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Cream Ale

Method: All Grain
Style: Cream Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 140 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 146.33 liters
Post Boil Size: 140 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.047 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.049 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 150 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 14.7 g (Per 330ml)

Created: Thursday March 26th 2026

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
23 kg	Rahr - Premium Pilsner23 kg Premium Pilsner	36.8	1.75	75.4%
6 kg	Flaked Corn6 kg Flaked Corn	40	0.5	19.7%
1.52 kg	Corn Sugar - Dextrose1.52 kg Corn Sugar - Dextrose	42	0.5	5%
30.52 kg / $ 0.00

Amount

Fermentable

Cost

PPG

°L

Bill %

23 kg

Rahr - Premium Pilsner

36.8

1.75

75.4%

6 kg

Flaked Corn

0.5

19.7%

1.52 kg

Corn Sugar - Dextrose

0.5

30.52 kg / $ 0.00

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
70 g	Chinook70 g Chinook Hops	Pellet	13	Boil	60 min	16.94	53.8%
60 g	Chinook60 g Chinook Hops	Pellet	13	Boil	5 min	2.9	46.2%
130 g / $ 0.00

Amount

Variety

Cost

Type

Use

Time

IBU

Bill %

70 g

Chinook

Pellet

Boil

60 min

16.94

53.8%

60 g

Chinook

Pellet

Boil

5 min

2.9

46.2%

130 g / $ 0.00

Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
130 g	Chinook (Pellet) 130 g Chinook (Pellet) Hops		19.84	100%
130 g / $ 0.00

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Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
87.21 L		Strike	74 °C	67 °C	60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C

Amount

Description

Type

Start Temp

Target Temp

Time

87.21 L

Strike

74 °C

67 °C

60 min

Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C

Water	Liters
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 146.35 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 100.95 L sparge/top-off.
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 106.14 L. Suggest reducing strike water volume to 26.26 L and adding 60.74 L sparge/top-off.	87
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3 L/kg	87
Mash volume with grains	106.1
Grain absorption losses	-29
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 88.3 L)	88.2
Mash Lauter Tun losses	-0.9
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions)	1
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 146.4 L)	146.3
Boil off losses	-5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma)	-0.7
Post boil Volume	140
Going into fermentor	140
Total:	175.2
Equipment Profile Used:	System Default

Water

Liters

WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 146.35 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 100.95 L sparge/top-off.

WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 106.14 L. Suggest reducing strike water volume to 26.26 L and adding 60.74 L sparge/top-off.

Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3 L/kg

Mash volume with grains

106.1

Grain absorption losses

-29

Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 88.3 L)

88.2

Mash Lauter Tun losses

-0.9

Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions)

Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 146.4 L)

146.3

Boil off losses

-5.7

Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma)

-0.7

Post boil Volume

140

Going into fermentor

140

Total:

175.2

Equipment Profile Used:

System Default