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Hops
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Amount
|
Variety
|
Cost
|
Type
|
AA
|
Use
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Time
|
IBU
|
Bill %
|
|
0.25 oz |
Sorachi Ace0.25 oz Sorachi Ace Hops |
|
Pellet |
13.6 |
Boil
|
25 min |
4.9 |
100% |
|
0.25 oz
/ $ 0.00
|
Hops Summary
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Amount
|
Variety
|
Cost
|
IBU
|
Bill %
|
|
0.25 oz |
Sorachi Ace (Pellet) 0.24999999942814 oz Sorachi Ace (Pellet) Hops |
|
4.9 |
100% |
|
0.25 oz
/ $ 0.00
|
Mash Guidelines
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Amount
|
Description
|
Type
|
Start Temp
|
Target Temp
|
Time
|
|
7 gal |
|
Infusion |
-- |
152 °F |
60 min |
|
7 gal |
|
Sparge |
-- |
168 °F |
12 min |
|
1.5 gal |
Top Off Kettle with 1.5 gal, the extra 0.5 to hopefully compensate for the double boil. |
Top Off |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Starting Mash Thickness:
1.5 qt/lb
|
Yeast
|
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
|
|
Amount:
|
3 Each |
Cost:
|
|
|
Attenuation (avg):
|
81%
|
Flocculation:
|
Medium |
|
Optimum Temp:
|
54 - 77 °F |
Starter:
|
No |
|
Fermentation Temp:
|
-
|
Pitch Rate:
|
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P)
132 B cells required
|
|
|
- Vitamatic Lactobacillus Plantarum - 20 Billion per cells psule
|
|
Amount:
|
12 Each |
Cost:
|
|
|
Attenuation (custom):
|
75%
|
Flocculation:
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Low |
|
Optimum Temp:
|
65 - 78 °F |
Starter:
|
No |
|
Fermentation Temp:
|
-
|
Pitch Rate:
|
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P)
132 B cells required
|
|
|
$ 0.00
Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
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Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Notes
- Based off of this recipe: https://mrsmallbatchbrewer.com/berliner-weisse-kettle-sour-recipe/
- Hops are the biggest deviation, using the Sorachi Ace we had on hand. They're substantially higher in alpha acids, so used a lesser amount, and later.
- For the lacto, I ordered this: https://smile.amazon.com/Vitamatic-Lactobacillus-Plantarum-Digestive-Prebiotic/dp/B0CJQLC9P5/
- L. plantarum seems a popular, fast-souring variety of lactobacillus.
- Pitch rate from here:
https://www.milkthefunk.com/wiki/Lactobacillus#Starters_and_Pitching_Rate
- Species comparison here (though it lacked l. acidophilus, a seemingly popular probiotic varierty we could get even cheaper):
https://byo.com/article/brewing-with-lactobacillus/
- Those caps have a second ingredient, "Inulin", but it's just a prebiotic starch, to promote bacterial growth, something that's present in wheat anyways, so it won't hurt or help our use case:
https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-1048/inulin
- We used the 15 gal. sparge kettle for this batch, not the 20 gal. one, to limit the area we needed to insulate.
- We cooled the wort, after the first boil, down to ~97 F. and set the heatstick+inkbird combo to 95 F. Lots of stirring was required to keep the whole thing at an even-ish temperature as we cooled it.
- We did turn out to have some 88% lactic acid from one batch of 2nd-hand brew supplies, so we decided to attempt to adjust the PH down to 4.5 before pitching the lacto as the copied recipe recommended.
- To calculate that, we used the "Kettle pH" tab of this helpful spreadsheet: https://mashmadeeasy.yolasite.com/
- It's not perfect for our purpose, so, when it told us to add ~23 ml., we started with 15 ml., which took us from a measured PH of 5.69 to 4.9, which we called good enough.
- We then Starsan'ed the lid (which was way too much in the way during boiling, cooling, etc.) and rested it as best we could covering the kettle, sealing the gaps left because of various cords with foil.
- With it mostly sealed, we then applied some CO2, to hopefully blanket the wort and keep aerobic species out. Not sure how much that did, though, given the limited headspace between wort and the top of this kettle.
- That was then followed with wrapping the kettle, still on the stove, with a new, clean moving blanket.
- We wrapped that up around 9:45 PM.
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|
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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