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Thanksgiving Feast Ale

231 calories 26.5 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Mixed-Style Beer
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.25 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.049 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.069 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 81% (brew house)
Source: Jody Hughes
Hop Utilization: 93%
Calories: 231 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 26.5 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Wednesday August 16th 2023
1.069
1.021
6.6%
39.3
21.4
5.4
63.94
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4.50 lb Muntons - Maris Otter4.5 lb Maris Otter 2.07 / lb
9.29
38 2.3 36%
4 lb Viking - Munich Light4 lb Munich Light 1.96 / lb
7.84
36 6 32%
1.50 lb Briess - Rye Malt1.5 lb Rye Malt 2.59 / lb
3.89
36.8 3.7 12%
0.50 lb Briess - Caramel Malt - 60L0.5 lb Caramel Malt - 60L 3.29 / lb
1.65
35.4 60 4%
0.50 lb Brown Sugar0.5 lb Brown Sugar - (late boil kettle addition) 45 15 4%
0.50 lb Flaked Corn0.5 lb Flaked Corn 1.62 / lb
0.81
40 0.5 4%
0.50 lb Briess - Victory Malt0.5 lb Victory Malt 2.79 / lb
1.40
34.5 28 4%
0.50 lb Briess - Chocolate0.5 lb Chocolate 2.34 / lb
1.17
25 350 4%
12.50 lbs / 26.04
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Artisan - Kent Goldings1 oz Kent Goldings Hops 1.75 / oz
1.75
Pellet 5.1 Boil 60 min 16.55 33.3%
1 oz Artisan - Kent Goldings1 oz Kent Goldings Hops 1.75 / oz
1.75
Pellet 5.1 Boil 30 min 12.72 33.3%
1 oz Artisan - Kent Goldings1 oz Kent Goldings Hops 1.75 / oz
1.75
Pellet 5.1 Boil 20 min 10.02 33.3%
3 oz / 5.25
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
3 g Baking Soda Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
4 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
1 tsp Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
2.49 ml Lactic acid Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
1 tsp Irish Moss / 1.50333 Ounces Fining Boil 15 min.
1 tsp Yeast Nutrient / 0.653333 Ounces Fining Boil 10 min.
1 oz oak chips 2.00 / oz
2.00
Flavor Secondary 28 days
8 oz Roasted Mixed Nuts 0.75 / oz
6.00
Flavor Secondary 14 days
2 each Vanilla Bean 4.33 / each
8.66
Spice Secondary 14 days
16.66
 
Yeast
White Labs - English Ale Yeast WLP002
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
15.99 / each
15.99
Attenuation (avg):
66.5%
Flocculation:
Very High
Optimum Temp:
65 - 68 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
66 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.0 (M cells / ml / ° P) 350 B cells required
15.99 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       Amount: 11.77 psi       Temp: 37 °F       CO2 Level: 2.6 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 5 25 75 80 100
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
3.85 gal dough in at 1.15 qts/lb Strike 163.7 °F 153 °F 45 min
0.75 gal restore temp to 153, raises mash to 1.4 qts/lb Infusion 210 °F 153 °F 45 min
4.75 gal expect to need roughly 4.4 gallons of sparge. adding extra to ensure MLT grain bed does not collapse. Fly Sparge 185 °F 169 °F 30 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.15 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 73 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.15 qt/lb 3.45 13.8  
Mash volume with grains 4.41 17.6  
Grain absorption losses -1.5 -6  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 6.13 g | 24.5 qt) 5.55 22.2  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.83 g | 31.3 qt) 7.25 29  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.04 0.1  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.11 -0.5  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 9 36
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

this is the first attempt at somewhat of a clone of Mayflower Brewing's Thanksgiving Ale. Disclaimer, not from New England, have not tasted the beer before; just trying to target something similar.

mash additives are for adjusting my local water profile to match a "balanced profile", and for pH.

hoping to ferment at about 66F, and age for 4 weeks or so with oak chips, vanilla beans and roasted spicy mixed nuts.

then keg and carb in time for t-giving.

UPDATE: after brewing this beer, I ended up using 2oz of the oak chips, and let them age for the 4 weeks indicated. This seemed like way too much. In the end, it’s all I could taste. If I brewed this again, I would scale back the oak chips.

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