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Adam's Root Beer

202 calories 21.5 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
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Method: All Grain
Style: Specialty Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.045 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: GSH
Calories: 202 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 21.5 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Saturday July 18th 2015
1.061
1.016
5.9%
27.3
31.2
n/a
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6 lb American - Pale 2-Row6 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 53.3%
1 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 20L1 lb Caramel / Crystal 20L 35 20 8.9%
0.75 lb Belgian - De-Bittered Black0.75 lb De-Bittered Black 34 566 6.7%
0.50 lb American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)0.5 lb Carapils (Dextrine Malt) 33 1.8 4.4%
3 lb Honey (Buckwheat)3 lb Honey (Buckwheat) 42 2 26.7%
11.25 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Tettnanger1 oz Tettnanger Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil 60 min 16.31 50%
1 oz East Kent Goldings1 oz East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5 Boil 20 min 10.97 50%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 oz Sassafras Bark Spice Boil 10 min.
1 oz Sarsaparilla Bark Spice Boil 10 min.
1 oz Wintergreen leaf Spice Boil 10 min.
0.50 oz Licorice root Shredded Spice Boil 10 min.
2 each Vanilla bean Flavor Secondary --
1 lb Lactose Flavor Secondary --
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 109 B cells required
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Target Water Profile
Edinburgh (Scottish Ale, Malty Ale)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
100 18 20 45 105 235
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
4.25 gal Sparge -- 155 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 3.09 12.4  
Mash volume with grains 3.75 15  
Grain absorption losses -1.03 -4.1  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.03 g | 20.1 qt) 5.45 21.8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.23 0.9  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.08 g | 28.3 qt) 7.5 30  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 8.55 34.2
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Add Honey late in Primary stage.

Lactose is for end sweetness.

Ferment in dedicated bucket due to risk of carry over flavors

Always bottle do not keg.

Can brew as 3 gal batch for OG 1.115 ABV 11.09%

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