Homebrew Special Bitter

[landis]

I'm not sure if there are any other homebrewers on this forum, but this beer is FANTASTIC! Hands down the best homebrew I've ever made. I've brewed this three times already and I'm going to try and always keep this one on hand.

thepaintedman - I bought some of this to your house last year when we were over for dinner.

This is a twist on the Special Bitter from the book "Brewing Classic Styles" by Jamil

Name: Special Bitter
Brewer: landis
Size: 5.0 gallons US
Style: Special/Best/Premium Bitter
OG: 1.049, FG:1.012, Alc:4.8, IBU:28.3
(Alc method: by Volume; IBU method: Tinseth)

Yeast: Wyeast 1968 English London E.S.B

Fermentables:
Belgian Aromatic 0.50 lb
Crystal 120 0.50 lb
DME, Extra Light 3.00 lb
Marris Otter 3.75 lb
Special Roast 0.25 lb

Hops:
Name amount units Alpha Min IBU
Fuggles 1.50 oz 4.5 60.0 25.4
Fuggles 0.50 oz 4.5 10.0 3.0

[thepaintedman]

Please save me a bottle or six. I loved the first batch you made of it.

[landis]

I used Willamette hops this time instead of the Fuggles and they worked perfectly. If I can keep my hands off of them I'll try and save you a few.

[thepaintedman]

Don't make me smite you...

[Jedi Mind Trick]You WILL save thepaintedman a sixer[/Jedi Mind Trick]

[dickyb]

thanks for the heads up, I'll definitely check it out