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Prickly Pear Braggot

374 calories 35.8 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Braggot
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 11 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 12 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.103 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 80% (brew house)
Source: Bob
Calories: 374 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 35.8 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Friday January 9th 2015
1.112
1.025
11.4%
31.5
8.7
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
15 lb Honey15 lb Honey 42 2 42.9%
10 lb American - Pale 2-Row10 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 28.6%
8 lb American - White Wheat8 lb White Wheat 40 2.8 22.9%
1 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 40L1 lb Caramel / Crystal 40L 34 40 2.9%
1 lb United Kingdom - Carastan (30/37)1 lb Carastan (30/37) 35 34 2.9%
35 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
2 oz Columbus2 oz Columbus Hops Leaf/Whole 15.1 Boil 90 min 31.48 100%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 tsp yeast nutirent Other Boil 15 min.
1 tsp irsh moss Fining Boil 15 min.
 
Yeast
White Labs - Trappist Ale Yeast WLP500
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
77.5%
Flocculation:
Med-Low
Optimum Temp:
65 - 72 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.25 (M cells / ml / ° P) 1372 B cells required
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Target Water Profile
little bitter
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
64 1 3 36 100 33
7.5 gallons strike water add 4.5g gypsum & 2.5g calcium chloride

7 gallons sparge water add 4.5g gypsum & 2.5g calcium chloride
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
7.5 gal sinlge infusion w/mashout Infusion -- 152 °F 90 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 13.33 gal (53.3 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 1.33 gal (5.3 qt) sparge/top-off.    
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 7.5 30  
Mash volume with grains 9.1 36.4  
Grain absorption losses -2.5 -10  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 7.41 g | 29.6 qt) 6.08 24.3  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 1.17 4.7  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 13.33 g | 53.3 qt) 12 48  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume 11 44  
Going into fermentor 11 44  
Total: 13.58 54.3
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

sparge with 7 gallons.
collect 12 gallons.
bring to boil, add hop addition, then add 10 lbs prickly pears to kettle using stainless hop spider. Boil 90 minutes, add 15 lbs clover honey @ flame out.

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