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[orudis]

I like to have a low gravity, easy going "basic drinker" on tap at all times, such that I can drink a lot of beer and not turn into a barbarian around my family. This is that. Its basically a really simple simon english ordinary bitter, but with american hops. Simcoe or other high alpha hops work as well, just keep them balanced. I first started doing these beers a few years ago by taking the former place's belligerent SOB recipe and turning it into a ten gallon batch by doubling the water only. It works!

American BitterA ProMash Recipe ReportRecipe Specifics----------------Batch Size (Gal):		 6.00	Wort Size (Gal):	6.00Total Grain (Lbs):		8.25Anticipated OG:		  1.037	Plato:			  9.25Anticipated SRM:		   7.1Anticipated IBU:		  30.7Brewhouse Efficiency:	   75 %Wort Boil Time:			 60	MinutesGrain/Extract/Sugar   %	 Amount	 Name						  Origin		Potential SRM----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 90.9	 7.50 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row)			  America		1.036	  2  9.1	 0.75 lbs. Crystal 60L				   America		1.034	 60Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.Hops   Amount	 Name							  Form	Alpha  IBU  Boil Time-----------------------------------------------------------------------------  0.50 oz.	Chinook						   Pellet  13.00  26.7  60 min.  0.50 oz.	Chinook						   Whole   13.00   4.0  5 min.Yeast-----

[CarlosM]

that looks like tasty bitter to me haha... I just made a bitter my self. you got any lower AA hops lying around in such a small grain bill i would think chinooks harshness might come out, thats just me though