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Waggledance Honey Ale

208 calories 21.3 g 548 ml
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: British Golden Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 700 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 735 liters
Post Boil Size: 725 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.041 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.041 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 77% (brew house)
Source: Jake Airey
Calories: 208 calories (Per 548ml)
Carbs: 21.3 g (Per 548ml)
Created: Friday August 1st 2025
1.041
1.010
4.2%
22.9
8.4
5.6
269.47
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
82.50 kg Warminster Maltings - Pale Ale Malt82.5 kg Pale Ale Malt £ 0.84 / kg
£ 69.30
38 2.7 74%
9 kg Warminster Maltings - Crystal 1509 kg Crystal 150 £ 1.14 / kg
£ 10.26
32.5 88 8.1%
15 kg Cane Sugar15 kg Cane Sugar 46 0 13.5%
5 kg Warminster Maltings - Cara Gold5 kg Cara Gold £ 1.19 / kg
£ 5.95
35 7 4.5%
111.50 kg / £ 85.51
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.50 kg Target0.5 kg Target Hops £ 14.27 / kg
£ 7.14
Leaf/Whole 10.53 Boil 60 min 18.86 55.6%
0.40 kg Charles Faram - Cascade UK0.4 kg Cascade UK Hops £ 16.00 / kg
£ 6.40
Leaf/Whole 5.7 Boil 15 min 4.05 44.4%
0.90 kg / £ 13.54
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
400 L Strike 75 °C 67 °C 60 min
350 L Fly Sparge 80 °C 80 °C --
Starting Mash Thickness: 2.5 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.60 L Brausol £ 5.04 / l
£ 3.02
Other Mash 0 min.
3 L Hypoquest £ 0.88 / l
£ 2.64
Other Mash 0 min.
2 L Percid £ 1.08 / l
£ 2.16
Other Mash 0 min.
18.50 kg honey (as sugar addition) £ 4.10 / kg
£ 75.85
Flavor Whirlpool 10 min.
400 ml honey flavouring £ 0.17 / ml
£ 68.00
Flavor Kegging 0 min.
£ 151.67
 
Yeast
Niche - Trent
Amount:
0.50 Each
Cost:
£ 37.50 / each
£ 18.75
Attenuation (avg):
70%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
18 - 25 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
20 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 3582 B cells required
£ 18.75 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 0 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Norwich, UK (Anglian Water NR2)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
"Waggledance Honey Ale" British Golden Ale beer recipe by Jake Airey. All Grain, ABV 4.16%, IBU 22.91, SRM 8.44, Fermentables: ( Pale Ale Malt, Crystal 150, Cane Sugar, Cara Gold) Hops: (Target, Cascade UK) Other: (Brausol, Hypoquest, Percid, honey (as sugar addition), honey flavouring)
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