrient (Primary 3.0 days) |
Other |
12 |
- |
| 5.00 ml |
Clarity-Ferm (Primary 2.0 weeks) |
Fining |
13 |
- |
Mash Profile
Mash Steps
| Name |
Description |
Step Temperature |
Step Time |
| Mash In |
Add 11.25 qt of water at 168.2 F |
156.0 F |
45 min |
Batch sparge with 2 steps
(2.15gal, 3.88gal) of 168.0 F water
Recipe Notes
All Gypsum in the
mash gives Water profile totals:
72.5 Ca; 8.5 Mg; 21.4 Na; 149 SO4; 23.5 Cl;
104 HC03
Brew as directed from recipe.
Cool wort to as close to 60 degrees
as possible.
Keep wort cool until signs of fermentation start and then let
rise to ambient temperature for 2 weeks.
Keg carbonate
Brewing Record
| Brew Date: |
|
8/30/2015 |
|
Strike Temp: |
|
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| Mash Temps: |
|
154 up to 158 cooled to 154 |
| Pre-boil OG |
|
1.043 (1.037 SG) |
|
Pre-boil Vol |
|
(7.76 gal) |
| Actual Mash Efficiency |
|
|
|
Pitch Temp |
|
66 |
| Fermentation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Day 1: Going well 68 |
| Day 2: Kraussen falling. Still bubbling 74 |
| Day 3: Bubbling done. 74 |
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