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Gruit Ale

217 calories 24.4 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 16 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 18.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.056 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 72% (brew house)
Calories: 217 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 24.4 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday April 18th 2019
1.065
1.019
6.1%
20.2
13.3
5.4
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
32 lb American - Pale Ale32 lb Pale Ale 37 3.5 81%
3 lb American - Victory3 lb Victory 34 28 7.6%
3 lb Canadian - Honey Malt3 lb Honey Malt 37 25 7.6%
1 lb Belgian - Special B1 lb Special B 34 115 2.5%
0.25 lb American - Smoked Malt0.25 lb Smoked Malt 37 5 0.6%
0.25 lb Flaked Wheat0.25 lb Flaked Wheat 34 2 0.6%
39.50 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
2 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh2 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops Leaf/Whole 3.75 Boil 30 min 5.88 19%
1.50 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh1.5 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops Leaf/Whole 3.75 Boil 10 min 2.08 14.3%
7 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh7 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops Leaf/Whole 3.75 Whirlpool 20 min 12.29 66.7%
10.50 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1.50 oz Juniper berries Herb Boil 30 min.
0.50 oz Mugwart Herb Boil 30 min.
2 oz Juniper Needles Herb Boil 10 min.
0.50 oz Mugwart Herb Boil 10 min.
1 oz Rosemary Herb Whirlpool 20 min.
1 oz Yarrow Herb Whirlpool 20 min.
2 oz Coriander Herb Whirlpool 20 min.
1 oz Thyme Herb Whirlpool 20 min.
6 oz Juniper Needles Herb Whirlpool 20 min.
12 g Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
2 g Epsom Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
7 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
4 g Magnesium Chloride Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
6 g Lactic acid Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
3 g Table Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
White Labs - French Ale WLP072
Amount:
3 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
71.5%
Flocculation:
Med-High
Optimum Temp:
63 - 67 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 337 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.5 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Light colored and malty
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
67 10 25 110 80 0
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 17.89 gal (71.58 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 5.89 gal (23.58 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 17.97 gal (71.89 qt). Suggest reducing strike water volume to 8.84 gal (35.36 qt) and adding 5.97 gal (23.89 qt) sparge/top-off. 14.81 59.3  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 14.81 59.3  
Mash volume with grains 17.97 71.9  
Grain absorption losses -4.94 -19.8  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 8.27 g | 33.1 qt) 8.88 35.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 17.89 g | 71.6 qt) 18.5 74  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.13 -0.5  
Post boil Volume 16.26 65.1  
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.26 -1.1  
Going into fermentor 16 64  
Total: 23.69 94.8
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

closer to 28 IBUs with the other herbs and spices

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