Special Bitter Brewday
Brewed up a batch of special bitter today with one of my colleagues and his friend who are interested in taking up homebrewing. With any luck they will be cranking out a recipe or two on my equipment in the upcoming months.
In a keep-it-simple-stupid type demonstration, we cooked up 6.5 G batch of bitter today, a recipe they could easily manage on their own with minimal startup equipment. 1 gallon of this is destined for a mock cask experiment: in a cubitainer a la qhrumphf; the rest to be kegged and growled for my helpful aides.
I've also taken up oxygenating with pure O2.
Special Bitter -- 12/01/15
Estimated OG: 1.042 Estimated FG: 1.012 OG: 1.046 IBU: 28 SRM: 9
Grain Bill: 8 lbs maris otter 8 oz flaked oats 8 oz biscuit malt 8 oz crystal 45 4 oz crystal 150
Hop Bill: 1 oz East Kent Goldings (6.3%AA) @ 60 min 1 oz East Kent Goldings (6.3%AA) @ 15 min 2 oz East Kent Goldings (6.3%AA) @ 0 min
Yeast: 1 pkg Safale S-04
Other: 1 tsp wyeast yeast nutrient @ 15 minutes 1 tsp irish moss @ 15 minutes
Brew Notes: mashed at 152F for 60 minutes pitched at 65F oxygenated for 20 seconds with pure O2
Fermentation Notes: fermented @ 57F ambient