Brew Day: Best Bitter

The day is finally here. It’s time to brew a competition beer for the Cascade Brewers Guild. I’m thinking a club competition will be fun because everyone will be brewing the same thing, and we’ll all get to try them. I’ve enjoyed researching the style, Best Bitter, and so the prospect of seeing how ours turns out and compares to the others will be fun. I’m also looking forward to comparing recipes and seeing if I can notice the differences.

Here’s the recipe we ended up creating.

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I’m not so sure about using so much Munich and biscuit malts. DGB suggested a max of 5% of


Jack Jack protecting the Maris Otter
The grain
Added Xg of gypsum
Gypsum dissolving
Missed the temp at first but finally got it up there to 149°
OG 1.047
Kegging day

Finished product

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