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Ginger beer

149 calories 13.3 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Boil Time: 20 min
Batch Size: 23 liters (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 25 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.030 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 80% (ending kettle)
Source: Legropes
Calories: 149 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 13.3 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Sunday March 20th 2022
1.049
1.009
5.3%
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
2 kg Voyager Craft Malt - Pale Compass2 kg Pale Compass 38.1 2.79 50%
1 kg Cane Sugar1 kg Cane Sugar - (late boil kettle addition) 46 0 25%
1 kg Gladfield - Light Crystal Malt1 kg Light Crystal Malt 35.4 31.98 25%
4 kg / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
6 g Warrior6 g Warrior Hops Pellet 16.3 Boil 20 min 7.84 100%
6 g / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
500 g Ginger Spice Boil 20 min.
500 g Ginger Spice Primary 5 days
4 each Lime Zest Flavor Other 0 min.
2 each chilli Flavor Other 0 min.
1 each Whirlfloc Fining Boil 10 min.
2.50 g Yeast Nutrient Water Agt Boil 10 min.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04
Amount:
2 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
12 - 25 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 98 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.5 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
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
15 L Strike 71 °C 69 °C 60 min
13.5 L Sparge -- 78 °C --
Starting Mash Thickness: 5 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 5 L/kg 15
Mash volume with grains 17
Grain absorption losses -3
Remaining sparge water volume 13.9
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 24.3 L) 25
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.6
Boil off losses -1.9
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 23.7 L) 23
Estimated amount in fermentor 23
Total: 28.9  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Add lime zest and sliced chilli to vodka prior brewing and infuse for 2+ weeks then strain vodka into the keg on keg day.

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