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Falu Kvass

179 calories 14.4 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: Gose
Boil Time: 15 min
Batch Size: 1.9 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 2.05 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.051 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 80% (ending kettle)
Calories: 179 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 14.4 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Friday September 18th 2020
1.055
1.008
6.2%
5.5
6.3
5.4
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
25 oz Briess - Rye Raw25 oz Rye Raw 35.3 3 43.1%
15 oz Weyermann - Barke Pilsner Malt15 oz Barke Pilsner Malt 37.03 1.75 25.9%
15 oz German - Wheat Malt15 oz Wheat Malt 37 2 25.9%
2 oz German - CaraMunich III2 oz CaraMunich III 34 57 3.4%
1 oz German - Acidulated Malt1 oz Acidulated Malt 27 3.4 1.7%
58 oz / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.40 oz Saaz0.4 oz Saaz Hops Pellet 2.8 Boil 15 min 5.51 100%
0.40 oz / 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.50 oz Whirlfloc Water Agt Boil 5 min.
2.40 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
8.40 g Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
Lallemand - WildBrew Philly Sour
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
85%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
68 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
73 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 34 B cells required
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Priming
Method: co2       CO2 Level: 2.35 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
RO water
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
RO with Gypsum added (normally I'd mix CaCl also, but already have plenty of Cl from the salt in the bread).
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
10 qt BIAB Infusion 157 °F 152 °F 60 min
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Total strike volume 2.75 11  
Mash volume with grains 3.04 12.2  
Grain absorption losses -0.45 -1.8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 2.29 g | 9.2 qt) 2.05 8.2  
Boil off losses -0.38 -1.5  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.02 -0.1  
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 1.66 g | 6.6 qt) 1.9 7.6  
Estimated amount in fermentor 1.9 7.6  
Total: 2.75 11
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

This is a modern take on a Kvass (but since no BJCP style for that, and the fact that this bread has salt in it, listing it here as a Gose). Kvass would traditionally use old rye bread in the mash; I'm instead using three packages of Falu Råg-Rut Rye Crispbread (from Sweden) that is past its best-by date. Each package is 235g, so for three that would be about 705g total wt, but carbohydrates listed as about 60g per 100g serving, so 420g carbs is about 15 oz... entered in the recipe above as raw rye (for lack of better substitute). Planned recipe like that, but actually got much better efficiency (would’ve been 92%!) with those numbers, so by making it 25 oz - or approx full weight of bread, it calculates out to a more normal 80% efficiency... but also made it more of an Imperial Kvass or Gose!). Also, says 1.2g salt per 100g serving, so entered that in the water chem section as 8.4 g NaCl.

Add bread to entire mash volume of boiling water to cover (to gelatinize starches), mix up to break it down, and let it sit until it drops to mash strike temp, then add milled grain to hit mash temp. Then mash (no sparge) and boil normally from there. Use rice hulls if normal lauter... was very viscous! I BIAB, so normally don’t use rice hulls, but had an absorption rate of 0.15 gal/lb, vs my normal rate of 0.06-0.075.

It would traditionally be spontaneously fermented, and get just a slight sourness... so I'm using Philly Sour Lachancea (ferments and sours), and adding some crystal malt to offset sourness with some residual sweetness (could mash higher, too). Could also kettle sour, or even just use normal sacc yeast and add some lactic acid or lemon juice.

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