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Dark Sweetness

208 calories 25.4 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Sweet Stout
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 12 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 13.9 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.047 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 80% (ending kettle)
Calories: 208 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 25.4 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Wednesday April 30th 2025
1.062
1.021
5.4%
24.3
40.0
5.5
17.10
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
18 lb Great Western - Premium 2-Row18 lb Premium 2-Row $ 0.95 / lb
$ 17.10 		37 2 72%
2 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 80L2 lb Caramel / Crystal 80L 33 80 8%
2 lb American - Chocolate2 lb Chocolate 29 350 8%
2 lb Lactose (Milk Sugar)2 lb Lactose (Milk Sugar) - (late boil kettle addition) 41 1 8%
1 lb American - Midnight Wheat Malt1 lb Midnight Wheat Malt 33 550 4%
25 lbs / $ 17.10
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
4 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh4 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops Pellet 3.75 Boil 60 min 24.32 100%
4 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04
Amount:
2 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 242 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.75 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
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 13.65 gal (54.6 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 11.84 gal (47.37 qt) and adding 1.65 gal (6.6 qt) sparge/top-off.    
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 8.63 34.5  
Mash volume with grains 10.47 41.9  
Grain absorption losses -2.88 -11.5  
Remaining sparge water volume 8.4 33.6  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 13.49 g | 54 qt) 13.9 55.6  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.16 0.6  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.15 -0.6  
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 12.41 g | 49.6 qt) 12 48  
Estimated amount in fermentor 12 48  
Total: 17.03 68.1
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Maybe add split vanilla beans in the fermenter as a "dry vanilla."

Cocoa powder or cocoa nibs?

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