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Deschutes Bachelor ESB Clone Recipe – 9/8/2015

October 25, 2015 by Brewer 1 Comment

Clone Brew - Deschutes Bachelor ESB

Deschutes Bachelor ESB is a spectacular beer. Served almost exclusively in the brewery’s pubs and tasting room, this session Bitter is a local’s favorite (this local has logged more time with this beer than any other). I have tried several times to clone this beer but never hit the mark. I mostly attribute this to not enough time to get rid of each iteration’s beer, combined with a general tendency to get distracted on other things life throws my way. With smaller batch volumes, however, I can brew, bottle, drink, and make adjustments for each attempt producing the target profile I am after, so I have reset my sights on fine-tuning a version of this beer that I can add to my list of frequently brewed recipes.

Bachelor ESB is an american expression of a classic English Bitter, not far removed from its source of inspiration. This Bitter is medium bodied, 5% ABV, and is mildly bittered with american hops grown her in the pacific northwest. It is my ideal session ale.

What follows is the first round of brewing, plus take-aways. I will updating this post with a link to the post detailing the round of brewing once that is finished.

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Filed Under: Small Batch Tagged With: Bachelor Bitter, Deschutes, ESB, Extra Special Bitter, small batch

The Little Woody 2010 Recap

September 4, 2010 by Brewer Leave a Comment

So as a follow up to The Little Woody, I thought I'd give some of the highlights of the beers I was able to try.  I may go back today, as I was not able to get to everything I was interested in (BBC's Sour Outback X ... I thoroughly enjoyed Tonya's … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Gatherings Tagged With: barrel aging, beerfest, Little Woody

Little Woody 2010

August 31, 2010 by Brewer Leave a Comment

The Little Woody is back, and what a difference a year makes!  Here in Bend, OR we have more than our fair share of good beer.  We have multiple GABF and World Beer Cup winners.  We have breweries both large and small cranking out world-renowned … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Gatherings Tagged With: barrel aging, beerfest, Bend, Little Woody

English Bitter Update 1

July 18, 2010 by Brewer Leave a Comment

Just a quick update on the Bitter.  Due to the moderate attenuation of the London ESB yeast, we bottomed out out at around 1.025.  I transferred to glass, and put into the chill chest at 46 F for a bit of lagering. Because I used loose pellets to … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Homebrewing Tagged With: Bitter, hops, lagering, pellets, transferred

English Bitter on the way!

July 8, 2010 by Brewer Leave a Comment

I finally have another beer in process.  Last weekend, I brewed up  an English Bitter.  This one is the first crack at narrowing in on the Deschutes Pub Bitter served here in Bend.  It's so damned tasty, and will be great now that the temperatures … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Homebrewing Tagged With: Bitter, Deschutes, Homebrew, Temperature

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