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A Bad Day to be Pants (Thanksgiving Ale)

123 calories 10.3 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Fruit and Spice Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 3 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 4.58 gallons
Post Boil Size: 3 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.025 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.038 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 50% (brew house)
Hop Utilization: 99%
Calories: 123 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 10.3 g (Per 12oz)
URL: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/165528/thanksgiving-cranberry-wheat-ale
Created: Thursday September 8th 2022
1.038
1.006
4.2%
23.3
7.4
5.7
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
2.25 lb US - Pale 2-Row2.25 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 39.6%
2.25 lb American - Red Wheat2.25 lb Red Wheat 38 2.5 39.6%
0.50 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 40L0.5 lb Caramel / Crystal 40L 34 40 8.8%
4 oz Corn Sugar - Dextrose4 oz Corn Sugar - Dextrose - (late boil kettle addition) 42 0.5 4.4%
4 oz Flaked Wheat4 oz Flaked Wheat 34 2 4.4%
2 oz Honey2 oz Honey - (late boil kettle addition) 35 2 2.2%
1 oz Flaked Rye1 oz Flaked Rye 36 2.8 1.1%
91 oz / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh1 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops Leaf/Whole 5.4 Boil at 212 °F 45 min 17.74 50%
0.50 oz Saaz0.5 oz Saaz Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil at 212 °F 30 min 3.4 25%
0.50 oz Saaz0.5 oz Saaz Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil at 212 °F 15 min 2.2 25%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 each Campden Tablets Water Agt Mash --
1 each Whirlfloc Fining Boil 15 min.
1.50 g Cinnamon Spice Whirlpool 20 min.
1 each Apple Flavor Secondary --
1.50 lb Cranberries Flavor Secondary --
1 each Orange Flavor Secondary --
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Amount:
0.50 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
81%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
65 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 38 B cells required
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Priming
Method: co2       CO2 Level: 2.5 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 5 25 75 80 100
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
1.68 gal Infusion 162 °F 152 °F 60 min
2.4 gal Sparge 175 °F 170 °F 15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 74 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.25 qt/lb 1.66 6.6  
Mash volume with grains 2.09 8.3  
Grain absorption losses -0.66 -2.7  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 3.8 g | 15.2 qt) 3.83 15.3  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 4.54 g | 18.2 qt) 4.58 18.3  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.03 0.1  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume 3 12  
Going into fermentor 3 12  
Total: 5.49 22
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Relish:
1 orange (fruit and peel only, no pith)
1 apple (minus core)
1.25lb cranberries (halved/quartered
all fruit cut up, frozen over night.
in large pot, add frozen fruit and 1 cup water. heat on low as fruit defrosts.
after defrosting and breaking fruit apart, sprinkle 1 oz of sugar over the fruit. turn heat up to medium
bring to a boil, stirring and trying to mash the fruit up a little. once boiling, lower heat and simmer for 5-10min

EDIT: I'm a big dumb idiot. The above is more of a way to make cranberry sauce than cranberry relish (i didn't know cranberry relish was a thing until AFTER i made the sauce). It is however a good way to pasteurize all the fruit!
Here's a link to what I should have used, which is essentially the same thing except it's not cooked. https://www.dinneratthezoo.com/cranberry-relish/

Shoutout to this recipe below that i followed.
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/165528/thanksgiving-cranberry-wheat-ale

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