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Coconut Cake

223 calories 24.7 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Experimental Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 6 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7 gallons
Post Boil Size: 6.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.055 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.067 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 55% (brew house)
Source: British Ale Dude
Rating:
5.00 (1 Review)

Hop Utilization: 99%
Calories: 223 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 24.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday May 11th 2020
1.067
1.019
6.2%
44.4
8.6
5.4
42.33
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
7 lb Briess - Full Pint Brewers Malt7 lb Full Pint Brewers Malt $ 0.80 / lb
$ 5.60 		37.3 1.7 39.3%
3 lb United Kingdom - Oat Malt3 lb Oat Malt $ 1.29 / lb
$ 3.87 		28 2 16.8%
2 lb Viking - Wheat2 lb Wheat $ 0.81 / lb
$ 1.62 		38 2.5 11.2%
1 lb Cane Sugar1 lb Cane Sugar - (late boil kettle addition) $ 1.62 / lb
$ 1.62 		46 0 5.6%
1 lb Viking - Pale Cookie1 lb Pale Cookie $ 3.60 / lb
$ 3.60 		34.5 10 5.6%
0.75 lb Lactose (Milk Sugar)0.75 lb Lactose (Milk Sugar) - (late boil kettle addition) $ 1.20 / lb
$ 0.90 		41 1 4.2%
0.50 lb German - Melanoidin0.5 lb Melanoidin $ 1.62 / lb
$ 0.81 		37 25 2.8%
2 lb Viking - Pilsner Malt2 lb Pilsner Malt $ 1.10 / lb
$ 2.20 		37 1.9 11.2%
1 oz United Kingdom - Chocolate1 oz Chocolate $ 1.89 / lb
$ 0.12 		34 425 0.4%
8 oz Rice Hulls8 oz Rice Hulls $ 0.97 / lb
$ 0.49 		0 0 2.8%
17.81 lbs / $ 20.82
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
60 g Cascade60 g Cascade Hops $ 0.01 / g
$ 0.71 		Pellet 7 Whirlpool at 170 °F 10 min 5.18 31.6%
40 g Pioneer40 g Pioneer Hops $ 0.01 / g
$ 0.52 		Pellet 9.3 Boil 60 min 39.24 21.1%
90 g Cascade90 g Cascade Hops $ 0.01 / g
$ 1.17 		Pellet 7 Dry Hop 7 days 47.4%
190 g / $ 2.40
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
25 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 90 min.
3 g Baking Soda Water Agt Mash 0 min.
2 each Vanilla Bean $ 2.20 / each
$ 4.40 		Flavor Kegging 0 min.
6 oz Brewers Best Coconut Flavor $ 1.25 / oz
$ 7.50 		Flavor Kegging 0 min.
12 oz Toasted Coconut $ 0.60 / oz
$ 7.20 		Flavor Kegging 0 min.
12 g Epsom Salt Water Agt Mash 0 min.
4 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) Water Agt Mash 0 min.
$ 19.10
 
Yeast
Wyeast - London ESB Ale 1968
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
69%
Flocculation:
Very High
Optimum Temp:
64 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
64 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 130 B cells required
White Labs - Bedford British WLP006
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
76%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
65 - 70 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
64 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 130 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       Amount: 9.02 psi       Temp: 40 °F       CO2 Level: 2.2 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Burton on Trent (historic)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
270 41 113 85 720 270
Water adds to target Burton on Trent;
not costco - blend of heb distilled and costco
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
7.5 gal stir in Temperature 152 °F 152 °F 60 min
stir and recirculate Vorlauf 170 °F 170 °F 10 min
1.5 gal pull basket and drain Sparge 170 °F 170 °F 10 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 2.06 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 74 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2.06 qt/lb 7.5 30  
Mash volume with grains 8.66 34.7  
Grain absorption losses -1.82 -7.3  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 1.94 g | 7.8 qt) 1.44 5.8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.13 0.5  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.5 g | 30 qt) 7 28  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.13 0.5  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.05 -0.2  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 6.08 g | 24.3 qt) 6.5 26  
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.08 -0.3  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 6.42 g | 25.7 qt) 6 24  
Total: 8.94 35.8
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Yup...tastes like coconut cake.

No clarifiers...meant to be hazy.

Split open and scraped vanilla beans; then dissolved them in 50ml of vodka for about 3 weeks before adding at the kegging stage.

Put toasted coconut in a muslim bag at kegging time. It needs to be weighed down to sink.

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