This was originally billed as an IPA, but this is really just a standard bitter with a touch more hops. This has become one of my all-time favorites, and will be one of the beers I brew with the 033:
HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: Whitbread IPA (1957)
Author: Pattinson/England
Brew Method: BIAB
Style Name: Ordinary Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 3 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 4 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.027
Efficiency: 80% (brew house)
STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.037
Final Gravity: 1.012
ABV (standard): 3.3%
IBU (tinseth): 36.79
SRM (morey): 6.28
FERMENTABLES:
2.625 lb - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale (77.1%)
5 oz - United Kingdom - Crystal 45L (9.2%)
7.5 oz - Invert Sugar (13.8%)
HOPS:
0.3 oz - Fuggles, Type: Pellet, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 10.47
0.6 oz - East Kent Goldings, Type: Pellet, AA: 5, Use: Boil for 30 min, IBU: 17.88
0.6 oz - East Kent Goldings, Type: Pellet, AA: 5, Use: Boil for 10 min, IBU: 8.44
My only question is how much to pitch for a 3-gallon batch. I'm thinking maybe 1/3 of a tube.
The other bitter I will be brewing is a simple 80% Pale Ale malt, 12% sugar and 8% torrified wheat.
I may also dabble in a recipe using flaked maize. This has become a favorite ingredient of mine, and in reading Ron Pattinson's blog it seems that a surprising number of UK breweries have used it over the years in their bitters.