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American Wheat Ale - Crowd edition - 120L

140 calories 12.8 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Wheat Beer
Boil Time: 30 min
Batch Size: 120 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 127.75 liters
Post Boil Size: 124.75 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.045 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.046 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 80% (brew house)
Source: Modern Times
Hop Utilization: 95%
Calories: 140 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 12.8 g (Per 330ml)
URL: https://github.com/jpbarrette/beer-brewing/tree/master/macgyvers-island
Created: Saturday April 18th 2026
1.046
1.009
4.9%
23.2
4.8
5.7
95.19
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
13 kg Weyermann - Pale Wheat13 kg Pale Wheat 1.00 € / kg
13.00 € 		36 2 53.1%
8.50 kg schuema - Pils8.5 kg Pils 0.80 € / kg
6.80 € 		35 1.69 34.7%
2 kg Weyermann - CaraRed2 kg CaraRed 2.40 € / kg
4.80 € 		35 19.3 8.2%
1 kg Rice Hulls1 kg Rice Hulls 1.00 € / kg
1.00 € 		0 0 4.1%
24.50 kg / 25.60 €
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
275 g Citra275 g Citra Hops 35.00 € / kg
9.63 € 		Pellet 11 Hop Stand at 80 °C 30 min 7.56 19%
275 g Yakima Chief Hops - Simcoe275 g Simcoe Hops 35.00 € / kg
9.63 € 		Pellet 13.6 Hop Stand 30 min 15.59 19%
550 g Citra (11 AA)550 g Citra (11 AA) Hops 35.00 € / kg
19.25 € 		Pellet 11 Dry Hop (High Krausen) at 80 °C 3 days 37.9%
350 g Yakima Chief Hops - Simcoe350 g Simcoe Hops 35.00 € / kg
12.25 € 		Pellet 13.6 Dry Hop (High Krausen) 3 days 24.1%
1,450 g / 50.75 €
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
27.69 g Ascorbic Acid Water Agt Mash 0 min.
9.69 g Canning Salt Water Agt Mash 0 min.
10.98 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 0 min.
22.62 ml Lactic acid Water Agt Mash 0 min.
27.69 g Ascorbic Acid Water Agt Sparge 0 min.
14.95 g Gypsum Water Agt Sparge 0 min.
14.58 ml Lactic acid Water Agt Sparge 0 min.
13.20 g Canning Salt Water Agt Sparge 0 min.
 
Yeast
Lallemand - LALBREW® BRY-97 WEST COAST ALE YEAST
Amount:
5.54 Each
Cost:
3.40 € / each
18.84 €
Attenuation (custom):
80%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
15 - 22 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
18 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 686 B cells required
18.84 € Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.7 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
122 22 26 150 101 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
64.6 L Strike 69 °C 67 °C 60 min
87.7 L Sparge 76 °C 76 °C 15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 2.7 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 12 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 125.6 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 80.2 L sparge/top-off.  
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 82.32 L. Suggest reducing strike water volume to 29.23 L and adding 36.92 L sparge/top-off. 66.2
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2.7 L/kg 66.2
Mash volume with grains 82.3
Grain absorption losses -24.5
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 84.9 L) 87
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 125.6 L) 127.8
Boil off losses -2.9
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 122.8 L) 124.8
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -2.8
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size  
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 122 L) 120
Total: 153.2  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes
  • Used "dip hopping" for the "hop stand" hop. Didn't control temperature, might had less than 10 liters.
  • Bad crush (was too coarse)
  • Mash was almost too much for the kettle. Wasn't comfortable
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  • Last Updated: 2026-05-06 15:09 UTC
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