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Docho's Birthday Festbier

180 calories 16 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Festbier
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 5.2 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.53 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.33 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.045 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.055 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 64% (brew house)
Calories: 180 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Tuesday October 8th 2024
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
10 lb German - Pilsner10 lb Pilsner 38 1.6 83.3%
2 lb Munich - Light 10L2 lb Munich - Light 10L 33 10 16.7%
12 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1.50 oz BSG - German Spalter Select1.5 oz German Spalter Select Hops Pellet 3.2 Boil 60 min 18.38 50%
1.50 oz Tettnanger1.5 oz Tettnanger Hops Pellet 2 Boil 15 min 5.7 50%
3 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) Water Agt Mash 0 min.
1.50 tbsp Five Star Chemicals - 5.2 pH Stabilizer Water Agt Mash 0 min.
1 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 0 min.
1 each Whirlfloc Water Agt Boil 10 min.
 
Yeast
Lallemand - LalBrew NovaLager™
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
80%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
50 - 68 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 93 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Gastonia City Water - Gastonia, NC
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
24.2 1 13 29.8 31 26.3
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
18 qt Target strike temp = 154 Infusion -- 148 °F 60 min
12 qt Sparge -- 170 °F 15 min
0.25 gal Salt additions Infusion -- -- --
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.6 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 65 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.6 qt/lb 4.8 19.2  
Mash volume with grains 5.76 23  
Grain absorption losses -1.5 -6  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.51 g | 18.1 qt) 3.48 13.9  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.56 g | 30.3 qt) 6.53 26.1  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.11 -0.5  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 5.2 g | 20.8 qt) 5.33 21.3  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 5.33 g | 21.3 qt) 5.2 20.8  
Total: 8.28 33.1
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Oct 2024
Taste: Crisp hops bitterness and well balanced! Could be clearer...
Add water salts to Mash. Water profile from Bru'nwater:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/water-profile-for-a-festbier-vienna-and-dunkel.576829/
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/festbier-water-profile.693843/
Target IBU = 25 at 65% brewhouse efficiency (OG 1.053).
Actual 61% eff. (OG 1.050), 87% attenuation (FG 1.005 / 5.9% ABV)

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