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Fat Tire clone

178 calories 19 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: American Amber Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 6.5 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 11.6 °P (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 85% (ending kettle)
Hop Utilization: 99%
Calories: 178 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 19 g (Per 12oz)
URL: https://www.newbelgium.com/beer/fat-tire/
Created: Saturday May 29th 2021
13.3 °P
3.6 °P
5.2%
22.0
15.1
5.5
35.43
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
7.40 lb Skagit Valley Malting - Pilot Pale7.4 lb Pilot Pale $ 1.99 / lb
$ 14.73 		36.8 2 65.2%
1.70 lb Bairds - Medium Caramel / Crystal 80L1.7 lb Medium Caramel / Crystal 80L $ 1.99 / lb
$ 3.38 		34 80 15%
1.50 lb Avangard - Munich Dark1.5 lb Munich Dark $ 1.75 / lb
$ 2.63 		37.1 12 13.2%
12 oz Briess - Victory Malt12 oz Victory Malt $ 2.08 / lb
$ 1.56 		34.5 28 6.6%
11.35 lbs / $ 22.29
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.43 oz BSG - Nugget0.43 oz Nugget Hops $ 2.99 / oz
$ 1.29 		Pellet 15.6 Boil 60 min 20.01 34.4%
0.32 oz BSG - Willamette0.32 oz Willamette Hops $ 2.99 / oz
$ 0.96 		Pellet 5.8 Boil 10 min 2.01 25.6%
0.50 oz BSG - East Kent Goldings0.5 oz East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 4.2 Boil 0 min 40%
1.25 oz / $ 2.24
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2.20 g Wyeast - Beer Nutrient $ 0.09 / g
$ 0.21 		Water Agt Boil 10 min.
1 each LD Carlson - Whirfloc tablet $ 0.20 / each
$ 0.20 		Water Agt Boil 10 min.
$ 0.41
 
Yeast
Imperial Yeast - A18 Joystick
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
$ 10.49 / each
$ 10.49
Attenuation (avg):
73%
Flocculation:
Medium High
Optimum Temp:
60 - 70 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
62 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 164 B cells required
$ 10.49 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       Amount: 9.71 psi       Temp: 34 °F       CO2 Level: 2.55 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
35th Ave - West Seattle
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
6.9 gal Strike -- 153 °F 90 min
2 gal Sparge -- 170 °F --
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Total strike volume 9.17 36.7  
Mash volume with grains 10.08 40.3  
Grain absorption losses -1.42 -5.7  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 8.05 g | 32.2 qt) 7.5 30  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.05 -0.2  
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 5.95 g | 23.8 qt) 6.5 26  
Estimated amount in fermentor 6.5 26  
Total: 9.17 36.7
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Clone of New Belgium Fat Tire. They're a fantastic brewery, and Fat Tire is an excellent crowd pleaser that's easy to drink and easy to like.

There's a lot of debate about their "house" strain of yeast, which they're unsurprisingly secretive about. I've seen suggestions for Wyeast 1792 (an old limited release that was supposedly Fat Tire's strain), WLP001/Wyeast 1056 American Ale (an obvious go-to), a mix of that and Chimay, Wyeast 1272 American Ale II, Nottingham (used in some kits), Wyeast 3655-PC Belgian Schelde Ale (sub WLP515), or Wyeast 1746-PC Pacman (sub Imperial A18 Joystick). I'm trying the Pacman as another homebrewer reported success with it. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/heavily-researched-fat-tire-clone-grain-bill-hop-schedule-what-yeast.167754/

From an interview with a former head brewer at New Belgium: "When trying to emulate Fat Tire Amber Ale, Bouckaert advises that you pay particular attention to the malt bill and the aging process. 'We have a malt character that asks for a lot of light-colored malts,' he says. 'Specialty, Munich and light caramel malts comprise up to 30 percent. For the signature toasted biscuit flavor of this brown-amber beer, add from 5 to 10 percent of malts with a nutty character.' For hops, he recommends shooting for 16 IBUs with a subtle late addition of aroma or dry hops. 'Don't use Cascade or other overpowering hops,' Bouckaert adds." That said, their website lists it as 22 IBUs.

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