1768-PC English Special Bitter | Ordinary Bitter

Private Collection Recipe

2022 Q3 Session Season

The quintessential mark of a summer beer, hands down, is easy drinking. Our Summer Private Collection: Session Season strikes the perfect balance; Low ABVs but highly refreshing and full of flavor. Let’s get brewing.

ORDINARY BITTER

Batch size: 5 gallons (19 L)

ABV: 3.8%

IBUs: 25

SRM: 7.5

Original Gravity: 1.039

Final Gravity: 1.010

FERMENTABLES:

• 6.5 lbs (2.95 kg) English Pale Malt
• 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg) Crystal 120L
• 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg) Victory

Mash with 9.25 quarts (8.75 L) of water at 152 °F (66 °C) minutes.

Collect 6 gallons (22.7 L) of wort and boil for 60 minutes with the following hop additions.

HOPS

• 0.5 oz (14 g) Northdown – 60 minutes
• 1.0 oz (28 g) East Kent Goldings – 10 minutes

YEAST

• 1768-PC English Special Bitter Activator™

Cool wort to 67 °F (19.4 °C) and pitch 1 Activator™. Allow temperature to rise to 70 °F (21 °C) during fermentation.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS:

Package with 1.5 to 2.0 volumes CO2. Serve at 50 °F (10 °C).