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Marshgrass Amber Ale V2

178 calories 17.1 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Amber Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 76 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 80 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 12.7 °P (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 89% (ending kettle)
Calories: 178 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 17.1 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Friday December 12th 2025
13.4 °P
3.0 °P
5.7%
27.0
11.0
5.7
117.99
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
110 lb Canada Malting - CMC 2-ROW MALT110 lb CMC 2-ROW MALT $ 0.71 / lb
$ 78.10 		36 1.75 84%
6 lb Canada Malting - WHITE WHEAT MALT6 lb WHITE WHEAT MALT $ 0.73 / lb
$ 4.38 		38.1 3.5 4.6%
4 lb Great Western - Dark Munich4 lb Dark Munich $ 0.84 / lb
$ 3.36 		33 20 3.1%
4 lb Bestmalz - BEST Special X4 lb BEST Special X $ 1.02 / lb
$ 4.08 		34.5 132.5 3.1%
1 lb Bestmalz - BEST Chocolate1 lb BEST Chocolate $ 1.01 / lb
$ 1.01 		34.5 337.82 0.8%
6 lb Great Western - Crystal 40 Malt6 lb Crystal 40 Malt $ 1.00 / lb
$ 6.00 		21 40 4.6%
131 lbs / $ 96.93
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Yakima Chief Hops - Columbus LupuLN2 (Cryo)1 oz Columbus LupuLN2 (Cryo) Hops $ 1.22 / oz
$ 1.22 		Lupulin Pellet 24.5 Boil 60 min 6.05 5.6%
5 oz Yakima Chief Hops - Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo)5 oz Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo) Hops $ 1.20 / oz
$ 6.00 		Lupulin Pellet 20.1 Boil 15 min 12.32 27.8%
3 oz Yakima Chief Hops - Cascade LupuLN2 (Cryo)3 oz Cascade LupuLN2 (Cryo) Hops $ 1.73 / oz
$ 5.19 		Lupulin Pellet 12 Boil 10 min 3.22 16.7%
5 oz Yakima Chief Hops - Cascade LupuLN2 (Cryo)5 oz Cascade LupuLN2 (Cryo) Hops $ 1.73 / oz
$ 8.65 		Lupulin Pellet 12 Boil 5 min 2.95 27.8%
4 oz Yakima Chief Hops - Cascade LupuLN2 (Cryo)4 oz Cascade LupuLN2 (Cryo) Hops Lupulin Pellet 12.3 Whirlpool at 212 °F 5 min 2.42 22.2%
18 oz / $ 21.06
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
20 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
20 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
Apex - San Diego (Chico) Yeast
Amount:
1.09 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
76%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
64 - 75 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 1345 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 0 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
72 30 61 76.5 80 0.2
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
-- 149 °F --
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 78.03 gal (312.1 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 66.03 gal (264.1 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 51.42 gal (205.67 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 1.52 gal (6.08 qt) and adding 39.42 gal (157.67 qt) sparge/top-off. 40.94 163.8  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.25 qt/lb 40.94 163.8  
Mash volume with grains 51.42 205.7  
Grain absorption losses -16.38 -65.5  
Remaining sparge water volume 55.69 222.8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 78.03 g | 312.1 qt) 80 320  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.53 -2.1  
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 77.98 g | 311.9 qt) 76 304  
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.15 -0.6  
Estimated amount in fermentor 75.85 303.4  
Total: 96.63 386.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Alot darker than expected.

next batch- drop the spec X down to 4 and up the C40 to 6.
sub out the Midnight wheat for chocolate malt 2#s.

Really tasty, but a little on the dark side, might drop the SRM down to 11. subbing the midnight wheat for chocolate would probably work.



V2 followed above advice, added 0 min cascade addition.

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