Homebrewers - Whats in the fermenter?

BlackDog · 05-30-2010, 09:08 PM

I'm just finishing up a batch of Best Bitter. I fiddled with a recipe I found on line. I want this to be an "authentic" Bitter. Here's the recipe I made:

3.3 lbs Light LME
3 lbs Munton & Fisson Light DME

Mini mash:
1 lbs Maris Otter
1 lb Crystal 40
.5 lbs Oat Malt

1 oz Challenger - 60 mins
1 oz UK Fuggles - 20 mins
1 oz Kent Goldings - 5 mins

1/2 teaspoon Burton salts
1 Whirlflock tablet
Wyeast British II 1335

The calculator on BYO says this should clock in at 4.7% abv, 35 IBU's, and a color of 14.7 SRM. But I messed up somewhere, because the OG = 1.056. BYO's calculator says it should have had an OG of 1.049. So I'm either going to have a higher abv, or a sweeter beer. Any ideas where I might have gone wrong?

05-30-2010, 09:08 PM	#11
BlackDog Gonna make you groove... Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Warren Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 2,468 Trading: (19)	Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter? I'm just finishing up a batch of Best Bitter. I fiddled with a recipe I found on line. I want this to be an "authentic" Bitter. Here's the recipe I made: 3.3 lbs Light LME 3 lbs Munton & Fisson Light DME Mini mash: 1 lbs Maris Otter 1 lb Crystal 40 .5 lbs Oat Malt 1 oz Challenger - 60 mins 1 oz UK Fuggles - 20 mins 1 oz Kent Goldings - 5 mins 1/2 teaspoon Burton salts 1 Whirlflock tablet Wyeast British II 1335 The calculator on BYO says this should clock in at 4.7% abv, 35 IBU's, and a color of 14.7 SRM. But I messed up somewhere, because the OG = 1.056. BYO's calculator says it should have had an OG of 1.049. So I'm either going to have a higher abv, or a sweeter beer. Any ideas where I might have gone wrong? __________________ "We live in the good of this."