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Captain Hooked on Bitters vAD: Redhook ESB Clone

200 calories 22.8 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB)
Boil Time: 75 min
Batch Size: 11 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 13.12 gallons
Post Boil Size: 11.6 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.053 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.060 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: BierMuncher
Hop Utilization: 98%
Calories: 200 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 22.8 g (Per 12oz)
URL: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f64/captain-hooked-bitters-red-hook-clone-award-winner-29740/
Created: Friday July 3rd 2020
1.060
1.018
5.6%
19.9
16.5
5.2
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
17 lb Thomas Fawcett - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale17 lb United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 65.4%
6 lb American - Pale 2-Row - Toasted6 lb Pale 2-Row - Toasted 33 30 23.1%
2 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 60L2 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 60L 34 60 7.7%
1 lb American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)1 lb Carapils (Dextrine Malt) 33 1.8 3.8%
26 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Willamette1 oz Willamette Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil 60 min 7.41 25%
1 oz Tettnanger1 oz Tettnanger Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil 40 min 6.5 25%
1 oz Willamette1 oz Willamette Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil 20 min 4.48 25%
1 oz Tettnanger1 oz Tettnanger Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil 5 min 1.48 25%
4 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 each Campden Tablets Water Agt Mash 0 min.
1 each Whirlfloc Fining Boil 15 min.
 
Yeast
Wyeast - British Ale 1098
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
74%
Flocculation:
Med-High
Optimum Temp:
64 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
67 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 215 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.4
 
Target Water Profile
Downers Grove, IL, USA
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
9.75 gal Strike 155 °F 157 °F 60 min
6.43 gal Batch Sparge 168 °F 170 °F 15 min
Starting Grain Temp: 65 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 13.03 gal (52.1 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 1.03 gal (4.1 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 13.46 gal (53.82 qt). Suggest reducing strike water volume to 9.92 gal (39.68 qt) and adding 1.46 gal (5.82 qt) sparge/top-off. 11.38 45.5  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.75 qt/lb 11.38 45.5  
Mash volume with grains 13.46 53.8  
Grain absorption losses -3.25 -13  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.15 g | 20.6 qt) 5.25 21  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 13.03 g | 52.1 qt) 13.12 52.5  
Boil off losses -1.88 -7.5  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.15 -0.6  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 11 g | 44 qt) 11.6 46.4  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 11.6 g | 46.4 qt) 11 44  
Total: 16.62 66.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Yeast sub: Fermentis US-04

Toast 2# base malt at 350 for 12-15 mins.

Hop replacements: Challenger, Fuggles, Hallertauer

Total IBU seems low, BierMuncher calls for 25.6.

Tweaked grain bill to get a lil more abv



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