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Joey Chestnut's Sour Summer Ale

171 calories 11.1 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Flanders Red Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.045 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 74% (brew house)
Source: Dr. Beech
Calories: 171 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 11.1 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday April 1st 2019
1.053
1.004
6.4%
24.8
14.9
5.4
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
9 lb American - Pale 2-Row9 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 84.1%
0.70 lb German - CaraAroma0.7 lb CaraAroma 34 130 6.5%
0.50 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 120L0.5 lb Caramel / Crystal 120L 33 120 4.7%
0.50 lb German - Melanoidin0.5 lb Melanoidin 37 25 4.7%
10.70 lbs / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.50 oz Challenger0.5 oz Challenger Hops Pellet 8.5 Boil 60 min 15.41 33.3%
1 oz Calypso1 oz Calypso Hops Pellet 13 Boil 5 min 9.4 66.7%
1.50 oz / 0.00
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
13.8 qt Strike Water @ 148 Infusion -- 162.8 °F 60 min
8.3 qt Mash Out @ 170 Infusion -- 212 °F 10 min
10.1 qt Batch Sparge Sparge -- 170 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
5 ml Lactic acid Water Agt Mash --
 
Yeast
Omega Yeast Labs - Lactobacillus Blend OYL-605
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
92%
Flocculation:
N/A
Optimum Temp:
68 - 95 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
1.0 (M cells / ml / ° P) 273 B cells required
Omega Yeast Labs - Tropical IPA OYL-200
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
92%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
75 - 85 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
1.0 (M cells / ml / ° P) 273 B cells required
0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Target Water Profile
18967
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Notes

This is my first foray into sour beers. On the technique:

Based on advice from the interwebs, we're going to sour this in the "kettle", which in our case will be into a plastic carboy specifically reserved for sours, then pour back into the kettle. So, the order of operations is:

1.) heat up strike water and mash as usual.
2.) Sparge and collect 6.25 gallons of wort in kettle
3.) Boil for 10 - 15 minutes to pasteurize - NO HOPS
4.) Cool to 95F, and bring ph down to 4.5 with phosphoric acid; collect into carboy
5.) Inoculate with OYL-605, the lacto culture, and let sit for 48 hours at ~93F. Should drop to 3.5 ph; MONITOR
6.) When terminal pH hit, POUR (Don't rack!) back into kettle; bring to boil
7.) proceed as normal with boil, hops schedule, primary ferment until complete (10 - 14 days?), then condition for two weeks.

For next experiment, consider adding brett along somewhere between primary and secondary to make Joey Chestnut even funkier...

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