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Office Christmas Party

254 calories 22.3 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Winter Seasonal Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Post Boil Size: 6 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.062 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.077 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 60% (brew house)
Source: Kastler
Calories: 254 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 22.3 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday September 27th 2021
1.077
1.014
8.2%
29.3
18.0
5.5
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
10 lb United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale10 lb Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 62.5%
2 lb Belgian - CaraMunich2 lb CaraMunich 33 50 12.5%
3 lb Brown Sugar3 lb Brown Sugar - (late boil kettle addition) 45 15 18.8%
1 lb Honey Malt1 lb Honey Malt 37 25 6.3%
16 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Hallertau Blanc1 oz Hallertau Blanc Hops Pellet 10 Boil 30 min 23.89 25%
1 oz Saaz1 oz Saaz Hops Pellet 3.5 Boil 15 min 5.4 25%
1 oz Hallertau Blanc1 oz Hallertau Blanc Hops Pellet 10 Boil 0 min 25%
1 oz Saaz1 oz Saaz Hops Pellet 3.5 Boil 0 min 25%
4 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 g Allspice Spice Boil 10 min.
2 g Nutmeg Spice Boil 10 min.
0.50 g Baking Soda Water Agt Mash 0 min.
5 g Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) Water Agt Mash 0 min.
2 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 0 min.
2 each Cinnamon stick Spice Secondary 0 min.
2 each Vanilla Bean Spice Secondary 0 min.
 
Yeast
Imperial Yeast - A01 House
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
73%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
62 - 70 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 136 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 0 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Light colored and malty
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
60 5 10 95 55 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 4.88 19.5  
Mash volume with grains 5.92 23.7  
Grain absorption losses -1.63 -6.5  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 3.93 g | 15.7 qt) 4.5 18  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.93 g | 27.7 qt) 7.5 30  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.22 0.9  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.15 -0.6  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 5.5 g | 22 qt) 6 24  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 6 g | 24 qt) 5.5 22  
Total: 9.38 37.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

First brew notes on my other version named Sasquatch Christmas Ale: Used dry US05 yeast first time and it went fine. I would prefer using whole spice in secondary if possible. Vanilla beans split and scooped into secondary. The boil spice additions worked great and were subtle.

Dialed back the caramunich and honey malt which are great malts, but a little overpowering. Came out with a lot of chocolatey, coffee and sweet flavor.

Hops - this hop schedule ended up being a little more bitter than expected, but I did enjoy that flavor addition making the overall flavor a bit more complex.

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  • Last Updated: 2022-05-17 18:27 UTC