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Medusa Head

280 calories 28.7 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Imperial Stout
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 12 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 14 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.072 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 72% (brew house)
Source: Bryan Chavez
Calories: 280 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 28.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Wednesday January 17th 2018
1.084
1.021
8.3%
66.2
34.7
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
1.50 lb American - Midnight Wheat Malt1.5 lb Midnight Wheat Malt 33 550 3.9%
28 lb United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale28 lb Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 73.7%
4 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 60L4 lb Caramel / Crystal 60L 34 60 10.5%
3 lb Belgian - Biscuit3 lb Biscuit 35 23 7.9%
1 lb New Zealand - Brown Malt1 lb Brown Malt 34 90.36 2.6%
0.50 lb American - Black Malt0.5 lb Black Malt 28 500 1.3%
38 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
2 oz Millenium2 oz Millenium Hops Pellet 15.9 Boil 60 min 41.28 33.3%
2 oz Northern Brewer2 oz Northern Brewer Hops Pellet 7.8 Boil 60 min 20.25 33.3%
2 oz East Kent Goldings2 oz East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5 Boil 10 min 4.71 33.3%
6 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
16 tbsp Eagle Rare Bourbon Flavor Secondary --
16 tbsp homemade madagascar vanilla extract Flavor Secondary --
 
Yeast
Wyeast - London Ale 1028
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Med-Low
Optimum Temp:
60 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 13.73 gal (54.9 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 1.73 gal (6.9 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 17.29 gal (69.16 qt). Suggest reducing strike water volume to 8.96 gal (35.84 qt) and adding 5.29 gal (21.16 qt) sparge/top-off. 14.25 57  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 14.25 57  
Mash volume with grains 17.29 69.2  
Grain absorption losses -4.75 -19  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.48 g | 17.9 qt) 4.75 19  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 13.73 g | 54.9 qt) 14 56  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.23 -0.9  
Post boil Volume 12 48  
Going into fermentor 12 48  
Total: 19 76
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Left in secondary for approx. 8 months.
Transferred to keg and purged oxygen at around month 7. Continued to let sit for an additional month.Needed my fermentor for something else haha!
Added vanilla extract three weeks from carbonation.
Added bourbon two weeks before carbonation.



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