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Big American Blonde

164 calories 14 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Pale Ale
Boil Time: 75 min
Batch Size: 42 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 51 liters
Post Boil Size: 42 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.045 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.054 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 73% (brew house)
Source: Ben and Warren
Calories: 164 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 14 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Friday November 20th 2020
1.054
1.009
5.9%
46.7
5.1
6.0
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
8.70 kg US - Pale 2-Row8.7 kg Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 87%
1 kg Crisp Malting - Cara Gold malt1 kg Cara Gold malt 34 14 10%
0.30 kg Corn Sugar - Dextrose0.3 kg Corn Sugar - Dextrose 42 0.5 3%
10 kg / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
40 g Chinook40 g Chinook Hops Leaf/Whole 13 Boil 75 min 31.34 40%
10 g Chinook10 g Chinook Hops Leaf/Whole 13 Boil 30 min 5.76 10%
10 g Simcoe10 g Simcoe Hops Leaf/Whole 13.2 Boil 30 min 5.85 10%
10 g Simcoe10 g Simcoe Hops Leaf/Whole 13.2 Boil 15 min 3.78 10%
30 g Simcoe30 g Simcoe Hops Leaf/Whole 13.2 Aroma at 100 °C 0 min 30%
100 g / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Mangrove Jack - US West Coast Yeast M44
Amount:
2 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
80%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
15 - 23 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
20 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 196 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Home (Staffordshire)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
64.5 litres of brewday liquor needed
alkalinity needs to be reduced by approx 150ppm so:

60ml AMS solution in 65 litres reduces alkalinity by 168ppm
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
33.95 L Strike 70 °C 64 °C 75 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3.5 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 10 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 49.63 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 4.23 L sparge/top-off.  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3.5 L/kg 34
Mash volume with grains 40.4
Grain absorption losses -9.7
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 26.1 L) 27.5
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.2
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 49.6 L) 51
Boil off losses -7.1
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.5
Post boil Volume 42
Going into fermentor 42
Total: 61.4  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"Big American Blonde" American Pale Ale beer recipe by Ben and Warren. All Grain, ABV 5.9%, IBU 46.73, SRM 5.06, Fermentables: (Pale 2-Row, Cara Gold malt, Corn Sugar - Dextrose) Hops: (Chinook, Simcoe)
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  • Last Updated: 2020-11-21 08:46 UTC