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El Chupacobra

107 calories 9.5 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Berliner Weisse
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 11 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 12.52 gallons
Post Boil Size: 11 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.029 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.033 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 107 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 9.5 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Saturday April 9th 2022
1.033
1.006
3.5%
4.8
3.3
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6 lb American - White Wheat6 lb White Wheat 40 2.8 42.9%
6 lb American - Pilsner6 lb Pilsner 37 1.8 42.9%
2 lb German - Acidulated Malt2 lb Acidulated Malt 27 3.4 14.3%
14 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Motueka1 oz Motueka Hops Leaf/Whole 7 Boil 10 min 4.82 100%
1 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
6 oz oak chips - tequila barrel Flavor Secondary 7 days
8 oz Lime Zest Flavor Boil 15 min.
8 oz lime juice Flavor Secondary 7 days
1 oz Sea salt Spice Kegging 0 min.
2 oz mild new mexican chile Spice Boil 15 min.
1 tsp chipotle Flavor Secondary 0 min.
 
Yeast
Imperial Yeast - F08 Sour Batch Kidz
Amount:
2 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
80%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
68 - 76 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 121 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 3.75 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
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
5.25 gal Strike 164 °F 152 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 65 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 12.54 gal (50.15 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 0.54 gal (2.15 qt) sparge/top-off.    
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 5.25 21  
Mash volume with grains 6.37 25.5  
Grain absorption losses -1.75 -7  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 9.29 g | 37.2 qt) 9.27 37.1  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 12.54 g | 50.2 qt) 12.52 50.1  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.04 -0.2  
Post boil Volume 11 44  
Going into fermentor 11 44  
Total: 14.52 58.1
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Derived from http://www.greatfermentations.com/downloads/instructions/beerkits/MrGorbachevBerlinerWeiss-AllGrain.pdf

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