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The Bottle Imp - Smooth Choc

353 calories 31.2 g 500 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 20 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 27 liters
Post Boil Size: 23 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.060 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.076 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Source: Colin Churchward
Calories: 353 calories (Per 500ml)
Carbs: 31.2 g (Per 500ml)
Created: Tuesday April 27th 2021
1.076
1.014
8.1%
44.7
77.6
5.3
12.62
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG EBC Bill %
5.50 kg Crisp Malting - Finest Maris Otter5.5 kg Finest Maris Otter £ 1.06 / kg
£ 5.83 		38 6 73.9%
520 g Crisp Malting - Smooth Chocolate Malt520 g Smooth Chocolate Malt £ 1.65 / kg
£ 0.86 		33 499.99 7%
374 g GB - Flaked Barley374 g Flaked Barley £ 1.40 / kg
£ 0.52 		32 3.01 5%
450 g Crisp Malting - Crystal Dark - 77L450 g Crystal Dark - 77L £ 1.46 / kg
£ 0.66 		33.1 399.99 6%
225 g Crisp Malting - Roasted Barley225 g Roasted Barley £ 1.34 / kg
£ 0.30 		31.28 1199.99 3%
374 g Corn Sugar - Dextrose374 g Corn Sugar - Dextrose - (late boil kettle addition) £ 2.39 / kg
£ 0.89 		42 0.5 5%
7,443 g / £ 9.06
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
30 g CF182 OPUS30 g CF182 OPUS Hops £ 0.05 / g
£ 1.50 		Leaf/Whole 6.58 First Wort 60 min 22.88 46.2%
15 g Harlequin15 g Harlequin Hops £ 0.06 / g
£ 0.87 		Pellet 10.4 Boil 60 min 18.08 23.1%
20 g Fuggles20 g Fuggles Hops £ 0.03 / g
£ 0.65 		Pellet 4.5 Boil 10 min 3.78 30.8%
65 g / £ 3.02
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
7 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) £ 0.01 / g
£ 0.07 		Water Agt Mash 0 min.
1.20 g Epsom Salt £ 0.02 / g
£ 0.02 		Water Agt Mash 0 min.
1 g Gypsum £ 0.01 / g
£ 0.01 		Water Agt Mash 0 min.
0.50 each Protafloc £ 0.29 / each
£ 0.14 		Fining Boil 10 min.
3 tsp Yeast Nutrient Part 2 £ 0.04 / tsp
£ 0.11 		Other Boil 10 min.
1 tsp Yeast Nutrient Part I £ 0.15 / tsp
£ 0.15 		Other Boil 10 min.
2.50 g Baking Soda £ 0.02 / g
£ 0.05 		Water Agt Sparge 0 min.
£ 0.54
 
Yeast
Lallemand - LALBREW® VOSS KVEIK ALE YEAST
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
80%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
25 - 40 °C
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
32 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 129 B cells required
£ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       Amount: 0.57 bar       Temp: 12 °C       CO2 Level: 1.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
London (Porter, dark ales)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
94.3 4.4 40.9 167 59.8 78
Filter water through Brita filter.
Mix very well to dissolve in cold water.
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
14.1 L 78.3C strike water Strike 78.3 °C 68 °C 90 min
3.1 L Top Off 78 °C 78 °C --
17.2 L 78C sparge Batch Sparge 78 °C 78 °C 10 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 2 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2 L/kg 14.1
Mash volume with grains 18.8
Grain absorption losses -7.1
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 19.6 L) 20.8
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 25.8 L) 27
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.2
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.3
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 20 L) 23
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size  
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 23 L) 20
Total: 35  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

The Bottle Imp


The Story

A man buys a strange unbreakable bottle from a sad, elderly gentleman who credits the bottle with his fortune. He promises that an imp residing in the bottle will also grant the man his every desire. Of course, there is a catch. The bottle must be sold, for cash, at a loss, i.e. for less than its owner originally paid, and cannot be thrown or given away, or else it will magically return to him. All of these rules must be explained by each seller to each purchaser. If an owner of the bottle dies without having sold it in the prescribed manner, that person's soul will burn for eternity in Hell.
The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson 1891

The Beer

A relatively light-bodied Imperial Stout, with a strong malt flavour but not too heavy. This version of the recipe uses up a few ingredients namely Smooth Chocolate experimental malt,, Harleyquin hops and CF182 experimental hops. However, this does not detract from the overall beer. Fermented using Kveik Voss to ferment quickly and to give a slight orange flavour and aroma.

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