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Hirakasa Lager

128 calories 9.1 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: International Pale Lager
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.2 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.58 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.031 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.040 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 69% (brew house)
Calories: 128 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 9.1 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Tuesday February 16th 2021
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
7 lb Bestmalz - BEST Pilsen7 lb BEST Pilsen 37 1.9 81.8%
1.50 lb Flaked Rice1.5 lb Flaked Rice 40 0.5 17.5%
1 oz Belgian Candi Sugar - Dark (275L)1 oz Belgian Candi Sugar - Dark (275L) 38 275 0.7%
8.56 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.50 oz Sorachi Ace0.5 oz Sorachi Ace Hops Pellet 11.1 Boil 60 min 22.68 50%
0.50 oz Sorachi Ace0.5 oz Sorachi Ace Hops Pellet 11.1 Whirlpool at 190 °F 15 min 3.02 50%
1 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Omega Yeast Labs - Lutra Kveik OYL-071
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
90%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
68 - 95 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
70 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 73 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.25 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
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
5.5 gal Protien Rest Steeping -- 130 °F 20 min
5.5 gal Strike -- 152 °F 90 min
1.5 gal Sparge -- 170 °F --
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 3.19 12.8  
Mash volume with grains 3.87 15.5  
Grain absorption losses -1.06 -4.3  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.16 g | 20.6 qt) 5.32 21.3  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.01 0  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.04 g | 28.2 qt) 7.2 28.8  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.02 -0.1  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 5.52 g | 22.1 qt) 5.58 22.3  
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.02 -0.1  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 5.56 g | 22.2 qt) 5.5 22  
Total: 8.51 34
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

So this is a smash between Omegas Psuedolager and Clawhammer's Japanese Lager. Will post brew notes once it's done.

Hirakasa translates to Needle Umbrella in Japanese. It's essentially gibberish but it's an old inside joke with a Japanese buddy of mine.

4/6/21 Edit

This has been modified. The first brew did not go so well. The mash step wasn't long enough for the high amount of flaked rice and the final product was starchy and not great. So I reduced the over all grain bill and reduced the rice to 30% instead of 40%. Increased mash step by 15 mins and lowered the mash temp to 152. And increased the boil time to 90 mins. Also dropped the amount of hops to lower the ibu and added .25 lbs of Caramel malt for color.

Will post new notes when I brew again.

4/9/22 Edit

Brewed it today. The protein rest, 90 min mash and 90 min boil helped immensely. Nailed the conversion and hit my 1.041 target OG. My only change is the Aromatic Munich Malt. It needs to be there for color.

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