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Beer Style: English Ordinary Bitter
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5 gallons
Description:
Brew an authentic gluten-free British best bitter with traditional English ale character. This gluten-free beer recipe uses pale millet or rice malt with crystal malt, plus classic East Kent Goldings and Fuggles hops for balanced bitterness and earthy hop aroma. OG 1.044, 4.3% ABV, 30 IBU. Features LalBrew London ESB yeast for true British ale flavor. Perfect for brewing gluten-free craft beer at home with celiac-safe ingredients and 19th-century British brewing traditions. All-grain gluten-free recipe adapted from BYO magazine.
Ingredients:
- 10 LBS Pale Millet Malt; or 14 LBS Pale Rice Malt; or any combination of the two
- 2.1 LBS Crystal Rice Malt
- 1.35 OZ East Kent Goldings hops (bittering)
- 0.5 oz. Fuggles hops (flavor)
- 0.5 oz. East Kent Goldings (aroma)
- LalBrew London ESB yeast
Additional Instructions
Primary Ferment: 7 daysSecondary Ferment: 14 days
Beer Profile
Original Gravity: 1.044Final Gravity: 1.011
Alcohol by Vol: 4.3%
Color SRM: 4.8
Bitterness IBU: 30.0
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5.0 Gallons
Procedure:
● Enzyme Note: Ceremix® Flex and Ondea Pro can replace the listed enzymes; in a rising step mash they increase mash efficiency and may alter target beer parameters ●
Perform a Single Infusion Mash at 163.4 F for 60-90 minutes; or Step Mash at 155-165F for 45-60 minutes followed by 140-150F for 45-60 minutes with Termamyl SC DS and SEBAmyl L enzymes per dosing instructions and in order of optimal temperature recommendations. Use the appropriate amount of rice hulls to ensure circulation and filtration.
Note 90 minute boil time.
Allow to achieve hot break and maintain rolling boil.
1.35 OZ East Kent Goldings hops @ 75 min
0.5 oz. Fuggles hops @15 min
0.5 oz. East Kent Goldings @ flameout
LalBrew London ESB yeast