Belgian IPA

Method: All Grain
Style: Specialty IPA: Belgian IPA
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 20.8 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 24.78 liters
Post Boil Size: 21.25 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.064 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.075 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: John Rosnow
Hop Utilization: 97%
Calories: 249 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 25.1 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Tuesday January 10th 2023

Original Gravity:

1.075

Final Gravity:

1.018

ABV (standard):

7.4%

IBU (tinseth):

57.4

SRM (morey):

10.4

Mash pH

5.6

Cost $

20.65

Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
3.40 kg	Dingemans - Pale Ale3.4 kg Pale Ale	$ 2.09 / lb $ 15.67	37.72	3.9	48.4%
1.59 kg	US - Pale 2-Row1.59 kg Pale 2-Row		37	1.8	22.6%
0.91 kg	Honey Malt0.91 kg Honey Malt		37	25	12.9%
1.13 kg	American - White Wheat1.13 kg White Wheat		40	2.8	16.1%
7.03 kg / $ 15.67

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
38 g	BSG - Rakau38 g Rakau Hops	$ 0.63 / oz $ 0.84	Pellet	10.3	Boil	60 min	40.82	16.8%
14 g	BSG - Rakau14 g Rakau Hops	$ 0.63 / oz $ 0.31	Pellet	10.3	Boil	10 min	5.45	6.2%
52 g	BSG - Rakau52 g Rakau Hops	$ 0.63 / oz $ 1.15	Pellet	10.3	Boil	5 min	11.14	23%
36 g	BSG - Rakau36 g Rakau Hops	$ 0.63 / oz $ 0.79	Pellet	10.3	Aroma	0 min		15.9%
86 g	BSG - Rakau86 g Rakau Hops	$ 0.63 / oz $ 1.90	Pellet	10.3	Dry Hop	7 days		38.1%
226 g / $ 4.98

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Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
226 g	BSG - Rakau (Pellet) 226 g Rakau (Pellet) Hops	$ 0.63 / oz $ 4.98	57.41	100%
226 g / $ 4.98

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Type	Use	Time
1 tsp	Yeast Nutrient	Other	Boil	10 min.
1 tsp	Irish Moss	Fining	Boil	10 min.
1 tsp	Yeast Energizer	Other	Boil	10 min.

Yeast

Wyeast - Belgian Ale 1214

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:	$ 0.00 / each $ 0.00
Attenuation (avg):	75%	Flocculation:	Med-Low
Optimum Temp:	20 - 26 °C	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	23.9 °C	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 132 B cells required

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Priming

CO₂ Level: 1.9 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Anoka, MN 2018

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
0	0	0	0	0	0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
21.09 L	Strike	69 °C	67 °C	60 min
9.92573 L	Sparge	76 °C	76 °C	15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg Starting Grain Temp: 18.3 °C

Quick Water Requirements

Water	Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3 L/kg	21.1
Mash volume with grains	25.7
Grain absorption losses	-7
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 14 L)	11.6
Mash Lauter Tun losses	-0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 27.2 L)	24.8
Boil off losses	-5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma)	-0.7
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 20.8 L)	21.3
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 21.3 L)	20.8
Total:	32.7
Equipment Profile Used:	System Default

Batch Performance

Efficiency:

Conversion Efficiency N/A

Pre-Boil: 74% 27.8 ppg

Ending Kettle: 66% 24.8 ppg

Brew House: 65% 24.6 ppg

Wort Volume:

20.3 Liters

Expected 20.8 Liters of fermentable wort.
Adjust your equipment profile and calibrate your equipment to dial this in.
Expected OG: 1.075
Actual OG: 1.071

Alcohol and Attenuation:

ABV: 7.09%

Apparent Attenuation: 76.1%
Actual FG: 1.017
Calories per 12oz 249 calories
Carbohydrates per 12oz 25.1 g

Amount Packaged:

19.9 Liters

Great job! You get to enjoy the equivalent of:

12oz bottles: 56
1/2L bottles: 40
Pints: 42

Latest Brew Log

Date	Days	Event	Gravity	Volume	Temp	Updated	Comment
2/3/2023 10:50 PM about 1 year ago	+0	Pre-Boil Gravity	1.068	24 Liters	70 °C	2/4/2023 5:22 PM about 1 year ago
2/4/2023 12:08 AM about 1 year ago	+1	Boil Complete	1.071	20.5 Liters	71 °C	2/4/2023 5:23 PM about 1 year ago
2/4/2023 2:15 AM about 1 year ago	+1	Brew Day Complete	1.071	20.3 Liters	71 °C	2/4/2023 5:26 PM about 1 year ago
2/4/2023 5:25 PM about 1 year ago	+1	Other			73 °C	2/4/2023 5:25 PM about 1 year ago	very good fermentation taking place. Lots of activity in the blow off tube and the krausen has even entered the blow off tube. Too late for fermcap.
2/15/2023 11:46 PM about 1 year ago	+12	Fermentation Complete	1.017	20.3 Liters	72 °C	2/15/2023 11:46 PM about 1 year ago	15 February 2023, 1735 – took sample. 1.017 at 72 degrees. Turned off the heat wrap. Taste is good. I get the Belgian yeast taste. Not bitter.
2/28/2023 5:06 PM about 1 year ago	+25	Racked	1.017	21 Liters	68 °C	2/28/2023 5:06 PM about 1 year ago	16-28 February 2023 – cold crashed in the house at 52 degrees as I was gone to Germany. 28 February 2023, 0630 – took sample. 1.017 at 68 degrees after warming. I racked this into the big mouth carboy for dry hopping later on. Moved into cellar. Was about 5.5 gallons or more in the carboy when I racked. I am pretty sure the Big Mouth holds more than 5 gallons as I still have head space.
3/11/2023 4:26 PM about 1 year ago	+36	Mash Complete		22 Liters		3/11/2023 4:36 PM about 1 year ago
4/27/2023 1:00 PM about 1 year ago	+83	Dry Hopped				4/27/2023 3:28 PM about 1 year ago	86 g Rakau (Pellet) for 7 days
5/2/2023 4:06 AM about 1 year ago	+88	Packaged	1.017	19.9 Liters	70 °F	5/2/2023 4:06 AM about 1 year ago	1 May 2023, 2100 – I decided to keg tonight as I am going up to the cabin for a few days. Robert agreed and said if I didn’t it could start to get grassy. Hops were on top until I moved the carboy and then they started to sink. I was going to use the floating dip tube, but the transfer was pretty clean. I will probably have a glass or two that is chunky. Taste is good. It is hoppy, but not real bitter. I had about 500 ml of sludge left, subtract 100 ml for the 4 ounces of hops means 400 ml. I had 20.3 liters in the fermenter, so 19.9 liters kegged. The big mouth bubbler was very easy to clean.
5/8/2023 2:23 AM about 1 year ago	+94	Tasting Note				5/8/2023 2:23 AM about 1 year ago	I put a black liquid end on a gas line with the quick disconnect and forced air down into the keg. Eventually I heard it pop and it got unstuck, but it kept getting clogged when I went to pour it. I tried hooking up the floating dip tube, but the small gas line has to be hooked up from inside and I would have gotten beer all over me and my hands in the beer, so I hooked up the floating dip tube to a new keg and sanitized the keg. I was going to do a closed transfer, but I know it would not work if it would not pour, so I had to use my regular gravity transfer into the new keg with the floating dip tube. It was partially carbonated so I got about a half a keg transferred and then had a foam over. I put the original keg in the keezer and the other one in the refrigerator. It poured great, but is not carbonated enough, so I put it at 30 PSI. It tastes good.
6/17/2023 3:35 AM 11 months ago	+134	Tasting Note				6/17/2023 5:36 AM 11 months ago	I took the rest of the first keg and poured it into the one with the floating dip tube. It was a little messy as it foamed over the top. I used a strainer, but cut it off before a lot of hops came out.

Notes

I looked at several recipes and I did not want to add dextrose or candy sugar to this. I also am going to use my Belgian Abbey Style Ale yeast rather than a Trappist Yeast which most of them use. I am also going to use some of the hops I have on hand, rather than using the ones listed in the recipes I found online. I will go for the same target IBU/HBUs. Original IBU was 60.58 with a 90 minute boil and using Amarillo, Saaz and Simcoe hops. If I change the 90 minute boil hops to 60, the IBU drops to 57.74.

For the 3 boiling hops, the AAUs for 60 minutes is 13.7. 38 grams of my Rakau gives me 13.8 AAUs at 60 minutes. The recipe also called for 42.5 g Saaz at 10 minutes (AAUs 5.2) and 42.5 g Simcoe at 5 minutes (AAUs 19) and 28.35 g Amarillo at Flameout (13 AAUs). I will do 14 g at 10 minutes (5.1 AAU), 52 g at 5 minutes (18.9 AAU) and 36 g at flameout (13.1 AAU). For dry hopping the original recipe used 28.35 g of Amarillo (13% AA - 13 AAU), 28.35 g of Saaz (3.5% AA – 3.5 AAU), and 28.35 g Simcoe (12.7% AA – 12.7 AAU) for a total of 29.2 AAU. I will use 80 g of Rakau for 29.1 AAU. My overall IBU is 57.72 which is real close to the original recipe. That is a total of 220 grams or 7.83 ounces. I have 8 ounces of hops and will use them all which is 226.7 grams. I will add the 6.7 grams the dry hop which doesn’t change the overall IBU. It took the AAU from 29.1 to 31.2.

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