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McEwans Champion Clone

339 calories 30.6 g 500 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Wee Heavy
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 19 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 25 liters
Post Boil Size: 21 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.061 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.073 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 63% (brew house)
Source: Alan Harper
Calories: 339 calories (Per 500ml)
Carbs: 30.6 g (Per 500ml)
Created: Tuesday February 1st 2022
1.073
1.014
7.7%
32.1
18.9
5.4
16.09
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
5,100 g Crisp Malting - Maris Otter5100 g Maris Otter £ 0.00 / g
£ 5.65 		37.5 2.81 71.1%
600 g GB - Amber Malt600 g Amber Malt £ 0.00 / g
£ 0.88 		33 17 8.4%
454 g Tate and Lyle - Golden Syrup454 g Golden Syrup - (late boil kettle addition) £ 5.00 / kg
£ 2.27 		40 1 6.3%
300 g GB - Crystal 90L300 g Crystal 90L £ 0.00 / g
£ 0.60 		33 90 4.2%
300 g US - Rice Hulls300 g Rice Hulls £ 0.00 / g
£ 0.60 		0.01 0 4.2%
200 g Weyermann - Oak Smoked Wheat Malt200 g Oak Smoked Wheat Malt £ 0.00 / g
£ 0.66 		38 2 2.8%
140 g Weyermann - Acidulated140 g Acidulated £ 0.00 / g
£ 0.41 		27 3.4 2%
80 g GB - Roasted Barley80 g Roasted Barley £ 0.00 / g
£ 0.21 		29 488 1.1%
7,174 g / £ 11.28
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
20 g East Kent Goldings20 g East Kent Goldings Hops £ 0.04 / g
£ 0.79 		Pellet 6 Boil 53.1 min 14.03 26.7%
10 g Fuggles10 g Fuggles Hops £ 0.03 / g
£ 0.35 		Pellet 4.4 Boil 60 min 5.31 13.3%
15 g Fuggles15 g Fuggles Hops £ 0.04 / g
£ 0.56 		Pellet 4.2 Aroma 15 min 3.77 20%
30 g Hallertau Mittelfruh30 g Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops £ 0.03 / g
£ 0.91 		Pellet 5 Aroma 15 min 8.99 40%
75 g / £ 2.61
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
4 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safbrew - General/Belgian Yeast S-33
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
£ 2.20 / each
£ 2.20
Attenuation (custom):
80%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
12 - 25 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 118 B cells required
£ 2.20 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: sucrose       Amount: 86.5 g       Temp: 20 °C       CO2 Level: 2 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Edinburgh EH3
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
10 1 4 6 13 21
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
19.94 L Strike 69 °C 67 °C 60 min
12.04 L Sparge 76 °C 76 °C 15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3 L/kg 20.2
Mash volume with grains 24.6
Grain absorption losses -6.7
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 12.2 L) 12.5
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 24.8 L) 25
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.3
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.4
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 19 L) 21
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size  
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 21 L) 19
Total: 32.6  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

This is somewhat complex but it - the original - is one of my favourite commercial beers. I HOPE this works out as I have yet to brew it but it follows other similar clones of the same beer. I tried to balance strength, maltyness and colour with enough bitterness to make it work.

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