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The Big Dipper India Black Ale

Method: All Grain
Style: Specialty IPA: Black IPA
Boil Time: 75 min
Batch Size: 21 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 25.75 liters
Post Boil Size: 23.01 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.057 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.063 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 73% (brew house)
Hop Utilization: 99%
Calories: 291 calories (Per 500ml)
Carbs: 25.3 g (Per 500ml)

Created: Tuesday March 2nd 2021

Original Gravity:

1.063

Final Gravity:

1.011

ABV (standard):

6.9%

IBU (tinseth):

57.6

SRM (morey):

34.3

Mash pH

n/a

Cost £

28.06

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
4.60 kg	United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale4.6 kg Maris Otter Pale	£ 2.14 / kg £ 9.84	38	3.75	77.9%
640 g	United Kingdom - Cara Malt640 g Cara Malt	£ 2.99 / kg £ 1.91	35	17.5	10.8%
335 g	Weyermann - Carafa Special Type II335 g Carafa Special Type II	£ 6.54 / kg £ 2.19	29.9	425	5.7%
190 g	United Kingdom - Brown190 g Brown	£ 2.99 / kg £ 0.57	32	65	3.2%
140 g	United Kingdom - Chocolate140 g Chocolate	£ 2.99 / kg £ 0.42	34	425	2.4%
5,905 g / £ 14.94

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
30 g	Columbus30 g Columbus Hops	£ 0.06 / g £ 1.79	Pellet	15	Boil	75 min	53.05	31.3%
10 g	Cascade10 g Cascade Hops	£ 0.09 / g £ 0.86	Pellet	5.4	Boil	2 min	0.52	10.4%
28 g	Columbus28 g Columbus Hops	£ 0.06 / g £ 1.67	Pellet	15	Boil	2 min	4.01	29.2%
19 g	Cascade19 g Cascade Hops	£ 0.09 / g £ 1.63	Pellet	5.4	Dry Hop	0 days		19.8%
9 g	Columbus9 g Columbus Hops	£ 0.06 / g £ 0.54	Pellet	15	Dry Hop	0 days		9.4%
96 g / £ 6.48

Show Summary View

Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
67 g	Columbus (Pellet) 67 g Columbus (Pellet) Hops	£ 0.06 / g £ 3.99	57.06	69.9%
29 g	Cascade (Pellet) 29 g Cascade (Pellet) Hops	£ 0.09 / g £ 2.49	0.52	30.2%
96 g / £ 6.48

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
15.9 L	raise water above strike temp, add grain	Strike	75 °C	67 °C	--
	mash at 66 for 60 min, recirculate during	Infusion	--	66 °C	60 min
	mash out to 75c, recirculating during	Temperature	75 °C	75 °C	5 min
14.8 L	lift grain, run 3 l of wort through, then sparge 1.5 at a time.	Fly Sparge	77 °C	77 °C	--
Starting Mash Thickness: 2.7 L/kg Starting Grain Temp: 16 °C

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
0.30 g	Canning Salt / 1.36 Kilograms	£ 5.79 / kg £ 0.00	Water Agt	Mash	0 min.
1 g	Epsom Salt / 200 Grams	£ 0.02 / g £ 0.02	Water Agt	Mash	0 min.
1 tsp	Irish Moss / 35.74 Grams	£ 0.07 / g £ 0.32	Fining	Boil	15 min.
0.50 tsp	Yeast Nutrient / 45.74 Grams	£ 0.07 / g £ 0.14	Other	Boil	15 min.
0.30 g	Canning Salt / 1.36 Kilograms	£ 5.79 / kg £ 0.00	Water Agt	Sparge	0 min.
6.50 g	Citric acid / 100 Grams	£ 0.02 / g £ 0.16	Water Agt	Sparge	0 min.
0.90 g	Epsom Salt / 200 Grams	£ 0.02 / g £ 0.02	Water Agt	Sparge	0 min.
0.30 g	Citric acid	£ 0.02 / g £ 0.01	Water Agt	Mash	0 min.
£ 0.67

Yeast

Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05

Amount:	2 Each	Cost:	£ 2.99 / each £ 5.98
Attenuation (avg):	81%	Flocculation:	Medium
Optimum Temp:	12 - 25 °C	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	20 °C	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 113 B cells required

£ 5.98 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator

Priming

Method: dextrose Amount: 143.9 g Temp: 20 °C CO₂ Level: 2.35 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Balanced Profile

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
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Gallons

Cost by

Final Yield

	Cost £	Cost %
Fermentables	£
Steeping Grains (Extract Only)	£
Hops	£
Yeast	£
Other	£
Cost Per Barrel	£ 0.00
Cost Per Pint	£ 0.00
Total Cost	£ 0.00

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