Style: Extra Special Bitter

Bentleybrau Brewery's Tea & Biscuits Bitter

Extra Special Bitter with rye and earl grey tea.

Brewed: 2020-12-31
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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)

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

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

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
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Mash length           : 60 min
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All ingredients several years old. Closet-emptying brew.

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.

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.