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Imperial Pumpkin Ale

298 calories 27.3 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Holiday/Winter Special Spiced Beer
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.75 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.073 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.090 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 79% (brew house)
Source: Tracy Knauss
Hop Utilization: 97%
Calories: 298 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 27.3 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Saturday July 9th 2022
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
13 lb American - Pale Ale13 lb Pale Ale 37 3.5 77.3%
1 lb American - Victory1 lb Victory 34 28 5.9%
14.20 oz Brown Sugar14.2 oz Brown Sugar 45 15 5.3%
9 oz American - Caramel / Crystal 60L9 oz Caramel / Crystal 60L 34 60 3.3%
8 oz Lactose (Milk Sugar)8 oz Lactose (Milk Sugar) 41 1 3%
8 oz Rice Hulls8 oz Rice Hulls 0 0 3%
4 oz Honey Malt4 oz Honey Malt 37 25 1.5%
2 oz American - Chocolate2 oz Chocolate 29 350 0.7%
269.20 oz / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Magnum1 oz Magnum Hops Pellet 14.7 Boil 60 min 40.08 66.7%
0.25 oz Saaz0.25 oz Saaz Hops Pellet 3.5 Boil 10 min 0.86 16.7%
0.25 oz Saaz0.25 oz Saaz Hops Pellet 3.5 Aroma 0 min 16.7%
1.50 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
29 oz Pumpkin Flavor Mash 15 min.
1 tbsp Pumpkin Pie Spice Flavor Boil 10 min.
29 oz Pumpkin Flavor Boil 15 min.
 
Yeast
White Labs - English Ale Yeast WLP002
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
80%
Flocculation:
Very High
Optimum Temp:
65 - 68 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
1.0 (M cells / ml / ° P) 449 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       CO2 Level: 2.35 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Great Value Drinking Water
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
20.22 qt -- 152 °F 60 min
12.56 qt Fly Sparge -- 168 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 2 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2 qt/lb 7.72 30.9  
Mash volume with grains 8.95 35.8  
Grain absorption losses -1.93 -7.7  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 2.16 g | 8.6 qt) 1.11 4.4  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.11 0.4  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.81 g | 31.2 qt) 6.75 27  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.06 -0.2  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 8.82 35.3
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Added 1 TBSP of Pumpkin Pie Spice last 10 minutes of boil.
Also added one 29oz can of pumpkin in the boil kettle with 15 minutes left. The other 29oz went in the mash tun.
Added 1 vanilla bean to the secondary and 2 TBSP of vanilla flavoring at bottling.

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