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Black Belgian(from scratch)

168 calories 16 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: 12.1 °P (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 90% (ending kettle)
Calories: 168 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Friday May 15th 2026
12.7 °P
2.8 °P
5.4%
22.5
30.3
5.4
103.56
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
102 lb Great Western - Premium 2-Row102 lb Premium 2-Row $ 0.75 / lb
$ 76.50 		37 2 85%
6 lb Briess - Midnight Wheat Malt6 lb Midnight Wheat Malt $ 1.25 / lb
$ 7.50 		25 550 5%
4 lb Bestmalz - BEST Chocolate4 lb BEST Chocolate $ 1.01 / lb
$ 4.04 		34.5 337.82 3.3%
2 lb Bestmalz - BEST Special X2 lb BEST Special X $ 1.02 / lb
$ 2.04 		34.5 132.5 1.7%
4 lb Canada Malting - WHITE WHEAT MALT4 lb WHITE WHEAT MALT $ 0.73 / lb
$ 2.92 		38.1 3.5 3.3%
2 lb Briess - Blackprinz Malt2 lb Blackprinz Malt 25 500 1.7%
120 lbs / $ 93.00
 
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 11.63 25%
12 oz Yakima Valley Hops - Sterling12 oz Sterling Hops $ 0.88 / oz
$ 10.56 		Pellet 7.2 Boil 15 min 10.84 75%
16 oz / $ 10.56
 
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) 1279 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: 78.1 gal (312.4 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 66.1 gal (264.4 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 69.6 gal (278.4 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 2.4 gal (9.6 qt) and adding 57.6 gal (230.4 qt) sparge/top-off. 60 240  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2 qt/lb 60 240  
Mash volume with grains 69.6 278.4  
Grain absorption losses -15 -60  
Remaining sparge water volume 35.25 141  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 78.1 g | 312.4 qt) 80 320  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.6 -2.4  
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 77.9 g | 311.6 qt) 76 304  
Estimated amount in fermentor 76 304  
Total: 95.25 381
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"Black Belgian(from scratch)" Schwarzbier beer recipe by Bigbre04. All Grain, ABV 5.42%, IBU 22.47, SRM 30.33, Fermentables: ( Premium 2-Row, Midnight Wheat Malt, BEST Chocolate, BEST Special X, WHITE WHEAT MALT, Blackprinz Malt) Hops: (Magnum, Sterling) Other: (Calcium Chloride (anhydrous), Gypsum, Phosphoric acid)
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