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Hermit's Rest

155 calories 16.3 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Lambic
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.24 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.036 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.047 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Calories: 155 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16.3 g (Per 12oz)
URL: https://byo.com/article/witbier-style-profile/
Created: Sunday November 20th 2022
1.047
1.012
4.6%
8.3
3.6
5.4
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4.57 lb Grain Millers - Flaked White Wheat4.57 lb Flaked White Wheat 36 1.6 40%
4.98 lb Dingemans - Belgian Pilsner Malt4.98 lb Belgian Pilsner Malt 37 1.6 43.6%
1.12 lb Grain Millers - Flaked Oats1.12 lb Flaked Oats 34.6 1.5 9.8%
0.25 lb Weyermann - Munich Type II (Dark)0.25 lb Munich Type II (Dark) 37 10 2.2%
0.51 lb Rice Hulls0.51 lb Rice Hulls 0 0 4.5%
11.43 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.39 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh0.39 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops Pellet 5.4 Boil 60 min 8.28 100%
0.39 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
6 ml Lactic acid Water Agt Mash 0 min.
1 tsp Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) Water Agt Mash 0 min.
 
Yeast
Wyeast - Belgian Lambic Blend 3278
Amount:
1.57 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Med
Optimum Temp:
63 - 75 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
74 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 85 B cells required
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Priming
Method: sucrose       Amount: 4.1 oz       Temp: 74 °F       CO2 Level: 3 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Seattle - Cedar Water - Q3 - 2022
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
75.1 1 2 121.7 1 0
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
4.29 gal Protein Strike 128 °F 122 °F 15 min
Saccharification Temperature 122 °F 154 °F 60 min
Mash Out Temperature 154 °F 168 °F 10 min
2.96 gal Sparge Fly Sparge 168 °F 168 °F 45 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 75 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 4.29 17.1  
Mash volume with grains 5.2 20.8  
Grain absorption losses -1.43 -5.7  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.16 g | 20.6 qt) 4.63 18.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.76 g | 31.1 qt) 7.24 29  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.01 -0.1  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 8.92 35.7
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Name
===
Hermit's Rest is the beginning of the Hermit trail in the Grand Canyon. I've hiked that trail a number of times with my dad mostly, and more recently with Kate and my sister, Hannah. There is something about the wildness of the Grand Canyon wilderness that is beautiful and frightening at the same time. Whenever I've gone there, it feels like a bit of a cosmic encounter with some larger thing.

I see beginning to brew sour beers as a journey into the wilderness. It's a whole new world of what brewing beer can be like and be about. It takes more patience and is more complex, but the rewards can be stunning. Thus, Hermit's Rest, for me, signifies the beginning of a journey into the wilderness.

Concept
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This is following the advice in American Sour Beers and just brewing a simple sour to start out with, to have a real example to observe and taste while reading the rest of the book.

I'm basing the recipe, perhaps appropriately, on the witbier recipe that I brewed unsuccessfully a couple of times. At least once it definitely got contaminated and went bad. After that I got paranoid and ultimately threw up my hands and stopped brewing for a couple years.

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