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Chimney Sweep Spiced Holiday Ale

203 calories 17 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Winter Seasonal Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.11 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.048 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.062 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: David Sandlin
Hop Utilization: 97%
Calories: 203 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 17 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Tuesday October 24th 2023
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OG: 1.072 FG: 1.021 ABV: 6.7% IBU: 32

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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
10 lb Rahr - Standard 2-Row10 lb Standard 2-Row $ 1.65 / lb
$ 16.50 		36.8 1.8 82.9%
1 lb Briess - Caramel Malt - 120L1 lb Caramel Malt - 120L $ 2.10 / lb
$ 2.10 		34.5 120 8.3%
1 lb Weyermann - Pale Wheat1 lb Pale Wheat $ 1.85 / lb
$ 1.85 		36 2 8.3%
1 oz American - Roasted Barley1 oz Roasted Barley $ 2.10 / lb
$ 0.13 		33 300 0.5%
12.06 lbs / $ 20.58
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Mount Hood1 oz Mount Hood Hops $ 2.25 / oz
$ 2.25 		Pellet 4.8 Boil 60 min 18.06 33.3%
1 oz Mount Hood1 oz Mount Hood Hops $ 2.25 / oz
$ 2.25 		Pellet 4.8 Boil 15 min 8.96 33.3%
1 oz Cascade1 oz Cascade Hops $ 2.25 / oz
$ 2.25 		Pellet 7 Boil 10 min 9.55 33.3%
3 oz / $ 6.75
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
5 each Cinnamon stick $ 1.00 / each
$ 5.00 		Spice Boil 10 min.
1 oz Ginger $ 0.99 / oz
$ 0.99 		Spice Boil 10 min.
1 oz Sweet Orange Peel $ 0.69 / oz
$ 0.69 		Flavor Boil 10 min.
5 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
2 g Epsom Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
4 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
3 g Baking Soda Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
3 each Allspice $ 0.05 / each
$ 0.15 		Spice Mash 0 min.
$ 6.83
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safbrew - Abbaye Yeast BE-256
Amount:
2 Each
Cost:
$ 7.60 / each
$ 15.20
Attenuation (avg):
82%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 101 B cells required
$ 15.20 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: sucrose       Amount: 5.2 oz       Temp: 68 °F       CO2 Level: 2.8 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
4.75 gal Strike 163 °F 152 °F 60 min
4.25 gal Fly Sparge 168 °F 168 °F 15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 65 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 4.52 18.1  
Mash volume with grains 5.49 22  
Grain absorption losses -1.51 -6  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 3.85 g | 15.4 qt) 4.34 17.4  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.61 g | 26.5 qt) 7.11 28.4  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.11 -0.5  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 5 g | 20 qt) 5.5 22  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 5.5 g | 22 qt) 5 20  
Total: 8.87 35.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Spicy Holidays! This recipe is written to emulate a prior winter spiced ale I've brewed, but to simplify the grain bill and mashing schedule to round numbers and single infusion. This may result in a little less body, but with the added spices this difference should hopefully be negligible.

I initially considered using a Saison yeast for extra spiciness, but realized it'd be difficult to tell what flavors came from the yeast and what came from the spices themselves. So, I switched to an Abbaye yeast to avoid that issue and also provide a fruity profile. With some luck, the ultimate flavor will be evocative of a spiced fruit cobbler.

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