London ESB - Fullers style.

[Bribie G]

All grain, this is an old-time tribute using some flaked maize, as they did until a couple of decades ago. Also some Caramunich 2 which goes great as a crystal in lots of styles not just German.

I've set the efficiency to 80% as that's what my Brewzilla has been giving me, with straight old BIAB I was getting around 74%.

[b]ESB 02 10 21 (fullers style)[/b]
Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)

[b]Recipe Specs[/b]
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Batch Size (L):           22.0
Total Grain (kg):         4.550
Total Hops (g):           50.00
Original Gravity (OG):    1.052  (°P): 12.9
Final Gravity (FG):       1.013  (°P): 3.3
Alcohol by Volume (ABV):  5.11 %
Colour (SRM):             9.7   (EBC): 19.1
Bitterness (IBU):         28.2   (Average - No Chill Adjusted)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 80
Boil Time (Minutes):      60

[b]Grain Bill[/b]
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4.000 kg Base Bairds Pale (87.91%)
0.300 kg Flaked Maize (6.59%)
0.250 kg Caramunich II (5.49%)

[b]Hop Bill[/b]
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25.0 g Challenger Pellet (6.1% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (1.1 g/L)
25.0 g Fuggles Pellet (4.5% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil) (1.1 g/L)

[b]Misc Bill[/b]
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10.0 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) @ 0 Minutes (Mash)

Single step Infusion at 67°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 20°C with Danstar London ESB (then crash to zero for a week before kegging).

I use the very old Brewmate which is great for a quick n dirty recipe!!

[Hairy]

Nice. I was planning to brew an ESB for my next one. I will give this a go.

I have Gladfields Ale Malt on hand so I will sub that for the Bairds Pale.

I often throw other grains in ESBs. I quite like Caraaroma and/or Special B in the slightly darker ESBs.

Edited October 4, 2021 by Hairy

[stquinto]

For what it's worth, here's a recipe from the CAMRA book

 

Edited October 5, 2021 by stquinto

[Marty_G]

A have a recipe for a ESB that I have used for a while now.  It is one of the few that I am satisfied with that I don't change. The grist is 86% MO, 7% Victory and 7% Crystal 80 which is medium crystal.  It is smashed a bit higher at about 68c. Boil is EKG for about 24 IBU at 60 and Fuggles for about 10 IBU at 20.   BU:GU is 0.85 it is very sessionable.  Ferment it with Notts at 22c and 15psi.  It comes in around 19 EBC.