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280 calories 28.9 g .5 L
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Strong Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 24 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 42.02 liters
Post Boil Size: 26 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.031 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.060 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Wheel Ale Brewing
Calories: 280 calories (Per .5L)
Carbs: 28.9 g (Per .5L)
Created: Saturday May 24th 2025
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
5 kg Bairds - Maris Otter Finest Ale Malt 5 kg Maris Otter Finest Ale Malt £ 1.05 / kg
£ 5.25 		37.7 2.5 79.4%
0.50 kg Bestmalz - BEST Caramel Munich II0.5 kg BEST Caramel Munich II £ 1.27 / kg
£ 0.64 		34.5 45.5 7.9%
0.80 kg BB - Dark Brown Muscovado Sugar0.8 kg Dark Brown Muscovado Sugar - (late boil kettle addition) £ 2.55 / kg
£ 2.04 		40 40 12.7%
6.30 kg / £ 7.93
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
36 g Challenger36 g Challenger Hops £ 0.05 / g
£ 1.80 		Pellet 8.24 Boil 60 min 37.21 46.8%
13 g East Kent Goldings13 g East Kent Goldings Hops £ 0.06 / g
£ 0.78 		Pellet 6.87 Boil 10 min 4.06 16.9%
15 g Bramling Cross15 g Bramling Cross Hops £ 0.05 / g
£ 0.75 		Pellet 6.5 Boil 10 min 4.43 19.5%
13 g East Kent Goldings13 g East Kent Goldings Hops £ 0.06 / g
£ 0.78 		Pellet 56.87 Boil 0 min 16.9%
77 g / £ 4.11
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 each Campden Tablets Water Agt Mash 0 min.
35 ml CRS/AMS (6.3% HCl, 8.6% H2SO4) Water Agt Mash 0 min.
 
Yeast
Lallemand - LALBREW® BRY-97 WEST COAST ALE YEAST
Amount:
0.68 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
15 - 22 °C
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
21 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 177 B cells required
£ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       Amount: 0.82 bar       Temp: 20 °C       CO2 Level: 1.5 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Kettering Rd
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
99 8 38 133.5 207.2 0.3
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
25.7 L Strike 69 °C 67 °C 90 min
9.4 L Sparge 76 °C 76 °C 15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3.65 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 10 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3.7 L/kg 20.1
Mash volume with grains 23.7
Grain absorption losses -5.5
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 15.9 L) 28.3
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 29.6 L) 42
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.5
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.4
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 24 L) 26
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size  
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 26 L) 24
Total: 48.4  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Start fermentation at 18C (3 days) then ramp up to 21C, 2 weeks total. Bottle carb 1.5 volumes CO2.

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