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DBA

189 calories 20.8 g 16 oz
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Special/Best/Premium Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 10 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 13 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.044 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.057 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Robert Moorhead
Hop Utilization: 95%
Calories: 189 calories (Per 16oz)
Carbs: 20.8 g (Per 16oz)
Created: Saturday November 22nd 2025
1.057
1.016
5.3%
17.4
13.6
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
10 lb Viking - 2-row Xtra Pale Europe10 lb 2-row Xtra Pale Europe 36.8 1.7 44.4%
10 lb Crisp Malting - No.19 Floor Malt Maris Otter10 lb No.19 Floor Malt Maris Otter 37 3 44.4%
1 lb Great Western - Crystal 75L1 lb Crystal 75L 29 75 4.4%
12 oz Weyermann - Abbey Malt12 oz Abbey Malt 36.8 17 3.3%
8 oz Briess - Caramel Malt - 120L8 oz Caramel Malt - 120L 34.5 120 2.2%
4 oz Simpsons - GB - Simpsons - Export Pale Chocolate4 oz GB - Simpsons - Export Pale Chocolate 3 225 1.1%
22.50 lbs / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
2 oz Artisan - Willamette2 oz Willamette Hops Pellet 3.5 Boil 60 min 13.37 25%
2 oz Artisan - Kent Goldings2 oz Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 4.3 Boil 5 min 3.27 25%
2 oz Artisan - Kent Goldings2 oz Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 4.3 Boil 1 min 0.71 25%
2 oz Artisan - Kent Goldings2 oz Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5.1 Dry Hop 0 days 25%
8 oz / 0.00
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
8.34 gal Strike 164 °F 152 °F 60 min
5 gal Sparge 180 °F -- 20 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 65 °F
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 oz American oak chips Flavor Other 0 min.
 
Yeast
Wyeast - Ringwood Ale 1187
Amount:
2 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
70%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
64 - 74 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
67 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 186 B cells required
0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Notes

Dry hop and add chips 10 days before crashing. Final gravity 1.002. keg under low pressure, w/gelatin finings. Plan to put on beer engine to serve.

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