Yorkie Bitter Mk 2.

[Greg2013]

Doing this brew hopefully this week,hop choice is what i had in stock that is still good so i'm using them up. 





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Recipe: Yorkie Bitter Mk 2.
Brewer: Greg Power.
Asst Brewer:
Style: Standard/Ordinary Bitter
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
Boil Size: 28.13 l
Post Boil Volume: 25.79 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l
Bottling Volume: 21.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.037 SG
Estimated Color: 21.5 EBC
Estimated IBU: 33.0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 75.5 %
Boil Time: 70 Minutes

Ingredients:
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
3.50 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 85.5 %
0.35 kg Wheat, Torrified (3.3 EBC) Grain 2 8.6 %
0.20 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (236.4 EBC) Grain 3 4.9 %
0.04 kg Chocolate Malt (886.5 EBC) Grain 4 1.0 %
20.00 g Simcoe [10.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 23.8 IBUs
50.00 g Summer (Summer Saaz) [2.00 %] - Boil 30. Hop 6 9.1 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 7 -
30.00 g Falconer's Flight [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 5. Hop 8 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 4.09 kg
Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 12.67 l of water at 74.6 C 68.9 C 45 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (6.49l, 15.06l) of 75.6 C water
Notes:


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[pob]

Looking at the yeast, hops & schedule, it looks more like an American Amber, it would only need an additional 0.5kg Pale Malt to get it there.

An english Bitter generally has UK hops using a less hop forward yeast than the US-05, maybe a S-04 or similar liquid yeast.

So either change to UK hops (with reduced late & dry hopping) & yeast and it would be to style, or just add a bit more pale malt and you have an American Amber.

[Greg2013]

Pitched Safale S-04 on this 15/10/2014.Measured batch volume was 22.0 litres and measured OG was 1045.


BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Yorkie Bitter Mk 2.
Brewer: Greg Power.
Asst Brewer:
Style: Standard/Ordinary Bitter
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Boil Size: 28.13 l
Post Boil Volume: 25.79 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l   
Bottling Volume: 21.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.037 SG
Estimated Color: 21.5 EBC
Estimated IBU: 33.0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 75.5 %
Boil Time: 70 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU         
3.50 kg               Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (5.9 EBC)           Grain         1        85.5 %       
0.35 kg               Wheat, Torrified (3.3 EBC)               Grain         2        8.6 %         
0.20 kg               Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (236.4 EBC)   Grain         3        4.9 %         
0.04 kg               Chocolate Malt (886.5 EBC)               Grain         4        1.0 %         
20.00 g               Simcoe [10.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min         Hop           5        23.8 IBUs     
50.00 g               Summer (Summer Saaz) [2.00 %] - Boil 30. Hop           6        9.1 IBUs     
1.0 pkg               SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) Yeast         7        -             
30.00 g               Falconer's Flight [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 5. Hop           8        0.0 IBUs     


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 4.09 kg
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Name              Description                             Step Temperat Step Time     
Mash In           Add 12.67 l of water at 74.6 C          68.9 C        45 min       

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (6.49l, 15.06l) of 75.6 C water
Notes:
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[Greg2013]

Just kegged this in the wee small hours,OG was 1045/FG 1010 giving abv of aprox 4.7%,a little higher than i was expecting but happy with it.S04 yeast threw a hell of a lot of trub,there was about three inches of crap on the bottom of the FV and a wee bit more than i would have liked got into the keg,however i added some gelatin and have it crash chilling at 2 celsius now at 30psi.

[Greg2013]

The hops on this from the keg were non existent and it was a good drop but a little too sweet even for me so i was wondering what could i do to knock the edge off the sweetness now that it was in a corny keg and carbed up ? 

50gr Simcoe+20gr Falconers Flight in 4 cups of water courtesy of the machine below,boiled after for 5 mins to sanitize and tipped into keg.Worked a treat,just the right amount of bitterness to knock off the sweet edge. 

[pob]

The hops on this from the keg were non existent

That's the S-04 for you, you need to use US-05 for more hop profile.

The S-04 is more suited to UK style ales, allowing more of the malt character to come through (crystal & chocolate), the US-05 is probably more appropriate for the Simcoe & Falconers Flight hops.