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Galaxy Wars: the Impire Strikes Back (2016)

279 calories 22.7 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: Extract
Style: Double IPA
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.25 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 3.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.128 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 35% (steeping grains only)
Source: Single hop addition (mostly) of Pliny the Elder
Calories: 279 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 22.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday April 14th 2016
1.085
1.013
9.5%
123.6
7.6
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
9 lb Liquid Malt Extract - Light9 lb Liquid Malt Extract - Light 35 4 72.7%
1.50 lb Dry Malt Extract - Wheat1.5 lb Dry Malt Extract - Wheat 42 3 12.1%
1 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose1 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose 46 0.5 8.1%
0.50 lb Maltodextrin0.5 lb Maltodextrin 39 0 4%
12 lbs / $ 0.00
Steeping Grains
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6 oz American - Caramel / Crystal 40L6 oz Caramel / Crystal 40L 34 40 3%
$ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
2 oz Crystal2 oz Crystal Hops Leaf/Whole 4.3 Boil 20 min 8.5 13.3%
2.50 oz Galaxy2.5 oz Galaxy Hops Pellet 14.25 Boil 60 min 63.98 16.7%
1.10 oz Galaxy1.1 oz Galaxy Hops Pellet 14.25 Boil 45 min 25.84 7.3%
1.10 oz Galaxy1.1 oz Galaxy Hops Pellet 14.25 Boil 30 min 21.64 7.3%
3.30 oz Galaxy3.3 oz Galaxy Hops Pellet 14.25 Boil 1 min 3.64 22%
5 oz Galaxy5 oz Galaxy Hops Pellet 14.25 Dry Hop 7 days 33.3%
15 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2.50 oz Oak chips on Evan Williams Flavor Secondary 7 hr.
 
Yeast
White Labs - California Ale Yeast WLP001
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
88.2%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
68 - 73 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
75 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 203 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: Keg @ 35F       Amount: 25 PSI for 5 days       CO2 Level: 2.5 Volumes
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Heat water added to kettle (equipment estimates 6.18 g | 24.7 qt) 2.55 10.2  
Mash volume with grains (equipment estimates 6.18 g | 24.7 qt) 2.58 10.3  
Grain absorption losses (steeping) -0.05 -0.2  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.99 4  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.13 g | 28.5 qt) 3.5 14  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.38 -1.5  
Post boil volume 5.25 21  
Going into fermentor 5.25 21  
WARNING: Kettle losses > 2% detected which throw off OG calculation for extract/partial mash recipes in batch target 'fermentor' mode. Solution: Reduce kettle losses, misc losses and hops absorption in equipment profile, OR set batch target to 'kettle' and do a full wort boil. See batch target FAQ.    
Total: 2.55 10.2
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

The base recipe is from Morebeer's Pliny the Elder kit (malts and whole hops). **Note, I added more DME to this calculator to get actual ABV of around 9.45% OG: 1.085, FG: 1.013. Use 0.5 lbs DME, next time I might skip the maltodextrin, the beer tastes slightly sweet but balanced. I also pitched 2x yeast vials.

Oak chips were aged six months on about 5oz of Evan Williams on a full packet (12oz?) oak. This provided a nice smokey flavor and means that I didn't have to sanitize the wood chips. Added oak with dry hop pellets. I feel the oak significantly zapped the hops flavor, beer is balanced or tilting sweet almost.

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