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christmas ale

232 calories 23.6 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: Holiday/Winter Special Spiced Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 21 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 26 liters
Post Boil Size: 21 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.057 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.070 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Rating:
4.00 (1 Review)

Calories: 232 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 23.6 g (Per 12oz)
Created Friday October 30th 2020
1.070
1.017
7.0%
20.9
20.5
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
5.50 kg Weyermann - Pilsner5.5 kg Pilsner 36 1.5 77.6%
750 g Weyermann - CaraRed750 g CaraRed 35 19.3 10.6%
220 g Castle Malting - Château Biscuit220 g Château Biscuit 35 17 3.1%
270 g Flaked Oats270 g Flaked Oats 33 2.2 3.8%
200 g Weyermann - Special W200 g Special W 34 120 2.8%
150 g German - Carafa II150 g Carafa II 32 425 2.1%
7,090 g / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
10 g East Kent Goldings10 g East Kent Goldings Hops Leaf/Whole 5 Whirlpool at 100 °C 0 min 16.7%
15 g East Kent Goldings15 g East Kent Goldings Hops Leaf/Whole 5 Boil 15 min 3.85 25%
25 g Styrian Goldings25 g Styrian Goldings Hops Leaf/Whole 5.5 Boil 60 min 14.22 41.7%
10 g Styrian Goldings10 g Styrian Goldings Hops Leaf/Whole 5.5 Boil 15 min 2.82 16.7%
60 g / 0.00
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
27 L Strike 74 °C 67 °C 75 min
3 L Sparge 78 °C 78 °C --
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.40 g Cloves Spice Whirlpool 15 min.
40 g Sweet Orange Peel Flavor Mash 15 min.
1 each ciannamon Spice Mash 0 min.
1 each anis etoile Spice Mash 0 min.
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
"christmas ale" Holiday/Winter Special Spiced Beer recipe by bigbull34. BIAB, ABV 7%, IBU 20.89, SRM 20.51, Fermentables: (Pilsner, CaraRed, Château Biscuit, Flaked Oats, Special W, Carafa II) Hops: (East Kent Goldings, Styrian Goldings) Other: (Cloves, Sweet Orange Peel, ciannamon, anis etoile)
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  • Last Updated: 2020-11-13 18:26 UTC
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bigbull34 12/17/2020 at 01:17pm
4 of 5

good recipe, maybe 0.2 or 0.3 of cloves and 30g of orange peel would be better which is a bit bitter bur very nice for a christmas beer, I'll recommand you to try :)


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