====== Tea & Biscuits Bitter ======
**Style:** Extra Special Bitter

Bentleybrau Brewery's Tea & Biscuits Bitter \\
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Extra Special Bitter with rye and earl grey tea.

===== Brewster Beacon =====
**Brewed:** 2020-12-31 \\
**Target OG:** 1.053 \\
**Strike hit:** 71C \\
**OG:** 1.056 \\
**FG:** 1.022 \\
**ABV:** 4.46% \\

**Yeasties Recipe:**
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                             Tea & Biscuits Bitter                             
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==================================== STYLE ====================================
Style:                    Extra Special Bitter
ABV:                      5.27% ABV / 4.16% ABW / 173.99 kCal
Bitterness:               46.1 IBUs / 0.89 IBU:GU
RBR:                      0.87
Color:                    90 EBC / 46 SRM
Carbonation:              2.1 vols CO2

================================= INGREDIENTS =================================
Fermentables:            
                          3.25 kg Weyermann Pale Ale                   (42.2%)
                          2.20 kg Weyermann Rye Malt                   (28.6%)
                          1.00 kg Chocolate (UK)                       (13.0%)
                          0.50 kg Brown Malt                           ( 6.5%)
                          0.50 kg Torrified Wheat                      ( 6.5%)
                          0.25 kg Light Munich Malt                    ( 3.2%)
                          0.25 kg Rice Hull                            ( 0.0%)
                          0.10 kg Earl Grey Tea Leaves                 ( 0.0%)
Hops:                    
                          30.00  g Chinook                            (@  60m)
                          10.00  g Kent Goldings                      (@  15m)
                          20.00  g Target                             (@  15m)
                          50.00  g Target                             (@   0m)
Yeast:                   
                          500.00 ml Safale S-05

==================================== MASH =====================================
Tun fullness:             33.26 / 35.00 L (95.0%)
Mash in volume:           27.676 L
Diastatic Power:          82.3 °L / 272.0 °WK
First Runnings:
    Volume:               19.050 L
    Gravity:              P° 20.596 / SG 1.086
pH:                       5.56
Sparge volume:            13.950 L
Mash out volume:          33.000 L

Mash Steps:
                          25.000 L @ 74.14 °C -> 68.00 °C
Sparge                    13.950 L @ 75.00 °C

==================================== BOIL =====================================
Kettle fullness:          33.00 / 40.00 L (82.5%)
Volume:                   33.000 L
Gravity:                  P° 12.286 / SG 1.050

================================ FERMENTATION =================================
Volume:                   28.811 L
Original Gravity:         P° 13.041 / SG 1.053
Final Gravity:            P° 3.257 / SG 1.013
Apparent attenuation:     75.0%
Real attenuation:         61.5%

=================================== BOTTLE ====================================
Volume:                   26.622 L
33cl Bottles:             79
Carb sugar:               135.35 g (Sucrose)

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==== Brewday Notes: ====

Brewed 2020-12-31 (New Years!). \\

<code>
Grind start time      : day before

Liquor volume         : 25l
Grain weight          : 7.7kg (19L)

Pre-heat start time   : 11.15
Mash start time       : 11.50
Strike temp           : 71.0C
Mash temp @ 10        : 68.6C
Mash temp @ 20        : 70.0C (wtf?)
Extra head space      : 2-3 L?
Mash tun fullness     : 30L ?
Mash wattage          : 200W
Mash pH @ 20 min      : 5.06
Mash gravity @ 20 min : 9.5 deg
Mash length           : 60 min
Mash out wattage      : 400W

Sparge start time     : 12.55
First runnings gravity: 13.4 deg
First runnings pH     : 4.96
First runnings volume : 16L
Sparge volume         : 14L
Sparge water temp     : 78C

Boil start time       : 13.35
Boil pH               : 4.84
Boil gravity          : 11.9 deg
Boil volume           : 30.0L
Boil wattage          : 1800W
Post-boil volume      : 28.8L
Post-boil pH          : 4.83
Post-boil gravity:
  - Refractometer     : 11.4 deg
  - Hydrometer        : 1.056

Chiller start time    : 14.45

Pitch time            : 15.45
Fermenter volume      : 26L

Cleaning finish time  : 17.30
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All ingredients several years old.  Closet-emptying brew. \\
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60g earl grey ("Countess Grey"), steeped in 500ml cold water in french press overnight.  Entire thing, leaves and all, to pitch in at flame-out for sterilization. \\
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Used extra rice hulls: ~500g \\
Started with a layer of rice hulls, then grain, then a layer of hulls, then rest of grain. \\
Maintained constant recirculation flow during mash, but only on extremely low flow.  It will be slow to drain. \\
Nope, actually sparged just fine. \\
Forgot to check first-runnings volume.  Seems a few liters lower than calculated. \\
0.5 tsp protofloc + 1.5 tsp yeast nutrient @ 10 mins \\

==== Brewday Analysis: ====

Everything went swimmingly. \\
A tiny bit low on predicted volume and a smaller bit high on OG. \\
pH and refractometer readings really made no sense.  pH meter might need new calibration liquid, or a new sensor.  Or else this dark beer is much more basic than the earlier light beers... \\
Ludicrous quantity of dense foam in the fermenter.  Had to stir it down with a spoon to get the yeast into liquid. \\

==== Calculated Recipe Adjustments: ====

Real grain absorption: 1.470 \\
Real efficiency: 67% \\
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Volumes match perfectly when grain absorption rate is changed.

==== Fermentation Notes: ====

Bubbling after 12 hours.  48 hours of vigorous, slowed down for third day. \\
2021-01-23: FG 1.022 (much higher than expected), tastes good.  Porter-ish, with hints of bergamot. \\

==== Bottling Notes: ====

Put on balcony to cold crash before bottling. 24h, dropped to 7°C. \\
Added 138g table sugar to bottling bucket.  Racked and kegged while cold. \\
Volume at bottling: 25L \\
Exactly 5 kegs (4.9kg each), zero bottles. \\

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