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Easy Cream Ale - test recipe not brewed

180 calories 16.7 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: Extract
Style: Cream Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.042 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 35% (steeping grains only)
Calories: 180 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday April 3rd 2017
1.055
1.011
5.7%
22.9
4.4
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6 lb Dry Malt Extract - Light6 lb Dry Malt Extract - Light 42 4 92.3%
0.50 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose0.5 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose 46 0.5 7.7%
6.50 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.50 oz Cascade0.5 oz Cascade Hops Pellet 7 Boil 60 min 14.26 50%
0.50 oz Cascade0.5 oz Cascade Hops Pellet 7 Boil 20 min 8.63 50%
1 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
White Labs - Cream Ale Yeast Blend WLP080
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
77.5%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
65 - 70 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
65 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 90 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.4 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 5 25 75 80 100
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Boil water added to kettle (equipment estimates 6.03 g | 24.1 qt) 6 24  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.5 2  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.54 g | 26.2 qt) 6.5 26  
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: 6 24
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Procedures

Bring water to boil
Remove from heat, add extract, sugar and the first hop addition
Boil 40 minutes, add final hop addition
Boil 20 minutes
Remove from heat, cool to 66ºF, oxygenate wort
Pitch 1 vial WLP080 Cream Ale Yeast Blend
Fermentation

Primary Fermentation: 1-2 weeks at 66ºF
Secondary Fermentation: 2-4 weeks
Fermentation Notes: force carbonate or
Stats

CO2 - assume existing green co2 of .90 minus the goal of 2.4= 1.5 needed.
(1/2 oz/US gal) sucrose --> 1 vol. CO2
So 1.5x.5=.75*5gals = 3.75 oz of dextrose to mix with 1 pint of boiling water and add to keg.

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