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Kurt's Mile HIgh Malt

172 calories 14.1 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: German Helles Exportbier
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 9 gallons
Post Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.044 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.053 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Source: clone of Wynkoop beer, which was itself cloning a pre-prohibition recipe from Kurt Vonnegut's grandfather's brewery in Indianapolis
Calories: 172 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 14.1 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Sunday September 5th 2021
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
5.50 lb Great Western - Superior Pilsen (1.6 °L)5.5 lb Superior Pilsen (1.6 °L) 35 1.6 50.6%
3 lb Weyermann - Munich Type I3 lb Munich Type I 38 6 27.6%
2 lb Weyermann - Vienna Malt2 lb Vienna Malt 37 3.5 18.4%
0.38 lb German - Acidulated Malt0.375 lb Acidulated Malt 27 3.4 3.4%
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Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Liberty1 oz Liberty Hops Leaf/Whole 5.7 Boil 60 min 18.83 50%
1 oz Liberty1 oz Liberty Hops Leaf/Whole 5.7 Boil 5 min 3.75 50%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Saflager - German Lager Yeast W-34/70
Amount:
2 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
83%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
48 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 95 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.45 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
RO
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
52 0 44 30 90 112
6g Gypsum
2g CaCl2
2g Baking Soda (mash only)
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
4 gal @ 165 Strike 165 °F 152 °F 60 min
7 gal @180 Batch Sparge 180 °F 175 °F 10 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.28 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 70 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.28 qt/lb 3.48 13.9  
Mash volume with grains 4.35 17.4  
Grain absorption losses -1.36 -5.4  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.95 g | 23.8 qt) 7.13 28.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.83 g | 31.3 qt) 9 36  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 5.5 g | 22 qt) 7.5 30  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 7.5 g | 30 qt) 5.5 22  
Total: 10.61 42.4
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

11 oz crushed Sweet Maria's Columbia Inza Rio Paez coffee beans added to mash: cherry, cooked apple, winey plum, profusely sweet, tea-like aftertaste & tannic bittering

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  • Last Updated: 2022-03-15 21:30 UTC