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La Costa Porter

219 calories 23 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Robust Porter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 21 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 23 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.060 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 85% (brew house)
Source: JGT
Calories: 219 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 23 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Tuesday February 10th 2015
1.066
1.017
6.4%
28.8
24.1
5.6
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
30 lb American - Pale 2-Row30 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 66.4%
5 lb American - Wheat5 lb Wheat 38 1.8 11.1%
2 lb German - CaraMunich III2 lb CaraMunich III 34 57 4.4%
2 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 75L2 lb Caramel / Crystal 75L 33 75 4.4%
2 lb American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)2 lb Carapils (Dextrine Malt) 33 1.8 4.4%
2 lb United Kingdom - Amber2 lb Amber 32 27 4.4%
11 oz United Kingdom - Chocolate11 oz Chocolate 34 425 1.5%
0.50 lb Flaked Barley0.5 lb Flaked Barley 32 2.2 1.1%
0.50 lb United Kingdom - Black Patent0.5 lb Black Patent 27 525 1.1%
0.50 lb United Kingdom - Roasted Barley0.5 lb Roasted Barley 29 550 1.1%
45.19 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
4.50 oz Fuggles4.5 oz Fuggles Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil 60 min 16.71 40.9%
2.50 oz Tettnanger2.5 oz Tettnanger Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil 30 min 7.13 22.7%
3 oz Hallertau Hersbrucker3 oz Hallertau Hersbrucker Hops Pellet 4 Boil 15 min 4.91 27.3%
1 oz Saaz1 oz Saaz Hops Leaf/Whole 3.5 Hopback 2 min 9.1%
11 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 oz Irish Moss Fining Boil 10 min.
7 g Epsom Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
6 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
24 ml Lactic acid Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
35 g Chalk Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
12 g Calcium Chloride Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
14 g Baking Soda Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
White Labs - Edinburgh Scottish Ale Yeast WLP028
Amount:
2 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
72.5%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
65 - 70 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.0 (M cells / ml / ° P) 1283 B cells required
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Target Water Profile
London (Porter, dark ales)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
100 5 35 60 50 265
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
15 gal Acid Rest Temperature -- 122 °F 30 min
15 gal Saccharification Rest Infusion -- 152 °F 30 min
15 gal Saccharification Rest Infusion -- 156 °F 20 min
28 gal Mash-Out Infusion -- 165 °F 20 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: 22.91 gal (91.65 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 10.91 gal (43.65 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 20.56 gal (82.24 qt). Suggest reducing strike water volume to 8.39 gal (33.54 qt) and adding 8.56 gal (34.24 qt) sparge/top-off. 16.95 67.8  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 16.95 67.8  
Mash volume with grains 20.56 82.2  
Grain absorption losses -5.65 -22.6  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 11.87 g | 47.5 qt) 11.95 47.8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 22.91 g | 91.7 qt) 23 92  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.38 -1.5  
Post boil Volume 21.04 84.2  
Hops absorption losses (hopback) -0.04 -0.2  
Going into fermentor 21 84  
Total: 28.9 115.6
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Entire brew went well. Used Fuggle hop. SG 1.066 Starter slow to start but normal in second stage. Used Burton Salts 15 tsp. won't do again. need to get starter water chem.
FG 1.020.

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