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Belgian Black Ale

170 calories 16.2 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Schwarzbier
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 76 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 80 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 12.2 °P (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 90% (ending kettle)
Calories: 170 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16.2 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Friday May 15th 2026
12.8 °P
2.8 °P
5.5%
25.2
28.3
5.4
93.80
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
94 lb Great Western - Premium 2-Row94 lb Premium 2-Row $ 0.75 / lb
$ 70.50 		37 2 77%
8 lb Great Western - Dark Munich8 lb Dark Munich $ 0.84 / lb
$ 6.72 		33 20 6.6%
6 lb Briess - Midnight Wheat Malt6 lb Midnight Wheat Malt $ 1.25 / lb
$ 7.50 		25 550 4.9%
6 lb Great Western - Vienna6 lb Vienna $ 0.84 / lb
$ 5.04 		37 3 4.9%
4 lb Bestmalz - BEST Chocolate4 lb BEST Chocolate $ 1.01 / lb
$ 4.04 		34.5 337.82 3.3%
4 lb Briess - Extra Special Malt4 lb Extra Special Malt 33.5 130 3.3%
122 lbs / $ 93.80
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
4 oz Yakima Valley Hops - Magnum4 oz Magnum Hops $ 0.00 / oz
$ 0.00 		Pellet 11.5 Boil 60 min 11.57 26.7%
3 oz Yakima Chief Hops - Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo)3 oz Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo) Hops $ 0.00 / oz
$ 0.00 		Lupulin Pellet 20.1 Boil 15 min 7.53 20%
8 oz Yakima Valley Hops - Perle8 oz Perle Hops $ 0.00 / oz
$ 0.00 		Pellet 6.1 Boil 15 min 6.09 53.3%
15 oz / $ 0.00
 
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.
35 ml Phosphoric acid Water Agt Mash 0 min.
 
Yeast
Lallemand - LalBrew NovaLager™
Amount:
1.07 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
77%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
50 - 68 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 1294 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
90.9 30 61 96.8 97.7 3.8
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
60.5 gal Strike 159 °F 151 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 2 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 70 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 78.06 gal (312.25 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 66.06 gal (264.25 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 70.76 gal (283.04 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 2.24 gal (8.96 qt) and adding 58.76 gal (235.04 qt) sparge/top-off. 61 244  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2 qt/lb 61 244  
Mash volume with grains 70.76 283  
Grain absorption losses -15.25 -61  
Remaining sparge water volume 34.5 138  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 78.06 g | 312.3 qt) 80 320  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.56 -2.3  
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 77.94 g | 311.8 qt) 76 304  
Estimated amount in fermentor 76 304  
Total: 95.5 382
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"Belgian Black Ale" Schwarzbier beer recipe by Bigbre04. All Grain, ABV 5.49%, IBU 25.19, SRM 28.27, Fermentables: ( Premium 2-Row, Dark Munich, Midnight Wheat Malt, Vienna, BEST Chocolate, Extra Special Malt) Hops: (Magnum, Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo), Perle) Other: (Calcium Chloride (anhydrous), Gypsum, Phosphoric acid)
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