Brannan Blue

Method: All Grain
Style: Fruit Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.75 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.034 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Source: Tom Farmer
Calories: 158 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 15.6 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Sunday May 13th 2018

Original Gravity:

1.048

Final Gravity:

1.011

ABV (standard):

4.8%

IBU (tinseth):

7.3

SRM (morey):

4.5

Mash pH

n/a

Cost $

n/a

Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
6 lb	American - Pale 2-Row6 lb Pale 2-Row	37	1.8	61.5%
3.50 lb	Flaked Wheat3.5 lb Flaked Wheat	34	2	35.9%
0.25 lb	American - Caramel / Crystal 40L0.25 lb Caramel / Crystal 40L	34	40	2.6%
9.75 lbs / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
0.50 oz	Hallertau Mittelfruh0.5 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops	Pellet	2.7	Boil	60 min	5.39	50%
0.25 oz	Hallertau Mittelfruh0.25 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops	Pellet	2.7	Boil	15 min	1.34	25%
0.25 oz	Hallertau Mittelfruh0.25 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops	Pellet	2.7	Boil	5 min	0.54	25%
1 oz / $ 0.00

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Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Hallertau Mittelfruh (Pellet)		7.27	100%
1 oz / $ 0.00

Yeast

Wyeast - American Wheat 1010

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	76%	Flocculation:	Low
Optimum Temp:	58 - 74 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	65 °F	Pitch Rate:	-

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Mash Guidelines

Amount	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
	Infusion	--	153 °F	60 min
	Fly Sparge	--	168 °F	25 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb

Quick Water Requirements

Water	Gallons	Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb	3.66	14.6
Mash volume with grains	4.44	17.7
Grain absorption losses	-1.22	-4.9
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.85 g \| 19.4 qt)	5.56	22.3
Mash Lauter Tun losses	-0.25	-1
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.04 g \| 28.2 qt)	7.75	31
Boil off losses	-1.5	-6
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma)	-0.04	-0.2
Post boil Volume	5.5	22
Going into fermentor	5.5	22
Total:	9.22	36.9
Equipment Profile Used:	System Default

Batch Performance

Efficiency:

Conversion Efficiency N/A

Pre-Boil: 78% 27.9 ppg

Ending Kettle Efficiency N/A

Brew House: 69% 24.7 ppg

Wort Volume:

5.6 Gallons

Expected 5.5 Gallons of fermentable wort.
Adjust your equipment profile and calibrate your equipment to dial this in.
Expected OG: 1.048
Actual OG: 1.043

Alcohol and Attenuation:

Pending - N/A

Requires Brew Day Complete and Fermentation Complete log entries with gravity readings.

Amount Packaged:

Pending - N/A

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Latest Brew Log

Date	Days	Event	Gravity	Volume	Updated	Comment
6/26/2019 5:20 PM over 4 years ago	+0	Brew Day Complete	1.043	5.6 Gallons	2/20/2021 3:43 AM over 3 years ago	Used all 6.1% AA EKG with 0.5 oz at 60, then 0.25 at 15 and 5.
6/26/2019 10:15 PM over 4 years ago	+0	Pre-Boil Gravity	1.034	8 Gallons	2/20/2021 3:43 AM over 3 years ago	used 4 lbs of flaked wheat instead of 3, and added 1.5 lbs of rice hulls
7/1/2019 2:59 AM over 4 years ago	+5	Sample			2/20/2021 3:43 AM over 3 years ago	Afternoon: added roughly 2.5 lbs pureed blueberries to fermentor, beer was still fermenting at this point and producing a decent amount of bubbles.

Notes

Blueberry beer for Grandma Joyce.

Get 5 or so lbs of blueberries. Puree, freeze, and sterilize (pasteurize at 160 degrees for 15 mins or so). Then rack beer onto blueberries in secondary.

Brewed 5/13/2018. Boiled at 70% power for 7.75 gal pre-boil vol. Tasted great with the 2 oz of extract, however it was still dominated by the real blueberry flavor, which was ok. Next time I would consider dropping the blueberries to maybe 2-3 lbs, only adding juice in the primary, and then adding 3-4 oz of extract. Used 5 lbs of 2 row this time, will up to 6 lbs in future recipes.

Brewed 6/12/2018. Used Mt. Hood instead of Hallertau due to availability, now with 6 lbs of 2 row to account for low efficiency. Added 2.5 lbs bloobs at +7 days after primary ferm was done, and added the juice of about 1 lbs blueberries at bottling time, along with 3-4 oz of extract and gelatin.

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