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Recipator…  I guess that’s what I should have done in the first place.   Thanks Ed – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – A bitter is a piece of cake.  In all grain it is nothing more than 2-row and crystal.  So in extract, I would find a brand of extract that is fresh and will ferment well, steep a pound of so of crystal, and hop using Fuggles or Kent Goldings depending upon what you want, and how bitter you want it to be.  Use a good British yeast, maybe a Whitbread. Punch it into the recipator at www.brewery.org and make whichever "strength" you desire according to the guidelines at http://www.bjcp.org/styleguide04.html for a quick drinking session beer, do an Ordinary, and for something with more kick, make a Strong Bitter… Cheers, Mike

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Thanks Jay. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have a light amber ale to do, and then a chocolate porter so it’s no rush.  I’d like to try a bitter/best bitter/esb style.  Does anyone have any recommendations for a good extract w/steeping grains or partial mash kit (or recipe)?  Specific brand or hbs house blend or, I can get the stuff for a non-kit recipe. See if your LHBS has a copy of Beer Captured on hand. Anything from pages 59-79 should fall within Bitter/ESB category. The book is extract and mini mash friendly, and I’d definitely recommend it over internet recipe sites.

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I have a light amber ale to do, and then a chocolate porter so it’s no rush.  I’d like to try a bitter/best bitter/esb style.  Does anyone have any recommendations for a good extract w/steeping grains or partial mash kit (or recipe)?  Specific brand or hbs house blend or, I can get the stuff for a non-kit recipe. Thanks Ed

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I have a light amber ale to do, and then a chocolate porter so it’s no rush.  I’d like to try a bitter/best bitter/esb style.  Does anyone have any recommendations for a good extract w/steeping grains or partial mash kit (or recipe)?  Specific brand or hbs house blend or, I can get the stuff for a non-kit recipe.

A bitter is a piece of cake.  In all grain it is nothing more than 2-row and crystal.  So in extract, I would find a brand of extract that is fresh and will ferment well, steep a pound of so of crystal, and hop using Fuggles or Kent Goldings depending upon what you want, and how bitter you want it to be.  Use a good British yeast, maybe a Whitbread. Punch it into the recipator at www.brewery.org and make whichever "strength" you desire according to the guidelines at http://www.bjcp.org/styleguide04.html for a quick drinking session beer, do an Ordinary, and for something with more kick, make a Strong Bitter… Cheers, Mike

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