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Here, there's a mixture of recipes from, and links to, various home-brewing sites. The reason for the links is that there's so much information out there already, it would be pointless for me to try to better it. So what I've done is gather together the best of the sites, the ones which should prove to be the most interesting and informative, for you to have a more sucessful brewing experience.

London's Best Bitter

Ingredients:
6.6 lbs. Amber malt extract
1 lb. Crystal malt
½ lb. Brown sugar
1 tbs. Water crystals (Hardens the water)
2 oz. Fuggles or Willamette hops pellets (Boiling 7-8 HBU)
1 oz. Willamette hops pellets (Flavor and Finishing)
1 pkg. Ale yeast

Add crystal malt to 3 quarts of cold water (Use boiling bag). Bring to a boil. Remove grain. Add Malt and boiling hops. Boil 35 minutes. Add brown sugar, water crystals, and ½ oz. Willamette hops. Boil 10 minutes. Add ½ oz. finishing hops. Boil 2 minutes. Add to water in fermentor to make 5 gallons. Use ale yeast and ferment to completion.

Classic India Pale Ale

Ingredients:
6.6 lb. Amber malt extract
1 lb. crystal malt
½ lb. Toasted malt
2 oz. Northern brewer or 3 oz. Fuggles/Willamette pellets (Boiling 12-14 HBU)
1 oz. Willamette hops pellets (Finishing)
1 tbs. Water crystals (Hardens the water)

Toast malt by placing pale 2 row malt onto a cookie sheet and baking or broiling until aroma is present. Add crystal and toasted malt to 3 quarts of cold water (Use boiling bag). Bring to a boil. Remove grain. Add Malt, water crystals and boiling hops. Boil 45 minutes. Add 1 oz. finishing hops. Boil 2 minutes. Add to water in fermentor to make 5 gallons. Use ale yeast and ferment to completion.

Amber Ale

Ingredients:
6.6 lbs. Light malt extract
¾ to 1 lb. Crystal malt
1 oz. Northern Brewer hops plugs. (Bittering) 7 - 8 HBU
½ oz. Fuggles hops plugs. (Flavoring)
1 oz. Fuggles hops plugs(Finishing)
Yeast of your choice.

In about 2 quarts of cold water, add the crushed grains. Bring to a boil. Remove grains. Add malt extract and more water (so it’s not too thick) and boil. Add 1 oz. Northern Brewer hop plugs (Bittering), boil for 45 minutes. Add ½ oz. Fuggles hops (Flavoring), boil for 15 minutes. Add 1 oz. Fuggles hop plugs (finishing), boil 5 minutes. Add cold water to make 5 gallons. Add yeast. Ferment to completion.

Brown Ale

Ingredients:
6.6 lb. Light malt Extract
1 lb. Crystal malt
1/3 lb. Chocolate malt
1½ oz. Goldings hops plugs (Bittering) 7 - 8 HBU
½ oz. Goldings hops plugs (Finishing)

In about 2 quarts of cold water, add the crushed grains. Bring to a boil. Remove grains. Add malt extract and more water (So it’s not too thick) and boil. Add 1½ oz. Goldings hop plugs (Bittering) Boil for 45 minutes. Add ½ oz. Goldings hop plugs (finishing) Boil 5 minutes. Add cold water to make 5 gallons. Add yeast. Ferment to completion.

German Pilsner

Ingredients:
6.6 lbs. Extra Light Extract
3 oz. Hallertau hops pellets
Liquid Lager yeast like Czech Pils or Bavarian

Bring 3 quarts of water to a boil, and add Extract, 1½ oz. hops. Boil 20 minutes (Bittering). Add 1 oz. hops, boil 15 minutes (Flavoring). Add ½ oz. hops, boil 2 minutes (Finishing). Add mixture to cold water in fermentor to make 5 gallons. Add yeast. Keep at room temperature until fermentation starts (about 2 days). Move to cold place (45-60°F, constant temperature is best). Ferment to completion. If you have a carboy rack off when most of the fermentation is complete and sit cold till completion. Total fermentation time should be about 3-4 weeks.

Oktoberfest

Ingredients:
6.6 lbs. Amber Extract
½ lb. Crystal Malt
3 oz. Hallertau hops pellets
Liquid Lager yeast like Munich, European, or Bavarian

Put cracked crystal malt in boiling bag and place in 3 quarts of cold water. Bring to boil. Remove bag. Add extract, 1½ oz. hops, boil 20 minutes (Bittering). Add 1 oz. hops, boil 15 minutes (Flavoring). Add ½ oz. hops, boil 2 minutes (Finishing). Add mixture to cold water in fermentor to make 5 gallons. Add yeast. Keep at room temperature until fermentation starts (about 2 days). Move to cold place (45 - 60°F, constant temperature is best). Ferment to completion. If you have a carboy rack off when most of the fermentation is complete and sit cold till completion. Total fermentation time should be about 3 to 4 weeks.



BREWING LINKS

Famous Bitter Recipes
Famous Beer Recipes
The Draught Board
Easy Homebrew.co.uk
Brewcraft Australia
More Beer Recipes
The Homebrewers Page
The Manalapan Brewery
Redhead Brewery
Medieval English Ales
Making Homebrew
Beer Connection
Beerstyles.com
Beer Tools
Ask The Brewmaster
Brew Your Own
All About Pubs
Beer World
Real Beer
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