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50lb Gorilla

366 calories 37.7 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Porter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 12 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 14 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.087 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: BNeumann
Calories: 366 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 37.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday January 29th 2018
1.109
1.028
10.7%
49.6
50.0
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6 lb American - Chocolate6 lb Chocolate 29 350 11.8%
5 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 120L5 lb Caramel / Crystal 120L 33 120 9.8%
38 lb American - Pale 2-Row38 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 74.5%
2 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose2 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose - (late boil kettle addition) 46 0.5 3.9%
51 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
2 oz Citra2 oz Citra Hops Leaf/Whole 11 Boil 30 min 17.42 40%
1.50 oz Cites1.5 oz Cites Hops Leaf/Whole 11 Boil 45 min 15.6 30%
1.50 oz Citra1.5 oz Citra Hops Leaf/Whole 11 Boil 55 min 16.62 30%
5 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
White Labs - California Ale V Yeast WLP051
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
72.5%
Flocculation:
Med-High
Optimum Temp:
66 - 70 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
1.0 (M cells / ml / ° P) 1168 B cells required
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Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 5 25 75 80 100
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
7 gal Fly Sparge -- 169 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 13.69 gal (54.75 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 11.85 gal (47.41 qt) and adding 1.69 gal (6.75 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 22.3 gal (89.18 qt). Suggest reducing strike water volume to 8.08 gal (32.32 qt) and adding 10.3 gal (41.18 qt) sparge/top-off. 18.38 73.5  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 18.38 73.5  
Mash volume with grains 22.3 89.2  
Grain absorption losses -6.13 -24.5  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 1.54 g | 6.2 qt) 2 8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 13.54 g | 54.2 qt) 14 56  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.15 0.6  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.19 -0.8  
Post boil Volume 12 48  
Going into fermentor 12 48  
Total: 20.38 81.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"50lb Gorilla" American Porter beer recipe by BNeumann. All Grain, ABV 10.69%, IBU 49.64, SRM 50, Fermentables: (Chocolate, Caramel / Crystal 120L, Pale 2-Row, Corn Sugar - Dextrose) Hops: (Citra, Cites)
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  • Last Updated: 2018-01-29 03:07 UTC