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West Is Best IPA

Method: Extract
Style: American IPA
Boil Time: 30 min
Batch Size: 13 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 8 liters
Post Boil Size: 13 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.098 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.060 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 25% (steeping grains only)
No Chill: 60 minute extended hop boil time
Calories: 197 calories (Per 12L)
Carbs: 18.2 g (Per 12L)

Created: Friday May 23rd 2025

Original Gravity:

1.060

Final Gravity:

1.012

ABV (standard):

6.4%

IBU (tinseth):

81.7

SRM (morey):

6.6

Mash pH

n/a

Cost $

77.26

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
2 kg	Dry Malt Extract - Light2 kg Dry Malt Extract - Light	$ 23.75 / kg $ 47.50	42	4	71.4%
100 g	Corn Sugar - Dextrose100 g Corn Sugar - Dextrose	$ 6.00 / kg $ 0.60	42	0.5	3.6%
2.10 kg / $ 48.10

Steeping Grains

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
500 g	Munich - Light 10L500 g Munich - Light 10L	$ 5.25 / kg $ 2.63	33	10	17.9%
100 g	Weyermann - Carapils100 g Carapils		34.5	2.1	3.6%
100 g	Simpsons - Extra Pale Ale Malt100 g Extra Pale Ale Malt	$ 8.35 / kg $ 0.84	35.82	2.2	3.6%
$ 3.46

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
10 g	Citra10 g Citra Hops	$ 0.15 / g $ 1.50	Pellet	11.4	Boil	30 min	15.44	7.1%
10 g	Columbus10 g Columbus Hops	$ 0.10 / g $ 1.00	Pellet	15.7	Boil	30 min	21.27	7.1%
10 g	Mosaic10 g Mosaic Hops	$ 0.13 / g $ 1.30	Pellet	10.6	Whirlpool	0 min	8.15	7.1%
20 g	Citra20 g Citra Hops	$ 0.15 / g $ 3.00	Pellet	11.4	Whirlpool	0 min	17.54	14.3%
30 g	Citra30 g Citra Hops	$ 0.15 / g $ 4.50	Pellet	11.4	Hop Stand	20 min	13.16	21.4%
15 g	Mosaic15 g Mosaic Hops	$ 0.13 / g $ 1.95	Pellet	10.6	Hop Stand	20 min	6.12	10.7%
30 g	Citra30 g Citra Hops		Pellet	11	Dry Hop	Day 4		21.4%
15 g	Mosaic15 g Mosaic Hops	$ 0.13 / g $ 1.95	Pellet	10.6	Dry Hop	Day 4		10.7%
140 g / $ 15.20

Show Summary View

Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
60 g	Citra (Pellet) 60 g Citra (Pellet) Hops	$ 0.15 / g $ 9.00	46.14	42.8%
10 g	Columbus (Pellet) 10 g Columbus (Pellet) Hops	$ 0.10 / g $ 1.00	21.27	7.1%
40 g	Mosaic (Pellet) 40 g Mosaic (Pellet) Hops	$ 0.13 / g $ 5.20	14.27	28.5%
30 g	Citra (Pellet) 30 g Citra (Pellet) Hops			21.4%
140 g / $ 15.20

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
1 each	Whirlfloc tablet		Fining	Boil	10 min.

Yeast

Lallemand - LALBREW® NOTTINGHAM HIGH PERFORMANCE ALE YEAST

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:	$ 10.50 / each $ 10.50
Attenuation (avg):	80%	Flocculation:	High
Optimum Temp:	10 - 22 °C	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	18 °C	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 67 B cells required

$ 10.50 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator

Priming

CO₂ Level: 2.25 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Balanced Profile

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
0	0	0	0	0	0

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Last Updated: 2025-05-23 04:12 UTC

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Cost for

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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