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Chilli Ginger milk stout 4.6% -May 2025

241 calories 24 g 500 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: No Profile Selected
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 26 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 33 liters
Post Boil Size: 26 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.038 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.052 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 241 calories (Per 500ml)
Carbs: 24 g (Per 500ml)
Created: Sunday May 11th 2025
1.052
1.012
5.2%
64.0
50.0
5.7
12.06
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
3 g GB - Irish Moss3 g Irish Moss - (late boil kettle addition) 36.8 80 0%
4,100 g United Kingdom - Pale 2-Row4100 g Pale 2-Row £ 0.00 / g
£ 8.20 		38 2.5 65.3%
400 g Flaked Oats400 g Flaked Oats £ 0.00 / g
£ 0.00 		33 2.2 6.4%
500 g Crisp Malting - Pale Wheat Malt500 g Pale Wheat Malt 38.7 2 8%
530 g United Kingdom - Black Patent530 g Black Patent 27 525 8.4%
500 g United Kingdom - Roasted Barley500 g Roasted Barley £ 0.00 / g
£ 0.00 		29 550 8%
250 g Lactose (Milk Sugar)250 g Lactose (Milk Sugar) - (late boil kettle addition) 41 1 4%
6,283 g / £ 8.20
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
20 g Admiral20 g Admiral Hops £ 0.01 / g
£ 0.20 		Leaf/Whole 14.5 Boil 90 min 30.54 26.3%
25 g Dana25 g Dana Hops Leaf/Whole 11.66 Boil 50 min 27.29 32.9%
11 g Amarillo11 g Amarillo Hops £ 0.06 / g
£ 0.66 		Pellet 8.6 Boil 20 min 6.2 14.5%
20 g Domestic Hallertau20 g Domestic Hallertau Hops Leaf/Whole 3.9 Boil 0 min 26.3%
76 g / £ 0.86
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1.50 tsp Sodium Bicarbonate Water Agt Mash 0 min.
5 g Chilli Flavor Bottling 6 days
8 g Ginger Flavor Bottling 6 days
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
£ 3.00 / each
£ 3.00
Attenuation (avg):
81%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
12 - 25 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 117 B cells required
£ 3.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: dextrose       Amount: 166.0 g       Temp: 20 °C       CO2 Level: 2 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Easter road Edinburgh 26/5/16 (CaCO3 not accurate)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
17 L Mash attachment detached Batch Sparge 67 °C 67 °C 90 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 2.5 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 67 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2.5 L/kg 15.1
Mash volume with grains 19.1
Grain absorption losses -6
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 26.6 L) 24.9
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 34.8 L) 33
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.2
Boil off losses -8.6
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.4
Post boil Volume 26
Going into fermentor 26
Total: 39.9  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Great conditioning & flavour - I hope
I’ve finally managed to consistently brew stouts & porters with a wee bicarbonate of soda



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