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The Black Beast - [Bell James Brewery / Makin Brewery Collab Russian Imperial Stout]

713 calories 70.8 g 750 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Imperial Stout
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 52 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 68.82 liters
Post Boil Size: 55.75 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.081 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.101 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Source: NattyJ
Hop Utilization: 93%
Calories: 713 calories (Per 750ml)
Carbs: 70.8 g (Per 750ml)
Created: Tuesday October 17th 2023
1.101
1.024
10.0%
52.6
50.0
5.4
139.64
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
21.50 kg Simpsons - Finest Pale Ale Maris Otter21.5 kg Finest Pale Ale Maris Otter $ 4.00 / kg
$ 86.00 		37 2.6 82.5%
1 kg Simpsons - Brown Malt1 kg Brown Malt $ 5.79 / kg
$ 5.79 		32 187.93 3.8%
0.70 kg Simpsons - Crystal Medium0.7 kg Crystal Medium $ 2.90 / kg
$ 2.03 		33 65.01 2.7%
0.70 kg Barrett Burston - Roasted Barley0.7 kg Roasted Barley $ 4.28 / kg
$ 3.00 		34.5 340 2.7%
0.70 kg Barrett Burston - Extra Dark Crystal0.7 kg Extra Dark Crystal $ 1.25 / kg
$ 0.88 		31.7 99.86 2.7%
0.50 kg Voyager Craft Malt - Chocolate0.5 kg Chocolate $ 4.60 / kg
$ 2.30 		34.5 406.09 1.9%
0.50 kg Barrett Burston - Chocolate Malt0.5 kg Chocolate Malt $ 6.15 / kg
$ 3.08 		31 244.14 1.9%
0.45 kg Weyermann - Carafa III0.45 kg Carafa III $ 6.11 / kg
$ 2.75 		32 525 1.7%
26.05 kg / $ 105.81
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
100 g Magnum100 g Magnum Hops $ 0.09 / g
$ 9.00 		Pellet 10 Boil 90 min 36.58 46.5%
25 g Magnum25 g Magnum Hops $ 0.09 / g
$ 2.25 		Pellet 13.6 Boil 90 min 12.44 11.6%
90 g East Kent Goldings90 g East Kent Goldings Hops $ 0.10 / g
$ 9.00 		Pellet 5.8 Boil 5 min 3.56 41.9%
215 g / $ 20.25
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
15 g Yeast Nutrient $ 0.05 / g
$ 0.75 		Other Boil 15 min.
25 g Chalk $ 0.02 / g
$ 0.50 		Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
10 g Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) $ 0.02 / g
$ 0.20 		Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
3 g Epsom Salt $ 0.02 / g
$ 0.06 		Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
6 g Gypsum $ 0.02 / g
$ 0.12 		Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
10 g Baking Soda $ 0.04 / g
$ 0.40 		Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
27.41 ml Lactic acid $ 0.02 / ml
$ 0.55 		Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
1 g Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
$ 2.58
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04
Amount:
2 Each
Cost:
$ 5.50 / each
$ 11.00
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
12 - 25 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 624 B cells required
$ 11.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       Amount: 0.5 bar       Temp: 5 °C       CO2 Level: 2 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
London (Porter, dark ales)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
100 5 35 60 50 265
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
69.16 L Sacch Rest Temperature 67 °C 67 °C 60 min
Maahout Temperature 76 °C 76 °C 15 min
28.63 L Sparge 76 °C 76 °C 15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 2.3 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 61.63 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 16.23 L sparge/top-off.  
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 73.56 L. Suggest reducing strike water volume to 29 L and adding 28.16 L sparge/top-off. 57.2
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2.3 L/kg 57.2
Mash volume with grains 73.6
Grain absorption losses -24.9
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 29.3 L) 36.5
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 61.6 L) 68.8
Boil off losses -8.6
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -1.1
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 52 L) 55.8
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size  
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 55.8 L) 52
Total: 93.7  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

I have dropped my Brewhouse efficiency from 75% to 65% for this one.

I have also dropped my mash thickness to 2.3kg/L vs my usual 2.75kg/L to ensure it all fits in the 95L mash tun

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