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Summertime Ginger Ale

123 calories 14.7 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.025 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Source: http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-rec
Calories: 123 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 14.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday June 9th 2016
1.037
1.012
3.3%
11.0
9.6
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
3.50 lb American - Pale 2-Row3.5 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 51.9%
1.75 lb Belgian - Aromatic1.75 lb Aromatic 33 38 25.9%
1 lb Honey1 lb Honey 42 2 14.8%
0.50 lb Lactose (Milk Sugar)0.5 lb Lactose (Milk Sugar) 41 1 7.4%
6.75 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Yakima Chief Hops - German Hallertau1 oz German Hallertau Hops Pellet 2.5 Boil 45 min 10.96 100%
1 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 oz Fresh chopped ginger Spice Boil 15 min.
0.75 tsp Irish Moss Fining Boil 15 min.
2 oz Fresh chopper ginger Spice Secondary 7 min.
 
Yeast
White Labs - German Ale/ Kölsch Yeast WLP029
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
65 - 69 °F
Starter:
No
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Target Water Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Rosamond H2O
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
Infusion -- 152 °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 1.97 7.9  
Mash volume with grains 2.39 9.6  
Grain absorption losses -0.66 -2.6  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.36 g | 21.4 qt) 6.32 25.3  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.12 0.5  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.54 g | 26.2 qt) 7.5 30  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.04 -0.2  
Post boil Volume 5 20  
Going into fermentor 5 20  
Total: 8.29 33.2
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

o brew the Summertime Ginger Ale, mash grains at 152° F (67° C) for 60 minutes. Mash out at 168° F (76° C), with pre-boil wort volume of 6.5 gal. (25 L).

Bring to a rolling boil for 60 minutes, add hops, honey, lactose, and ginger at specified intervals from end of boil. Chill wort to 65° F (18° C) and pitch yeast.

After 5 days, rack to secondary fermenter and age for another 10 days, adding remaining ginger for the last 7 days.

Keg at 2.5 volumes of CO2 or bottle condition with 4 oz (113 g) corn sugar.

Clover honey

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