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Baltic Winter Night

Name: Baltic Winter Night
Prep time: 70 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 130 min
Yield: 4.5 gallons
Cuisine: Homebrewing
Ingredients: 6.6 lb Vienna Malt; 5.2 lb Munich Type II (Dark); 10 oz Brewers Oat Flakes / Flaked oats; 10 oz Carafa Special Type II; 10 oz Caramel Malt - 60L; 10 oz Carapils Malt; 10 oz Wheat; 9 oz Carafa Special Type III; 4 oz Special B; 4 oz Rice Hulls; 0.6 oz Magnum Hops; 0.42 oz East Kent Goldings Hops; 0.42 oz East Kent Goldings Hops

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Method: All Grain
Style: Baltic Porter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 4.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.07 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.14 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.083 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.098 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 78% (brew house)
Source: Todd Davis Scaled based on Beerstories from Beerstory Brewhouse
Calories: 323 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 25.4 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Friday June 26th 2026

Original Gravity:

1.098

Final Gravity:

1.014

ABV (standard):

11.1%

IBU (tinseth):

35.4

SRM (morey):

48.0

Mash pH

n/a

Cost $

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
6.60 lb	Weyermann - Vienna Malt6.6 lb Vienna Malt	37	3.5	41.3%
5.20 lb	Weyermann - Munich Type II (Dark)5.2 lb Munich Type II (Dark)	37	10	32.5%
10 oz	Briess - Brewers Oat Flakes / Flaked oats10 oz Brewers Oat Flakes / Flaked oats	32.2	2.5	3.9%
10 oz	Weyermann - Carafa Special Type II10 oz Carafa Special Type II	29.9	425	3.9%
10 oz	Briess - Caramel Malt - 60L10 oz Caramel Malt - 60L	35.4	60	3.9%
10 oz	Briess - Carapils Malt10 oz Carapils Malt	34.5	1.5	3.9%
10 oz	Avangard - Wheat10 oz Wheat	38.2	2	3.9%
9 oz	Weyermann - Carafa Special Type III9 oz Carafa Special Type III	29.9	525	3.5%
4 oz	Dingemans - Special B4 oz Special B	33.1	125	1.6%
4 oz	Rice Hulls4 oz Rice Hulls	0	0	1.6%
255.80 oz / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
0.60 oz	Magnum0.6 oz Magnum Hops	Pellet	15	First Wort at 50 °F	0 min	30.97	41.7%
0.42 oz	East Kent Goldings0.42 oz East Kent Goldings Hops	Pellet	5.8	Boil	15 min	3.78	29.2%
0.42 oz	East Kent Goldings0.42 oz East Kent Goldings Hops	Pellet	5.8	Boil	2 min	0.64	29.2%
1.44 oz / $ 0.00

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Mash Guidelines

Amount	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
6.12 gal	Strike	160 °F	150 °F	60 min
2 gal	Sparge	212 °F	172 °F	10 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb Starting Grain Temp: 75 °F

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
1 each	Vanilla Bean		Spice	Secondary	0 min.

Yeast

Fermentis - Saflager - Swiss Lager Yeast S-189

Amount:	11 Grams	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	84%	Flocculation:	High
Optimum Temp:	48 - 72 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	56 °F	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 139 B cells required

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Priming

Method: co2 Amount: 11.2 psi Temp: 37.9 °F CO₂ Level: 2.5 Volumes

Target Water Profile

London (Porter, dark ales)

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
100	10	20	50	87	317
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Notes

Perfect water RO with mineralizer for base water

Prep 8.12 Gallon of water with Minerals

7.65G Ferm O 4.25G Ferm K

Pitch at 56

Add Vanilla bean solution to a fermentation keg on day 3. (One Vanilla bean slit down the middle and cut into quarters then aged on 1.4 oz Kirschwasser.) Started on boil day.

After 7 days raise to 59 to finish / Diacetyl rest.

Slow step cool crash 2f every 12 Hour to hit 48f & hold for 48 hrs.
(To settle proteins from oats.)

Continue slow step cool crash 2f every 12 Hour to hit 34
34f for 3 days

Rack to keg after 72 Hours.

Add Vanilla bean solution to a fermentation keg on day 3. - Vanilla bean slit down the middle and cut into quarters then aged on 1.4 oz Kirschwasser. Started on boil day.

Cold Condition at 40f for one week per AVB at 11.5 psi Co2

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Last Updated: 2026-10-11 16:44 UTC
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Gallons

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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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Amount	Variety	IBU	Bill %
0.60 oz	Magnum (Pellet)	30.97	41.7%
0.84 oz	East Kent Goldings (Pellet)	4.42	58.4%
1.44 oz / $ 0.00