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Columbus Cream Ale

173 calories 14.9 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: Cream Ale
Boil Time: 45 min
Batch Size: 4 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 5 gallons
Post Boil Size: 4 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.043 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.053 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Calories: 173 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 14.9 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday February 6th 2020
1.053
1.009
5.8%
27.3
4.5
5.5
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6.75 lb American - Pilsner6.75 lb Pilsner 37 1.8 90%
6 oz Munich - Dark 20L6 oz Munich - Dark 20L 33 20 5%
6 oz Cane Sugar6 oz Cane Sugar - (late boil kettle addition) 46 0 5%
120 oz / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.50 oz Columbus0.5 oz Columbus Hops Pellet 14 Boil 30 min 27.28 100%
0.50 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
5 ml Phosphoric acid Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
1 tsp Irish Moss Fining Boil 10 min.
2 g Table Salt Water Agt Boil 40 min.
 
Yeast
Omega Yeast Labs - Voss Kveik OYL-061
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
79%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
68 - 98 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
75 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 69 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Rochester, MN
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
4 gal Infusion 150 °F 150 °F 60 min
1.5 gal Dunk sparge Sparge 135 °F -- 10 min
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume (equipment estimates 6.26 g | 25 qt) 6.14 24.6  
Mash volume with grains (equipment estimates 6.83 g | 27.3 qt) 6.71 26.8  
Grain absorption losses -0.89 -3.6  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 5.12 g | 20.5 qt) 5 20  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.03 0.1  
Boil off losses -1.13 -4.5  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.02 -0.1  
Post boil Volume 4 16  
Volume into fermentor 4 16  
Total: 6.14 24.6
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

This was terrible at first. At bottling time and a week after, it was skunky even though it was not light-struck. After a couple of weeks conditioning the skunk went away, but the beer was still not good. Nothing particularly wrong with it, just no character. After a month, it was actually good. It could use more hops next time; probably something nice like Willamette or Crystal near the end of the boil -- the little bit of added bitterness will help too but the Columbus got it close enough.

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