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169 calories 17 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Best Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 300 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 320 liters
Post Boil Size: 305 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.053 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.055 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 68% (brew house)
Source: Diego Moreno Schmidt
Calories: 169 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 17 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Saturday May 13th 2023
1.055
1.013
5.5%
32.5
8.3
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
70 kg Patagonia - Pale ale70 kg Pale ale 36.8 2.9 87.5%
4.50 kg Patagonia - Caramel 20L4.5 kg Caramel 20L 34 20 5.6%
3 kg Bestmalz - BEST Wheat Malt3 kg BEST Wheat Malt 37.7 2.2 3.8%
2.50 kg Patagonia - Caramel 55L2.5 kg Caramel 55L 29.9 55 3.1%
80 kg / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
207 g Challenger207 g Challenger Hops Pellet 10 First Wort 0 min 18.82 40%
230 g East Kent Goldings230 g East Kent Goldings Hops Leaf/Whole 7.1 Boil 25 min 8.53 44.5%
80 g East Kent Goldings80 g East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 7.1 First Wort 0 min 5.16 15.5%
517 g / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
20 g Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
30 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
10 g Baking Soda Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
Priming
CO2 Level: 4.04 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Light colored and malty
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
60 5 10 95 55 0
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
210 L Infusion 75 °C 67 °C 90 min
Starting Grain Temp: 12 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 308.29 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 262.89 L sparge/top-off.  
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 344.8 L 292
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3.7 L/kg 292
Mash volume with grains 344.8
Grain absorption losses -80
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 97.2 L) 108.9
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 308.3 L) 320
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -2.6
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 300 L) 305
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size  
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 305 L) 300
Total: 400.9  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"EPA!" Best Bitter beer recipe by Diego Moreno Schmidt. All Grain, ABV 5.5%, IBU 32.51, SRM 8.28, Fermentables: (Pale ale, Caramel 20L, BEST Wheat Malt, Caramel 55L) Hops: (Challenger, East Kent Goldings) Other: (Calcium Chloride (dihydrate), Gypsum, Baking Soda)
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