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Ashes of Industry

185 calories 18.4 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Rauchbier
Boil Time: 75 min
Batch Size: 12.5 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 14.53 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.048 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 80% (ending kettle)
Source: Kelvin Keown
Calories: 185 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 18.4 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday January 30th 2023
1.056
1.013
5.7%
27.0
18.3
5.5
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
10 lb Weyermann - Beech Smoked Barley10 lb Beech Smoked Barley 35 2.7 40.8%
6.75 lb Bestmalz - Best RED X6.75 lb Best RED X 36 12 27.5%
6 lb German - Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner Dk6 lb Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner Dk 38 6.5 24.5%
1 lb Weyermann - Caramunich Type 21 lb Caramunich Type 2 34 45 4.1%
320 g German - Chocolate Wheat320 g Chocolate Wheat 31 413 2.9%
1 oz Weyermann - Acidulated1 oz Acidulated 27 3.4 0.3%
24.52 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Barth-Haas - Hallertauer Mittelfrüher1 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrüher Hops Pellet 5.4 First Wort 0 min 9.58 25%
1 oz Spalt1 oz Spalt Hops Pellet 6 First Wort 0 min 10.64 25%
2 oz Yakima Valley Hops - GR Tettnanger2 oz GR Tettnanger Hops Pellet 2.2 Boil 60 min 6.79 50%
4 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
The Yeast Bay - Franconian Dark Lager
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
76%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
46 - 51 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
1.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 980 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Bamberg Inselgebiet
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
92 12 24 36 47 285
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
9.95 gal Strike -- 131 °F 10 min
Temperature -- 146 °F 25 min
Temperature -- 158 °F 25 min
-- 168 °F 10 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.65 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 60 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 14.53 gal (58.1 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 2.53 gal (10.1 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 12.08 gal (48.3 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 10.04 gal (40.15 qt) and adding 0.08 gal (0.3 qt) sparge/top-off. 10.11 40.5  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.65 qt/lb 10.11 40.5  
Mash volume with grains 12.08 48.3  
Grain absorption losses -3.06 -12.3  
Remaining sparge water volume 7.73 30.9  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume 14.53 58.1  
Boil off losses -1.88 -7.5  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.15 -0.6  
Post boil volume 12.5 50  
Estimated amount in fermentor 12.5 50  
Total: 17.84 71.4
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

I revised this recipe on 6/21/23. I pulled back on the percentage of Rauchmalz because of Matthias Trum's comments on industrially produced Rauchmalz. Trum claims that Schlenkerla's Rauchmalz is less assertive because Schlenkerla's malting process is designed for smoking, whereas Weyermann adds the smoke once the malt has been kilned. Trum says that makes Weyermann's harsher, implying brewers should use less of it when they are making a Rauchbier.

This recipe is also inspired by Schlenkerla's Fastenbier. I find its moderate smokiness, as compared to their classic Rauchbier, makes a more accessible and balanced entree to Rauchbiers.

Couldn't get the starter all the way up to 1.75. The White Labs calculator said my pitch will be 1.12

Won a gold medal for at the 2023 Lights Out dark beer only competition.



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