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Black Lager (Bright side black lager)updated to current practices

Method: All Grain
Style: Schwarzbier
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 76 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 80 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 12.2 °P (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 90% (ending kettle)
Calories: 171 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 17 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Thursday February 29th 2024

Original Gravity:

12.9 °P

Final Gravity:

3.1 °P

ABV (alternate):

5.4%

IBU (tinseth):

26.9

SRM (morey):

28.4

Mash pH

5.3

Cost $

133.86

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
70 lb	Canada Malting - CMC 2-ROW MALT70 lb CMC 2-ROW MALT	$ 0.71 / lb $ 49.70	36	1.75	55.6%
22 lb	Briess - Brewers Yellow Corn Flakes22 lb Brewers Yellow Corn Flakes	$ 1.06 / lb $ 23.32	34.5	0.8	17.5%
10 lb	Great Western - Dark Munich10 lb Dark Munich	$ 0.84 / lb $ 8.40	33	20	7.9%
4 lb	Briess - Midnight Wheat Malt4 lb Midnight Wheat Malt	$ 1.31 / lb $ 5.24	25	550	3.2%
6 lb	Bestmalz - BEST Chocolate6 lb BEST Chocolate	$ 1.01 / lb $ 6.06	34.5	337.82	4.8%
6 lb	Great Western - Crystal 1206 lb Crystal 120	$ 1.00 / lb $ 6.00	32.2	120	4.8%
4 lb	Bairds - Brown Malt4 lb Brown Malt	$ 0.96 / lb $ 3.84	35.4	70	3.2%
4 lb	Great Western - DextraPils4 lb DextraPils	$ 0.83 / lb $ 3.32	34.5	1.5	3.2%
126 lbs / $ 105.88

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Yakima Chief Hops - Columbus LupuLN2 (Cryo)1 oz Columbus LupuLN2 (Cryo) Hops	$ 1.22 / oz $ 1.22	Lupulin Pellet	24.5	Boil	60 min	6.16	5.6%
3 oz	Yakima Chief Hops - Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo)3 oz Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo) Hops	$ 1.20 / oz $ 3.60	Lupulin Pellet	20.1	Boil at 212 °F	15 min	7.52	16.7%
8 oz	Yakima Chief Hops - Cascade LupuLN2 (Cryo)8 oz Cascade LupuLN2 (Cryo) Hops	$ 1.73 / oz $ 13.84	Lupulin Pellet	12	Boil at 212 °F	10 min	8.75	44.4%
4 oz	Yakima Chief Hops - Cascade LupuLN2 (Cryo)4 oz Cascade LupuLN2 (Cryo) Hops	$ 1.73 / oz $ 6.92	Lupulin Pellet	12	Boil at 212 °F	5 min	2.41	22.2%
2 oz	Yakima Chief Hops - Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo)2 oz Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo) Hops	$ 1.20 / oz $ 2.40	Lupulin Pellet	20.1	Boil at 212 °F	5 min	2.02	11.1%
18 oz / $ 27.98

Show Summary View

Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Yakima Chief Hops - Columbus LupuLN2 (Cryo) (Lupulin Pellet)	$ 1.22 / oz $ 1.22	6.16	5.6%
5 oz	Yakima Chief Hops - Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo) (Lupulin Pellet)	$ 1.20 / oz $ 6.00	9.54	27.8%
12 oz	Yakima Chief Hops - Cascade LupuLN2 (Cryo) (Lupulin Pellet)	$ 1.73 / oz $ 20.76	11.16	66.6%
18 oz / $ 27.98

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
60.5 gal		Strike	159 °F	151 °F	60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 2 qt/lb Starting Grain Temp: 70 °F

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Type	Use	Time
20 g	Calcium Chloride (anhydrous)	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
20 g	Gypsum	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
35 ml	Phosphoric acid	Water Agt	Mash	0 min.

Yeast

Apex - Lallemand - Novalager

Amount:	1.07 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (custom):	75%	Flocculation:	Low
Optimum Temp:	65 - 78 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	-	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 1294 B cells required

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Priming

CO₂ Level: 2.65 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Balanced Profile

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
90.9	30	61	96.8	97.7	3.8
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Notes

consistently will not get over 70% attenuation. Possibly increase grain volume.

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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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