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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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)

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
Mash pH @ 20 min      :
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Mash length           : 60 min
Mash out wattage      : 400W

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

Boil start time       : 13.35
Boil pH               :
Boil gravity          :
Boil volume           : 30.0L
Boil wattage          : 1600W
Post-boil volume      :
Post-boil pH          :
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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.
Nope, actually sparged just fine.
Forgot to check first-runnings volume. Seems a few liters lower than calculated.