Brewday - RIP 06/12/2013

Friday is pencilled in for my next brewday. I've brewed this particular beer in some guise or another for a number of years. My father died unexpectedly a while back and I've tried to brew each year on the anniversary of his passing and that original beer I dubbed 'RIP'.

I'm not quite sure where you would pigeon-hole this brew. It's not really and ESB and I just tend to refer to it as my winter ale. The lower gravity version I did last year didn't really come up to scratch, so I'm bringing it back to a more respectable 1.055 gravity this year.

I've always found it very palatable. The British Challenger and EKG hops give the beer a moderate level of bitterness, with a late addition of Cascade delivering a hint of citrus.

And for this year, I've made a change to the grist, dividing the pale malt in half and substituting the other with mild ale malt. The other malts remain unchanged, the handful each of chocolate and roasted barley giving a nice touch of complexity to the finished beer.

I'm happier with my recent beers more than I have been in a long time and hopefully this will be another good one. A little later than usual this year, but dad, this one is for you...

RIP

Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)

Type: All Grain	Date: 12/06/13
Batch Size (fermenter): 45.00 l	Brewer: Mark
Boil Size: 52.43 l	Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min	Equipment: Elite 45L Brew
End of Boil Volume 48.88 l	Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Final Bottling Volume: 45.00 l	Est Mash Efficiency 73.1 %
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage	Taste Rating(out of 50):
Taste Notes:
Ingredients
Ingredients Amt Name Type # %/IBU 5300.00 g Mild Malt (7.9 EBC) Grain 1 46.2 % 5300.00 g Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 2 46.2 % 500.00 g Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (118.2 EBC) Grain 3 4.4 % 230.00 g Wheat, Flaked (3.2 EBC) Grain 4 2.0 % 75.00 g Chocolate Malt (1000.0 EBC) Grain 5 0.7 % 55.00 g Roasted Barley (1199.7 EBC) Grain 6 0.5 % 20.00 g Challenger [7.10 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 7 8.4 IBUs 20.00 g East Kent Goldings (EKG) [6.45 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 8 7.7 IBUs 22.00 g Challenger [7.10 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 9 8.4 IBUs 22.00 g Goldings, East Kent [6.45 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 10 6.5 IBUs 1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 11 - 40.00 g Cascade [7.50 %] - Boil 7.0 min Hop 12 4.4 IBUs 30.00 g Cascade [7.50 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 13 0.5 IBUs 3.0 pkg Nottingham Yeast (Lallemand ) Yeast 14 -
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.055 SG	Measured Original Gravity:
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG	Measured Final Gravity:
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.6 %	Actual Alcohol by Vol:
Bitterness: 36.0 IBUs	Calories:
Est Color: 26.5 EBC