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Wheat ale base - blackberry / dry hop

165 calories 16.7 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: American Wheat Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7 gallons
Post Boil Size: 6 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.043 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.050 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Kai
Calories: 165 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Friday October 9th 2020
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4.50 lb American - Wheat4.5 lb Wheat 38 1.8 40.9%
5 lb Gambrinus - Pale Malt5 lb Pale Malt 37.3 2.1 45.5%
0.50 lb Rice Hulls0.5 lb Rice Hulls 0 0 4.5%
1 lb Flaked Wheat1 lb Flaked Wheat 34 2 9.1%
11 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.30 oz Hallertau Hersbrucker0.3 oz Hallertau Hersbrucker Hops Pellet 4 Boil 60 min 4.43 60%
0.20 oz Columbus0.2 oz Columbus Hops Pellet 15 Boil 60 min 11.07 40%
0.50 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.10 lb Blackberries Water Agt Secondary 0 min.
0.50 oz Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) Water Agt Mash 0 min.
 
Yeast
Wyeast - American Ale 1056
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Med-Low
Optimum Temp:
60 - 72 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 90 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: dextrose       Amount: 5.1 oz       Temp: 68 °F       CO2 Level: 2.6 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
225.4 0 5 399.8 0 9.2
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
6 gal -- 152 °F 60 min
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume 8.63 34.5  
Mash volume with grains 9.51 38  
Grain absorption losses -1.38 -5.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.02 g | 28.1 qt) 7 28  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.02 -0.1  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 5.5 g | 22 qt) 6 24  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Volume into fermentor (equipment estimates 6 g | 24 qt) 5.5 22  
Total: 8.63 34.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

OG - 1.038, way off.

used starter, 2 nights 2 days shaken every once in a while on the table, overnight in the fridge on brew day.

Full volume boil.

recirculated mash - yes.

mash temp - too hot. 159~ for 25 minutes, 152 for 35 minutes.

Didn't sparge.

1/3 gallon over what I should have been.

Shook the bucket.

Pitched at 58~60F.

Fermented at 62~64F (temp control is 62F, stick on thermometer reads 64 throughout the fermentation)



Next time:


Make recipe to finish at 6 gallons, design recipe that way

Start with 5~5.5 gallons. Sparge to get up to 6.5~7 gallons (or whatever I need)

Use the bag. Will be easier to stir the mash and clean up afterwards.

Put grain in at 152F. When the temp drops a bit, it'll come back up to temp. Seems safer.

Recirculate way slower. Pretty sure this is my main problem. There was a cone shaped pile at the bottom of the grain vessel.

Set Inkbird to 60F, will probably be closer to 62F fermentation temp. Could possibly ramp up every few days.





Finished at 1.007, 4.18%abv.

After 1 week in primary tastes kinda like a saltine cracker. Not sweet but not overly dry. Hoping this drinks like an American light beer with a bit more character.




After 10 days of fermentation, batch was split into 5.

Secondary fermenters:

1 gallon - blackberry. squeezed as much juice as I could out of 20oz of blackberries.

1 gallon - 1/2oz mosaic dry hop. 3 days.

1 gallon - 1/2oz lemondrop dry hop. 3 days.

1 gallon - 1/4oz hallertau dry hop. 3 days



Bottle:

1.5 gallons of original base beer with no additions.



Bottle day after 4 days dry hop/fruit:

Fucking disaster. Autosiphon doesn't fit in the 1 gallon bottles. Tried to swig some gin and siphon with my mouth.

Probably oxigenated the beer a bit too much but we'll see.




Drinking day:

Real nice.

Base beer is clean & light, nice flavour with the wheat.

Mosaic is the best one by far.

Lemondrop is good but way weaker aroma compared to the mosaic.

Hallertau is barely noticable.

Blackberry looks amazing, but the blackberry flavour tastes a bit watered down and it smells slightly like farts.




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