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Christmas Brown Ale

181 calories 18.2 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: British Brown Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 55 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 46 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.070 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Henning Prytz Poulsen
Rating:
5.00 (1 Review)

Calories: 181 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 18.2 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Thursday September 8th 2016
1.059
1.014
5.9%
31.0
17.8
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
12 kg United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale12 kg Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 82.8%
180 g United Kingdom - Chocolate180 g Chocolate 34 425 1.2%
310 g United Kingdom - Crystal 90L310 g Crystal 90L 33 90 2.1%
1 kg United Kingdom - Brown1 kg Brown 32 65 6.9%
1 kg Liquid Malt Extract - Dark1 kg Liquid Malt Extract - Dark 35 30 6.9%
14.49 kg / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
50 g Challenger50 g Challenger Hops Pellet 8.3 Boil 60 min 15.94 27.3%
33 g Goldings33 g Goldings Hops Pellet 4.7 Boil 60 min 5.96 18%
50 g Challenger50 g Challenger Hops Pellet 8.3 Boil 10 min 5.78 27.3%
50 g Goldings50 g Goldings Hops Pellet 4.7 Boil 10 min 3.27 27.3%
183 g / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
24 g Mahlab (Turkish Cherry Pits) Flavor Boil 0 min.
10 g Crystallized Ginger Spice Boil 10 min.
1 each Dried Burbon Vanilla Pod - split Spice Boil 10 min.
2 each Dried Cinnamon Stick Spice Boil 10 min.
6 g Cardamom Spice Boil 10 min.
1 g Dried Mace Spice Boil 10 min.
1 each Allspice grain Spice Boil 10 min.
100 g Dried cherries Flavor Boil 0 min.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
12 - 25 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
19 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 399 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
55 L -- -- 67 °C 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 61.62 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 16.22 L sparge/top-off.  
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 49.37 L. Suggest reducing strike water volume to 36.5 L and adding 3.97 L sparge/top-off. 40.5
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3 L/kg 40.5
Mash volume with grains 49.4
Grain absorption losses -13.5
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 34.8 L) 19.2
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.7
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 61.6 L) 46
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.9
Post boil Volume 55
Going into fermentor 55
Total: 59.7  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Remember to crush spices. Use my suggestions or add Christmasy spices of your choice (Cardamom, Cinnamon/Cassia, Vanilla, Nutmeg, Ginger, Anis, Cloves etc).

For simplicity add everything with 10 minutes left of boil except the mahlab and the cherries, which are added at the end of boil.

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