Oh Blimey! Best Bitter Homebrew Recipe, All Grain / BiaB / No Chill

February 1, 2023 Mike

Jesse used Golden Promise as the base malt, he thought Maris Otter might work better next time, Crystal 150, and a touch of chocolate malt for specialty malts. Target and Challenger hops for bittering, Challenger for flavor, and East Kent Goldings coming in at the end. This beer has a nice chocolate aroma and flavor, great malt character, and nicely bitter by British beer standards.

Recipe Details

Batch Size	Boil Time	IBU	SRM	Est. OG	Est. FG	ABV
4.5 gal	60 min	36.5	12.9 SRM	1.043	1.012	4.07 %

Fermentables

Name	Amount	%
Pale Ale Golden Promise	6.312 lbs	89.38
Light Crystal 150	10 oz	8.85
Low Colour Chocolate Malt	2 oz	1.77

Hops

Name	Amount	Time	Use	Form	Alpha %
Target	1 oz	60 min	Boil	Pellet	11
Challenger	0.4 oz	60 min	Boil	Pellet	5.6
Challenger	0.5 oz	3 min	Boil	Pellet	7.5
East Kent Goldings (EKG)	0.5 oz	3 min	Boil	Pellet	4.2

Miscs

Name	Amount	Time	Use	Type
Calcium Chloride (CaCl2)	0.9 g	0 min	Mash	Water Agent
Canning Salt (NaCl)	0.5 g	0 min	Mash	Water Agent
Epsom Salt (MgSO4)	1.4 g	0 min	Mash	Water Agent
Gypsum (CaSO4)	2.3 g	0 min	Mash	Water Agent
Whirlfloc	0.5 items	15 min	Boil	Fining
Yeast Nutrients	0.5 tsp	15 min	Boil	Other

Yeast

Name	Lab	Attenuation	Temperature
English Ale (WLP002)	White Labs	70%	64.9°F - 68°F

Mash

Step	Temperature	Time
Temperature	147.9°F	60 min

Notes

Grain and hops are based on an interview with the Fuller's head brewer and Fuller's parti-gyle notes.
Pictures of Fuller's brew log: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/fullers-recipes-for-esb-pride-chiswick-imperials-neipa-from-the-horses-mouth.642756/
The grain bill is the same percentages as noted here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/fullers-recipes-for-esb-pride-chiswick-imperials-neipa-from-the-horses-mouth.642756/#post-8183495

My homebrew store does not carry Northdown hops. Omitting those and adding .4 oz of Challenger to the bittering to boost the IBUs a bit.

Water additions were calculated using Bru'n Water Spreadsheet.