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HoH Watermelon Clone

154 calories 14 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Wheat Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 11 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 13 gallons
Post Boil Size: 11.8 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.043 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.047 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Hop Utilization: 98%
Calories: 154 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 14 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Friday June 19th 2020
1.047
1.009
5.0%
19.5
4.7
5.8
6.98
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
10 lb Briess - American - Pale Ale Malt 2-Row10 lb American - Pale Ale Malt 2-Row 36.8 3.5 50%
10 lb Briess - American - Wheat Malt, Red10 lb American - Wheat Malt, Red 37.3 2.3 50%
20 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Mandarina Bavaria1 oz Mandarina Bavaria Hops Pellet 7.94 Boil 60 min 14.34 50%
1 oz Mandarina Bavaria1 oz Mandarina Bavaria Hops Pellet 7.94 Boil 10 min 5.2 50%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 each Campden Tablets Water Agt Mash 0 min.
1 each Whirlfloc Fining Mash 0 min.
2 each Watermelon Flavor Secondary 10 days
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Amount:
2 Each
Cost:
$ 3.49 / each
$ 6.98
Attenuation (avg):
81%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 170 B cells required
$ 6.98 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Downers Grove, IL, USA
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 12.58 gal (50.3 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 0.57 gal (2.3 qt) sparge/top-off.    
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 7.5 30  
Mash volume with grains 9.1 36.4  
Grain absorption losses -2.5 -10  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 7.83 g | 31.3 qt) 8.25 33  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 12.58 g | 50.3 qt) 13 52  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 11 g | 44 qt) 11.8 47.2  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 11.8 g | 47.2 qt) 11 44  
Total: 15.75 63
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Hell or High Watermelon clone.

For water melon, bought 2 whole water melons - one for each 5 gal fermentor. Cut melons in half, scooped out guts, and potato mashed into a pulp. No other prep (heating/sanitizing - watermelons are sealed in a shell after all). Threw one in during primary and other in during secondary. I couldn't taste a difference in terms of water melon flavor between the two.

Both batches did have a distinct annoying smell of the watermelon rind. I must have gone too deep when I was scooping. I was able to mask this by dry hopping with a few oz of hop (citra was great) for a few days.

Overall not a bad beer, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would.

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  • Last Updated: 2020-10-12 01:02 UTC