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Spruce Session

157 calories 16.5 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American IPA
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 16 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 18 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 11.3 °P (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 12.6 °P (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 60% (brew house)
Source: Martin Kopecky
Hop Utilization: 96%
Calories: 157 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 16.5 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Saturday June 21st 2025
12.6 °P
3.3 °P
5.0%
52.8
6.6
5.4
124.00
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4 kg Weyermann - Pale Ale4 kg Pale Ale Kč 31.00 / kg
Kč 124.00 		39 3.18 95.2%
200 g Weyermann - CaraRed200 g CaraRed 35 19.3 4.8%
4.20 kg / Kč 124.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
14 g Eureka14 g Eureka Hops Kč 0.00 / g
Kč 0.00 		Pellet 15.1 Boil 45 min 30.81 25.9%
20 g Citra20 g Citra Hops Pellet 11 Boil 10 min 12.66 37%
8 g Citra8 g Citra Hops Pellet 11 Boil 5 min 2.79 14.8%
12 g brelex - Eureka12 g Eureka Hops Pellet 17.1 Boil 5 min 6.49 22.2%
54 g / Kč 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
80 g spruce tips Herb Boil 10 min.
4.49 ml Lactic acid Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Kč 0.00 / each
Kč 0.00
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
12 - 25 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
23 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 71 B cells required
Kč 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       Amount: 1.06 bar       Temp: 15 °C       CO2 Level: 2 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
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
16 L Infusion 72 °C 68 °C 45 min
8 L Strike 78 °C 74 °C 15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 15 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3 L/kg 12.6
Mash volume with grains 15.4
Grain absorption losses -4.2
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 14.5 L) 10.5
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 22 L) 18
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.3
Post boil Volume 16
Going into fermentor 16
Total: 23.1  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Should be classic West Coast IPA. Sweetness should offset the early boil additions. I plan to use wood chips to the keg to give it a bit of woody flavor.


Result:
I did not add wood chips in the end. Anyway, this is the great, drinkable beer I have been aimig for. Great head retention, flavor is intese spruce, seem stable even after months. Will repeat next year when there are fresh spruce shoots.

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