The Grounded Mean — Traditional ESB (Dialectic 02)

• Floor-Malted Maris Otter

  Base

  10.5 lb
• Crystal 45L

  Caramel / copper

  1.3 lb
• Biscuit Malt

  Toast / depth

  0.75 lb

• East Kent Goldings60 min · bittering
  1.3 oz
• East Kent Goldings25 min · flavor
  0.75 oz
• East Kent Goldings5 min · aroma
  0.5 oz

• English Ale · White Labs · WLP002

  Classic London profile — malt-forward, light fruit, clean diacetyl window if rushed. Ferment mid-60s °F.

  1 pkg

• No brewing additions

Target Batch

5.5 gal

Est. Total Water Needed

7 gal

Water Source

Not specified

Profile

(none)

Additions

(none)

Est. total includes boil-off. All-grain brews may need additional mash/sparge water.