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Soet Bier 1683: Rembrandt's Lost Beer

184 calories 22.5 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: European Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 23 liters (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 30 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.045 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (ending kettle)
Source: Blackstock Brewers
Calories: 184 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 22.5 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Friday January 27th 2023
1.059
1.020
5.2%
28.8
4.2
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
3.10 kg German - Pilsner3.1 kg Pilsner 38 1.6 47%
2 kg American - Buckwheat Malt - Gluten Free2 kg Buckwheat Malt - Gluten Free 25 2 30.3%
1.50 kg Flaked Oats1.5 kg Flaked Oats 33 2.2 22.7%
6.60 kg / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
50 g Hallertau Tradition (Germany)50 g Hallertau Tradition (Germany) Hops Pellet 5 Boil 60 min 28.76 100%
50 g / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2.50 g Crushed Coriander Water Agt Mash 10 min.
5 g anise seed Water Agt Mash 0 min.
 
Yeast
White Labs - English Ale Yeast WLP002
Amount:
1.25 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
66.5%
Flocculation:
Very High
Optimum Temp:
18 - 20 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 117 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 3.75 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2 L/kg 13.2
Mash volume with grains 17.6
Grain absorption losses -6.6
Remaining sparge water volume 24.3
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 29 L) 30
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.3
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 24.1 L) 23
Estimated amount in fermentor 23
Total: 37.5  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes






Directions:

Mash at 66°C (151°F) for 60 minutes. Boil 60 minutes, adding hops, coriander, and anise seed as indicated. Chill to 18°C (65°F) and ferment to completion.

This recipe is featured in the HBA article “Searching for Rembrandt’s Lost Beer” in the November/December 2022 Zymurgy magazine. Author Roel Mulder takes readers on a journey to uncover what Rembrandt was drinking in his piece The Prodigal Son.

From the article: A nice three-grain 17th-century Dutch “sweet beer” recorded by Melchior Mels from Dordrecht, that just may resemble what Rembrandt was drinking in his painting The Prodigal Son in the Tavern. The secret addition of coriander and anise seeds was apparently well-kept from the brewery workers This is an adaptation of the original recipe. The 5.0% ABV version elaborated by the members of CRAFT, the Dutch trade association for independent brewers, has an original gravity of 1.057 (14°P). Their ratio for both coriander and anise is 300 grams each for 1,500 liters of beer.

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  • Last Updated: 2023-01-30 19:06 UTC