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Its The Pits

166 calories 17 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Wheat Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 310 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 372 gallons
Post Boil Size: 341 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 11.5 °P (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 12.5 °P (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 85% (brew house)
Calories: 166 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 17 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday December 1st 2022
12.5 °P
3.1 °P
5.0%
17.3
3.6
5.5
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
165 lb Simpsons - Finest Pale Ale Golden Promise165 lb Finest Pale Ale Golden Promise 37 2.4 33%
150 lb Grain Millers - Flaked White Wheat150 lb Flaked White Wheat 36 1.6 30%
75 lb Rahr - White Wheat75 lb White Wheat 39.1 3.2 15%
45 lb Crisp Malting - Dextrin Malt45 lb Dextrin Malt 36.8 1.8 9%
25 lb Rahr - Standard 2-Row25 lb Standard 2-Row 36.8 1.8 5%
27.50 lb Bestmalz - BEST Spelt27.5 lb BEST Spelt 37.7 2.2 5.5%
12 lb Weyermann - Acidulated12 lb Acidulated 27 3.4 2.4%
499.50 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
32 oz Huell Melon32 oz Huell Melon Hops Pellet 8 Boil 60 min 16.24 51.6%
30 oz Wai-iti30 oz Wai-iti Hops Pellet 3 Whirlpool 20 min 1.09 48.4%
62 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
5 gal Montmorency Cherry Concentrate Flavor Secondary 5 days
 
Yeast
Lallemand - Lalbrew New England
Amount:
500 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
59 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 5125 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.65 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
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
190 gal Infusion -- 153 °F 30 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 313.83 gal (1255.3 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 301.83 gal (1207.3 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 227.27 gal (909.09 qt) 187.31 749.3  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 187.31 749.3  
Mash volume with grains 227.27 909.1  
Grain absorption losses -62.44 -249.8  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 189.2 g | 756.8 qt) 247.38 989.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 313.83 g | 1255.3 qt) 372 1488  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -1.2 -4.8  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 311.13 g | 1244.5 qt) 341 1364  
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -1.13 -4.5  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 339.88 g | 1359.5 qt) 310 1240  
Total: 434.69 1738.8
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Clarity Ferm addition = 883 mL per 10bbls

Cherry comes from king orchards

Use a bucket of Rice hulls in mash

The hops are totally interchangeable. Could do Idaho Gem if looking for more similar traits.

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  • Last Updated: 2023-01-03 21:45 UTC