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Cucumber Watermelon Mint Berliner Weisse

94 calories 9.2 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Berliner Weisse
Boil Time: 15 min
Batch Size: 25 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 25.5 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.030 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 94 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 9.2 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Tuesday April 5th 2016
1.031
1.007
3.2%
3.4
2.5
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
1,774.19 g American - Wheat1774.19 g Wheat 38 1.8 50%
1,774.19 g American - Pilsner1774.19 g Pilsner 37 1.8 50%
3,548.38 g / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
11.29 g East Kent Goldings11.29 g East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5 Boil 15 min 3.39 100%
11.29 g / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
- -
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Med
Optimum Temp:
19 - 22 °C
Starter:
No
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
21.1 L Temperature -- 64 °C 90 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 5 L/kg
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 5 L/kg 17.7
Mash volume with grains 20.1
Grain absorption losses -3.5
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 13.2 L) 12.2
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 26.5 L) 25.5
Boil off losses -1.4
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.1
Post boil Volume 25
Going into fermentor 25
Total: 29.9  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Mash and boil for 30mins
Add lacto to the grainfather when temp gets to 50degrees
Cover the grainfather with cling film and leave for 3 days.
When PH has dropped down to 3.6ph boil up for 60mins to kill off the lacto and add hops
sanitise the counterflow by running boiling worth through it.
Finish with Lime zest at 5mins.
add to fermenter warm rather than recirculation.
Bleach the shit out of the grainfather
Ferment the beer with cider or champagne yeast
Once fermented out, add cucumber juice to the bottling bucket and bottle. Let it do it's thing in the bottle.
Cucumber has 1.7grams of sugar per 100grams so work that into the priming calculations

Alternatively.
Mash and boil.
Ferment as normal.
Split with half on Watermelon an Mint Half on cucumber
Add Lacto to each fermenter.
Check ph drops then bottle

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  • Last Updated: 2016-05-02 12:20 UTC