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"A" Work Amber

146 calories 16.5 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: International Amber Lager
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 6.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Post Boil Size: 6 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.038 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.048 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 78% (brew house)
Calories: 146 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16.5 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Wednesday January 22nd 2020
1.044
1.013
4.1%
19.5
6.6
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
8.50 lb American - Pale 2-Row8.5 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 85%
1.50 lb American - Victory1.5 lb Victory 34 28 15%
10 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.40 oz Magnum0.4 oz Magnum Hops Pellet 15 Boil 60 min 19.54 50%
0.40 oz Cluster0.4 oz Cluster Hops Pellet 6.5 Whirlpool 0 min 50%
0.80 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
5.53 g Lactic acid Water Agt Mash 30 min.
 
Yeast
White Labs - Munich Helles Yeast WLP860
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
70%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
48 - 52 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
50 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 404 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.75 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Düsseldorf (Altbier)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
200 45 8 12 125 118
Add 1.94 grams of Ca to mash water
Add 1.27 grams of SO4 to mash water
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
3.1 gal Strike 166 °F 152 °F 30 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 65 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.25 qt/lb 3.13 12.5  
Mash volume with grains (equipment estimates 3.41 g | 13.6 qt) 3.93 15.7  
Grain absorption losses -1.25 -5  
Remaining sparge water volume 5.88 23.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.52 g | 30.1 qt) 7.5 30  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.02 -0.1  
Post boil Volume 6 24  
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.02 -0.1  
Top off amount 0.52 2.1  
Going into fermentor 6.5 26  
Total: 9 36
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

For an International Amber Lager, we selected 2-row malt as a clean and cheap base male to which we added 15% Victory malt to add color and additional complexity. Magnum are added at 1st boil for bittering as they are inexpensive and high Alpha Acid. Our aroma hops are Cluster; they strike a pleasant balance with floral and piney notes. WLP860 is a lager yeast common in Helles styles and should impart a neutral or maybe crisp flavor. The SRM will be just slightly out of BJCP spec but would not be noticeable to most consumers.

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