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Picts or it Didn't Happen (Fraoch)

277 calories 29.3 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.63 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.062 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.083 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 72% (brew house)
Source: Yummy
Calories: 277 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 29.3 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Wednesday November 9th 2022
1.083
1.022
8.0%
0.0
15.3
5.3
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
11 lb Simpsons - Finest Pale Ale Golden Promise11 lb Finest Pale Ale Golden Promise 37 2.4 59.5%
1.50 lb Crisp Malting - Brown Malt1.5 lb Brown Malt 32.7 65 8.1%
2.50 lb Simpsons - Golden Naked Oats2.5 lb Golden Naked Oats 27 7 13.5%
8 oz Weyermann - Acidulated8 oz Acidulated 27 3.4 2.7%
1 lb Simpsons - Peated Malt1 lb Peated Malt 37.674 1.5 5.4%
2 lb Honey2 lb Honey - (late fermenter addition) 35 2 10.8%
18.50 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
5 g Chalk Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
2 g Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) Water Agt Mash 0 min.
 
Yeast
Omega Yeast Labs - Lutra Kveik OYL-071
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
72%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
68 - 95 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
75 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 189 B cells required
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Priming
Method: dextrose       Amount: 3.5 oz       Temp: 72 °F       CO2 Level: 2 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 5 25 75 80 100
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
6.5 gal Strike 160 °F 152 °F 60 min
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume (equipment estimates 8.81 g | 35.3 qt) 8.94 35.8  
Mash volume with grains (equipment estimates 10.13 g | 40.5 qt) 10.26 41.1  
Grain absorption losses -2.06 -8.3  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.5 g | 26 qt) 6.63 26.5  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Post boil Volume 5 20  
Volume into fermentor 5 20  
Total: 8.94 35.8
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

2 oz heather tips 2 oz meadowsweet for 30 min
2 oz heather tips 2 oz meadowsweet, 2 g sweet gale for 5 min
2 oz heather tips steeped @160-165° for 30 min, cooled overnight & added at bottling
Honey boiled, cooled and added to the fermentor at high krausen.

This turned out about as well as I had hoped, although I also didn't really quite know what to expect. What it is NOT is a big sticky sweet mess from not having hop bitterness. There is some dryness from the honey, a bit of roasty bitterness from the brown malt, perhaps a tart note from the acidulated malt, and a fair amount of je-ne-sais-quois from the Heather and other botanicals. 5% of peated malt is about right, I wouldn't go any higher than that. The oats (because Scotland) gave it a nice mouthfeel. I got the honey from a friend who is a beekeeper, and it has really nice character, imparting a certain meady-ness to the brew.

It's really interesting and good - just don't expect "beer" in the usual sense.

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  • Last Updated: 2023-01-29 07:52 UTC