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Sasquatch Winter Ale

169 calories 13.2 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Winter Seasonal Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.028 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.058 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 60% (brew house)
Calories: 169 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 13.2 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday January 6th 2022
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6 lb United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale6 lb Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 54.5%
2 lb Belgian - CaraMunich2 lb CaraMunich 33 50 18.2%
2 lb Brown Sugar2 lb Brown Sugar - (late boil kettle addition) 45 15 18.2%
1 lb Honey Malt1 lb Honey Malt 37 25 9.1%
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Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.50 oz Hallertau Blanc0.5 oz Hallertau Blanc Hops Pellet 10 Boil 30 min 16.13 25%
0.50 oz Saaz0.5 oz Saaz Hops Pellet 3.5 Boil 15 min 3.64 25%
0.50 oz Hallertau Blanc0.5 oz Hallertau Blanc Hops Pellet 10 Boil 0 min 25%
0.50 oz Saaz0.5 oz Saaz Hops Pellet 3.5 Boil 0 min 25%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 tsp Irish Moss Fining Mash 15 min.
2 g Allspice Spice Mash 5 min.
2 g Nutmeg Spice Mash 5 min.
3 g Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) Water Agt Mash 0 min.
2.50 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 0 min.
1 g Table Salt Water Agt Mash 0 min.
2 each Vanilla Bean Spice Secondary 0 min.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
81%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 94 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 0 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Munich (Dark Lager)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
50 10 15 75 65 40
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 3.38 13.5  
Mash volume with grains (equipment estimates 3.6 g | 14.4 qt) 4.1 16.4  
Grain absorption losses -1.13 -4.5  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.43 g | 17.7 qt) 5 20  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.43 g | 25.7 qt) 7 28  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.15 0.6  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume 5 20  
Top off amount 0.5 2  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 8.38 33.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

This is a simplified and lower abv version of my Office Christmas Party Ale.

First brew notes: Used dry US05 yeast first time and it went fine. I would prefer using whole spice in secondary if possible. Vanilla beans split and scooped into secondary. The boil spice additions worked great and were subtle.

Dialed back the caramunich and honey malt which are great malts, but a little overpowering. Came out with a lot of chocolatey, coffee and sweet flavor.

Hops - the previous hop schedule ended up being a little more bitter than expected, but I did enjoy that flavor addition making the overall flavor a bit more complex. So I also just dialed back the hops to reduce overall IBUs

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  • Last Updated: 2022-05-17 18:31 UTC