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135 calories 14 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: No Profile Selected
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 50 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 57 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.038 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.044 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Nick Jerrim
Calories: 135 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 14 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Saturday June 6th 2026
1.044
1.011
4.3%
0.0
16.3
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
5 kg Crisp Malting - Extra Pale Maris Otter5 kg Extra Pale Maris Otter 37.5 2 48.5%
3 kg Crisp Malting - Pale Wheat Malt3 kg Pale Wheat Malt 38.7 2 29.1%
0.50 kg Crisp Malting - Cara Gold malt0.5 kg Cara Gold malt 34 6 4.9%
0.10 kg Crisp Malting - Dark Crystal (400 EBC)0.1 kg Dark Crystal (400 EBC) 32 158 1%
1.50 kg Weyermann - Melanoidin1.5 kg Melanoidin 34.5 27 14.6%
0.20 kg Crisp Malting - Roasted Barley0.2 kg Roasted Barley - (late boil kettle addition) 31.28 600 1.9%
10.30 kg / $ 0.00
 
Target Water Profile
Beercraft water
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 55.7 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 10.3 L sparge/top-off.  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3 L/kg 30.9
Mash volume with grains 37.7
Grain absorption losses -10.3
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 36 L) 37.3
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 55.7 L) 57
Boil off losses -5.7
Post boil Volume 50
Going into fermentor 50
Total: 68.2  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"big red" No Profile Selected beer recipe by Nick Jerrim. All Grain, ABV 4.32%, IBU 0, SRM 16.28, Fermentables: (Extra Pale Maris Otter, Pale Wheat Malt, Cara Gold malt, Dark Crystal (400 EBC), Melanoidin, Roasted Barley)
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  • Last Updated: 2026-06-06 15:16 UTC