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Brown Ale

185 calories 18.4 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Brown Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.040 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.056 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Calories: 185 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 18.4 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Saturday September 10th 2016
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
9 lb Crisp Malting - Finest Maris Otter9 lb Finest Maris Otter 36.8 2.4 75%
1 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 75L1 lb Caramel / Crystal 75L 33 75 8.3%
1 lb Bestmalz - BEST Biscuit1 lb BEST Biscuit 35 20 8.3%
1 lb Dingemans - Special B1 lb Special B 33.1 125 8.3%
12 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Yakima Valley Hops - Perle1 oz Perle Hops Pellet 5.7 Boil 60 min 23.67 33.3%
1 oz Willamette1 oz Willamette Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil 20 min 11.32 33.3%
1 oz Mount Hood1 oz Mount Hood Hops Leaf/Whole 4.8 Boil 10 min 6.57 33.3%
3 oz / $ 0.00
Priming
CO2 Level: 1.02 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
3 gal HERMS Sparge -- 152 °F 90 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.75 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.75 qt/lb 5.25 21  
Mash volume with grains 6.21 24.8  
Grain absorption losses -1.5 -6  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 3.11 g | 12.5 qt) 3.5 14  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.61 g | 26.5 qt) 7 28  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.11 -0.5  
Post boil Volume 5 20  
Going into fermentor 5 20  
Total: 8.75 35
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

HERMS. dough in 100-110F 15 min.
set flow to mash low and heater to HTL on highest.
30 min from 120-150F in HLT (mash 115-140F).
Turn flow to mash up, 10 min for HLT to reach 156F.
15 to reach 154 in mash. Mash 152-154 for 90 min.
reduce setting on HLT heater to Med-Low (175F) to maintain T.

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