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250th Birthday Beer

Method: All Grain
Style: Pre-Prohibition Lager
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.033 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.049 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Source: Mike R
Calories: 160 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 14.3 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Sunday April 26th 2026

CAP

by Iliff Avenue Brewhouse

OG: 1.054 FG: 1.010 ABV: 5.7% IBU: 38

Oh Schlitz

by Yooper

OG: 1.053 FG: 1.014 ABV: 5.0% IBU: 35

Modern Hop CAP 1.05

by KcLob

OG: 1.051 FG: 1.009 ABV: 5.5% IBU: 39

Original Gravity:

1.049

Final Gravity:

1.009

ABV (standard):

5.2%

IBU (tinseth):

33.3

SRM (morey):

3.8

Mash pH

5.5

Cost $

34.22

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Fermenting Now

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
7.25 lb	Rahr - Standard 6-Row7.25 lb Standard 6-Row	$ 2.20 / lb $ 15.95	36.3	2.3	70.7%
2.25 lb	Flaked Corn2.25 lb Flaked Corn	$ 2.30 / lb $ 5.18	40	0.5	22%
8 oz	Briess - Carapils Malt8 oz Carapils Malt	$ 2.10 / lb $ 1.05	34.5	1.5	4.9%
4 oz	Weyermann - Acidulated4 oz Acidulated	$ 2.95 / lb $ 0.74	27	3.4	2.4%
10.25 lbs / $ 22.91

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
0.75 oz	Cluster0.75 oz Cluster Hops	$ 2.10 / oz $ 1.58	Pellet	7.4	Boil	90 min	26.36	50%
0.50 oz	Yakima Valley Hops - CZ Saaz0.5 oz CZ Saaz Hops	$ 2.47 / oz $ 1.24	Pellet	3.2	Boil	30 min	5.46	33.3%
0.25 oz	LD Carlson - GERMAN HALLERTAU MITTELFRUH	$ 2.25 / oz $ 0.56	Pellet	3.6	Boil	10 min	1.45	16.7%
1.50 oz / $ 3.37

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Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
0.75 oz	Cluster (Pellet)	$ 2.10 / oz $ 1.57	26.36	50%
0.50 oz	Yakima Valley Hops - CZ Saaz (Pellet)	$ 2.47 / oz $ 1.23	5.46	33.3%
0.25 oz	LD Carlson - GERMAN HALLERTAU MITTELFRUH (Pellet)	$ 2.25 / oz $ 0.56	1.45	16.7%
1.50 oz / $ 3.37

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
3.84 gal	Strike	161 °F	152 °F	60 min
5.06 gal	Fly Sparge	168 °F	168 °F	15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb Starting Grain Temp: 65 °F

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
2.20 g	Wyeast - Beer Nutrient	$ 0.11 / g $ 0.24	Other	Boil	15 min.
1 each	Whirfloc Tablets	$ 0.13 / each $ 0.13	Fining	Boil	15 min.
1.20 g	Calcium Carbonate	$ 2.99 / lb $ 0.01	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
0.80 g	Epsom Salt		Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
1.50 g	Gypsum	$ 0.12 / tsp $ 0.04	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
1.90 g	Gypsum	$ 0.12 / tsp $ 0.05	Water Agt	Sparge	15 min.
1.20 g	Calcium Carbonate	$ 2.99 / lb $ 0.01	Water Agt	Sparge	15 min.
1 g	Epsom Salt		Water Agt	Sparge	15 min.
0.40 ml	Lactic acid		Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
0.20 ml	Phosphoric acid		Water Agt	Sparge	15 min.
$ 0.49

Yeast

Lallemand - LalBrew Diamond Lager

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:	$ 7.45 / each $ 7.45
Attenuation (avg):	80%	Flocculation:	High
Optimum Temp:	50 - 59 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	55 °F	Pitch Rate:	0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 115 B cells required

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Priming

Method: co2 Amount: 12.27 psi Temp: 40 °F CO₂ Level: 2.5 Volumes

Target Water Profile

RO Water

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
1	0	8	4	1	16
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Notes

Recipe built using Microsoft Co-Pilot, modified greatly after talking to fellow brewers.

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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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250th Birthday Beer

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