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Imperial Bavarian Hefeweizen

307 calories 30.7 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Weizenbock
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 5.25 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.75 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.3 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.073 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.092 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 60% (brew house)
Hop Utilization: 97%
Calories: 307 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 30.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday February 13th 2020
1.092
1.022
9.3%
54.7
6.6
5.7
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
8 lb Briess - Wheat Malt, White8 lb Wheat Malt, White 39.1 2.5 41.5%
8 lb The Swaen - Swaen Pilsner8 lb Swaen Pilsner 38 2 41.5%
3.30 lb Liquid Malt Extract - Wheat3.3 lb Liquid Malt Extract - Wheat 35 3 17.1%
19.30 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
2 oz Tettnanger2 oz Tettnanger Hops Leaf/Whole 4.5 Boil 60 min 23.44 50%
2 oz Cascade2 oz Cascade Hops Leaf/Whole 6 Boil 60 min 31.26 50%
4 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Wyeast - Bavarian Wheat 3056
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
64 - 74 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
70 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 219 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 4.04 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Anoka, MN 2018
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
6 gal Ferulic Acid Rest Steeping 110 °F 110 °F 20 min
Steeping 152 °F 152 °F 75 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 110 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 6 24  
Mash volume with grains 7.28 29.1  
Grain absorption losses -2 -8  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 3.62 g | 14.5 qt) 2.72 10.9  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.28 1.1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.65 g | 30.6 qt) 6.75 27  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.15 -0.6  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 5.25 g | 21 qt) 5.3 21.2  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 5.3 g | 21.2 qt) 5.25 21  
Total: 8.72 34.9
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Troy and I were tweaking the recipe a bit to see what we could do to hit a higher gravity beer. As it stands with just the 16 pounds of grain, it would have been a little over 7% ABV. Adding 3.3 pounds of liquid malt wheat extract would bring it to 9.26%. Adding 6.5 pounds of liquid malt wheat extract would bring it to 11.4% ABV, but the yeast is only good up to 10, so we are going to go with the 3.3 pounds of liquid malt extract. Updated my homegrown hops from Domestic Hallertau to half Tettnanger @ 4.5% aa and Cascade @ 6% aa.

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