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183 calories 16.1 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Irish Red Ale
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.043 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 79% (brew house)
Source: Geoff Pooley
Calories: 183 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16.1 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Sunday November 29th 2015
1.056
1.010
6.0%
24.3
15.8
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
3 lb Liquid Malt Extract - Pilsen3 lb Liquid Malt Extract - Pilsen 35 2 33.3%
3 lb American - Pale 2-Row3 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 33.3%
1.50 lb American - Wheat1.5 lb Wheat 38 1.8 16.7%
1 lb German - CaraAroma1 lb CaraAroma 34 130 11.1%
0.50 lb German - Melanoidin0.5 lb Melanoidin 37 25 5.6%
9 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.50 oz Cascade0.5 oz Cascade Hops Leaf/Whole 7.5 Boil 90 min 14.77 33.3%
1 oz Saaz1 oz Saaz Hops Pellet 3.9 Boil 20 min 9.56 66.7%
1.50 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Wyeast - American Ale II 1272
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
80%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
60 - 72 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
71 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.0 (M cells / ml / ° P) 261 B cells required
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
Infusion -- 122 °F 20 min
Infusion -- 152 °F 40 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 2.25 9  
Mash volume with grains 2.73 10.9  
Grain absorption losses -0.75 -3  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.8 g | 23.2 qt) 5 20  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.25 1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.31 g | 29.2 qt) 6.5 26  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.06 -0.2  
Post boil Volume 5 20  
Going into fermentor 5 20  
Total: 7.25 29
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

I'm going for a very easy to drink red ale. I've brewed a couple specialty beers lately and I need to have something on tap that is balanced and lighter and easy to drink. I want the malt flavor to come through with a balanced mild bitterness of the hops at the finish.

Mash
20 min @ 122 degrees Fahrenheit
40 min @ 152 degrees Fahrenheit

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