Tempting Fate - Beer Recipe - Brewer's Friend

Tempting Fate

158 calories 10.5 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Wild Specialty Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.05 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.55 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.039 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.049 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 158 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 10.5 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Friday September 3rd 2021
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
10 lb Belgian - Pilsner10 lb Pilsner 37 1.6 95.1%
0.27 lb Belgian - Biscuit0.27 lb Biscuit 35 23 2.6%
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Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1.25 oz Styrian Goldings1.25 oz Styrian Goldings Hops Pellet 4.2 Boil 60 min 20.05 100%
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
3.94 gal Strike 160 °F 150 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 72 °F
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 tbsp Yeast Nutrient Other Boil 15 min.
 
Yeast
Wyeast - Belgian Ale 1214
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Med-Low
Optimum Temp:
68 - 78 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 89 B cells required
White Labs - Brettanomyces Claussenii WLP645
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
78%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
85 - 95 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 89 B cells required
Wyeast - Brettanomyces bruxellensis 5112
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
90%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
60 - 75 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 89 B cells required
White Labs - Brettanomyces Bruxellensis WLP650
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
78%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
85 - 95 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 89 B cells required
White Labs - Belgian Ale Yeast WLP550
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
81.5%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
68 - 78 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 89 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 0 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Reverse osmosis water
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
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Notes

Extra Ingredients:
2 ounces French Medium Toast Oak Beans Soaked in Chardonnay for 6 months

Special Instructions / Notes:
First appears in Everything Homebrewing Book.

After cooling, pitch only the Belgian ale yeast. Begin soaking your oak in Chardonnay.

Transfer the beer to secondary and pitch both Brettanomyces strains and add about a quart of basic starter beer to give it some extra food. Walk away for 6 months.

After 6 months, taste the beer, if there's enough “funkiness” for you, add the oak beans (sans wine) and age for 2 to 4 weeks and then package. Your beer should be at a low terminal gravity (around 1.008) to prevent bottle bombs. Carbonate highly and enjoy.

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