Extra Special Bitter
Posted By Chris O'Neill on July 14, 2009
My latest drinkable batch is an Extra Special Bitter. I am really enjoying this one, almost as much as my very popular Irish Red Ale. This is a great traditional British bitter ale that I am enjoying both chilled and at room temperature just the same. It has a delicious hoppy taste from the very beginning of the sip right through the finish. There’s not much on the nose as all the hopping was done during the boil, focusing the flavour into the body.
Here’s the recipe (all grain).
11 lbs 2-row pale malt
1 lb barley flakes
0.75 lbs crystal malt
0.05 lbs chocolate malt (this refers to the darkness of roasting, there’s no actual chocolate)
0.75 oz zeus whole hops
0.3 oz cascade whole hops
0.3 oz willamette whole hops
Nottingham dry yeast
The hops are divided 75% for the boil and remaining 25% (finish) hops for the last 5 minutes of boil.
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