St. Peter’s Brewery’s Organic Best Bitter clone
According to St. Peter’s website, “A traditional best bitter ale brewed with Pale and Crystal malts and Goldings aroma hops, resulting in a full-bodied amber coloured ale. Distinctive caramel notes, with nutty and roasted aromas lead to a bitter, but sweet taste.”
St. Peter’s Brewery’s Organic Best Bitter clone, all-grain
St. Peter’s Brewery, UK
(5 gallons/19 L)
OG = 1.041 FG = 1.011
IBU = 37 SRM = 12 ABV = 3.9%
Ingredients
7.8 lbs. (3.5 kg) organic 2-row pale malt
0.77 lb. (0.35 kg) organic crystal malt (90 °L)
7.4 AAU organic First Gold hops (60 mins) (0.95 oz./27 g of 7.8% alpha acids)
5.0 AAU organic Goldings hops (15 mins) (0.94 oz./27 g of 5.3% alpha acids)
English ale yeast (your choice) (1 qt./1 L yeast starter)
0.75 cup corn sugar (for priming)
Step by Step
Mash at 147 °F (64 °C). Boil for 75 minutes. Ferment at 68 °F (20 °C).
Organic Best Bitter clone, extract with grains
St. Peter’s Brewery, UK
(5 gallons/19 L)
OG = 1.041 FG = 1.011
IBU = 37 SRM = 12 ABV = 3.9%
Ingredients
0.77 lb. (0.35 kg) organic crystal malt (90 °L)
1.13 lbs. (0.51 kg) Briess organic light dried malt extract
3.3 lbs. (1.5 kg) Briess organic light liquid malt extract (late addition)
7.4 AAU organic First Gold hops (60 mins) (0.95 oz./27 g of 7.8% alpha acids)
5.0 AAU organic Goldings hops (15 mins) (0.94 oz./27 g of 5.3% alpha acids)
English ale yeast (your choice) (1 qt./1 L yeast starter)
0.75 cup corn sugar (for priming)
Step by Step
Steep grains as your brewing liquor heats up to 160 °F (71 °C) in 3 gallons (11 L) water. Add dried malt extract to wort and stir until fully dissolved.
Boil for 60 minutes. Add hops at times indicated and liquid malt extract for final 15 minutes of the boil. Cool wort and transfer to sanitized fermenter. Top up with cool water to 5 gallons (19 L).
Aerate, pitch yeast and ferment at 68 °F (20 °C).
