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Killer Blonde

389 calories 24.5 g 500 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Boil Time: 70 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.08 gallons
Post Boil Size: 6 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.054 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.085 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 67% (brew house)
Source: KeizerBrewr
Hop Utilization: 99%
Calories: 389 calories (Per 500ml)
Carbs: 24.5 g (Per 500ml)
Created: Wednesday December 29th 2021
1.085
1.006
10.3%
34.6
4.4
5.5
5.90
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
13 lb Mecca Grade - Gateway13 lb Gateway 38 1.2 76.5%
12 oz Weyermann - Acidulated12 oz Acidulated 27 3.4 4.4%
4 oz Weyermann - Melanoidin4 oz Melanoidin 34.5 27 1.5%
3 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose3 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose - (late boil kettle addition) 42 0.5 17.6%
17 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Artisan - Saaz (Czech)1 oz Saaz (Czech) Hops Pellet 5.08 Boil 60 min 16.77 25%
0.50 oz Artisan - Saaz (Czech)0.5 oz Saaz (Czech) Hops Pellet 5.08 Aroma 30 min 6.44 12.5%
1 oz Northern Brewer - Styrian Golding1 oz Styrian Golding Hops $ 2.12 / oz
$ 2.12 		Pellet 5.2 Aroma 10 min 6.22 25%
1.50 oz Northern Brewer - Styrian Golding1.5 oz Styrian Golding Hops $ 2.12 / oz
$ 3.18 		Pellet 5.2 Boil 5 min 5.13 37.5%
4 oz / $ 5.30
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
12 ml White Labs - Clarity Ferm WLN4000 $ 0.05 / ml
$ 0.60 		Fining Primary --
0.50 each Whirlfloc tablet Fining Boil 10 min.
$ 0.60
 
Yeast
Wyeast - Belgian Strong Ale 1388
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
88%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
64 - 80 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.0 (M cells / ml / ° P) 426 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: dextrose       Amount: 10.1 oz       Temp: 68 °F       CO2 Level: 4 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
NE Keizer, Marion County, Oregon 2021
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
22 17 22 15 6 20.4
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
14 qt Protein Rest Strike 137 °F 125 °F 10 min
6 qt Sacch Rest Infusion 212 °F 148 °F 60 min
10.5 qt Mash Out/Vorlauf Temperature 212 °F 168 °F 10 min
8.5 qt Fly Sparge Fly Sparge 200 °F 168 °F 45 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 68 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1 qt/lb 3.5 14  
Mash volume with grains 4.62 18.5  
Grain absorption losses -1.75 -7  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.67 g | 22.7 qt) 5.58 22.3  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.17 g | 28.7 qt) 7.08 28.3  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.23 0.9  
Boil off losses -1.75 -7  
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: 9.08 36.3
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"Killer Blonde" Belgian Golden Strong Ale beer recipe by KeizerBrewr. All Grain, ABV 10.34%, IBU 34.57, SRM 4.38, Fermentables: (Gateway, Acidulated, Melanoidin, Corn Sugar - Dextrose) Hops: (Saaz (Czech), Styrian Golding) Other: (Clarity Ferm WLN4000, Whirlfloc tablet)
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