Hales British Bulldog Bitter

Hales British Bulldog Bitter

Recipe Instructions

This recipe is available as an Aussie Brewmakers Recipe Kit, order no. 19845

 This recipe is an Aussie Brewmakers original. It is an old favourite of ours and has been re-named and released as a recipe kit in honour of my daughter Hayley. The name comes about following a vigorous game of British Bulldog in the school yard in September 2015 that left Hayley with two broken arms. It is a ‘gutsy’ bitter that on first taste is like a stiff arm to the face and if you are not careful it will leave you plastered. The recipe is another great introduction to experimenting with hops, malts and grains for the beginner or ‘tin kit’ brewer. It is the perfect brew to ease the pain of an ambulance and hospital bill when your daughter goes full British Bulldog. Enjoy!

Supplied Kit Ingredients:                     

• 1 x 1.7kg Coopers English Bitter Beer Kit
• 1 x 1kg Aussie Brewmakers Beer Improver
• 1 x Aussie Brewmakers 200g Dextrose Supplement
• 1 x Aussie Brewmakers 150g Cracked Crystal Grain – steeped
• 1 x 12g Fuggles Finishing Hops –steeped
• 1 x 15g Premium English Ale Yeast

Other Ingredients:

• 200g of Dextrose if kegging with no secondary fermentation (not supplied)

Method:

1. Clean / sterilize all equipment including fermenter, paddle, mug and jug (used for steeping)
2. Discard Coopers English Bitter tin yeast and sit tin in hot water for 10 minutes to loosen contents
3. Boil 1.25L of water in kettle
4. Steep 12g of Fuggles Finishing Hops in 250ml of boiled water for 10 minutes
5. Steep 150g Cracked Crystal Grain in 1L water for 15 minutes
6. Re-boil 2L of water in kettle
7. Add 1.5L of boiled water to fermenter, then add Beer Improver (add slowly to prevent clumping) and 200g Dextrose Supplement, stir vigorously to thoroughly dissolve
8. Add Coopers English Bitter tin contents to fermenter and stir thoroughly to dissolve
9. Pour 250ml of boiled water into beer tin and stir to dissolve remaining contents, then add to fermenter
10. Strain steeped Cracked Crystal Grain liquid into fermenter and rinse into fermenter with 250mls boiled water (do not add grain to fermenter)
11. Add water to fermenter to 22.5L and test temperature – make sure it is between 16-24 degrees before pitching yeast
12. Take initial hydrometer reading
13. Add Fuggles Finishing Hops bag and steeped water to fermenter
14. Pitch 15g Premium English Ale Yeast and stir gently
15. When fermentation finished check with hydrometer and bottle as per normal. Allow 3 weeks bottle conditioning.

N.B. If kegging, add 200g of Dextrose at step 7