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Light Lager

117 calories 9.8 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Light American Lager
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 999.98 liters (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 1003.68 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 9.0 °P (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 90% (ending kettle)
Source: Jim Phalan
Calories: 117 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 9.8 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday December 30th 2021
9.0 °P
1.5 °P
4.0%
11.3
2.3
n/a
4,670.43
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
87.50 kg MX - Pale Malt87.5 kg Pale Malt $ 18.87 / kg
$ 1,651.13 		32 2.2 63.6%
50 kg Flaked Corn50 kg Flaked Corn $ 0.00 / kg
$ 0.00 		40 0.5 36.4%
137.50 kg / $ 1,651.13
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
311.85 g Sterling311.85 g Sterling Hops $ 777.00 / kg
$ 242.31 		Pellet 6.1 Boil 60 min 5.48 22.1%
500 g Goldings500 g Goldings Hops Pellet 5.5 Boil 15 min 3.93 35.4%
600 g Goldings600 g Goldings Hops Pellet 5.5 Boil 5 min 1.89 42.5%
1,411.85 g / $ 242.31
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
300 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
50 g Whirlfloc Fining Boil 15 min.
25 ml Fermcap Other Boil 1 hr.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Saflager - Swiss Lager Yeast S-189
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
$ 2,777.00 / each
$ 2,777.00
Attenuation (avg):
84%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
9 - 22 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 3163 B cells required
$ 2,777.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       CO2 Level: 2.25 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
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 Liters
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 1012.74 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 967.34 L sparge/top-off.  
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 592.63 L 501.9
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3.7 L/kg 501.9
Mash volume with grains 592.6
Grain absorption losses -137.5
Remaining sparge water volume 640.2
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 1012.7 L) 1003.7
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -7.1
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 990.9 L) 1000
Estimated amount in fermentor 1000
Total: 1142.1  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"Light Lager" Light American Lager beer recipe by Jim Phalan. All Grain, ABV 3.97%, IBU 11.3, SRM 2.25, Fermentables: (Pale Malt, Flaked Corn) Hops: (Sterling, Goldings) Other: (Gypsum, Whirlfloc, Fermcap)
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