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apa 2

197 calories 17.5 g 12 L
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Pale Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 50 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 56 liters
Post Boil Size: 55.5 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.059 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.060 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Hop Utilization: 99%
Calories: 197 calories (Per 12L)
Carbs: 17.5 g (Per 12L)
Created: Saturday October 4th 2025
1.060
1.011
6.4%
6.8
13.1
5.3
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG EBC Bill %
13 kg BA Malt - Pale Ale13 kg Pale Ale 38 9.18 96.3%
500 g BA Malt - Wheat Malt500 g Wheat Malt 38 3.84 3.7%
13.50 kg / $U 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
20 g Yakima Valley Hops - Bravo20 g Bravo Hops Pellet 14.9 Boil at 100 °C 15 min 6.83 8%
60 g Yakima Chief Hops - El Dorado60 g El Dorado Hops Pellet 15 Whirlpool at 75 °C 40 min 24%
40 g Yakima Chief Hops - Citra40 g Citra Hops Pellet 13 Whirlpool at 75 °C 40 min 16%
30 g Zythos30 g Zythos Hops Pellet 11 Whirlpool at 75 °C 40 min 12%
70 g Yakima Valley Hops - El Dorado70 g El Dorado Hops Pellet 14.1 Dry Hop at 14 °C 2 days 28%
30 g Yakima Chief Hops - Citra30 g Citra Hops Pellet 13 Dry Hop 2 days 12%
250 g / $U 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1.50 g Servomyces Fining Boil 10 min.
4 g BSG - Kerry Whirlfloc T Fining Boil 10 min.
8 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
6 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
2 g Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
7.80 ml Phosphoric acid Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
Lallemand - LalBrew NovaLager™
Amount:
50 Grams
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
81%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
10 - 20 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
19 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 258 B cells required
$U 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.45 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
agua osmosis
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
43 L Strike 75 °C 67 °C 60 min
25 L Batch Sparge 76 °C 76 °C 35 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3.65 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 20 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 56.45 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 11.05 L sparge/top-off.  
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 58.19 L. Suggest reducing strike water volume to 36.49 L and adding 12.79 L sparge/top-off. 49.3
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3.7 L/kg 49.3
Mash volume with grains 58.2
Grain absorption losses -13.5
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 21.6 L) 21.1
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 56.5 L) 56
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.1
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 50.7 L) 55.5
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.7
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size  
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 54.9 L) 50
Total: 70.4  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"apa 2" American Pale Ale beer recipe by buenos amigos beer. All Grain, ABV 6.44%, IBU 6.83, SRM 13.11, Fermentables: (Pale Ale, Wheat Malt) Hops: (Bravo, El Dorado, Citra, Zythos) Other: (Servomyces, Kerry Whirlfloc T, Calcium Chloride (anhydrous), Gypsum, Salt, Phosphoric acid)
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  • Last Updated: 2025-10-04 16:40 UTC