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Falcons 50th Anniversary Wee-Heavy

345 calories 36.1 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Strong Scotch Ale
Boil Time: 120 min
Batch Size: 11 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 15 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.076 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.103 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 345 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 36.1 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Tuesday December 19th 2023
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
42 lb Crisp Malting - Chevallier Heritage Malt42 lb Chevallier Heritage Malt 36.3 3 93.3%
1 lb American - Roasted Barley1 lb Roasted Barley 33 300 2.2%
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Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.75 oz Willamette0.75 oz Willamette Hops Pellet 4.75 Boil 15 min 2.42 17.6%
0.75 oz Willamette0.75 oz Willamette Hops Pellet 4.75 Boil 0 min 17.6%
0.75 oz Willamette0.75 oz Willamette Hops Pellet 4.75 Boil 30 min 3.75 17.6%
2 oz Centennial2 oz Centennial Hops Pellet 8.5 Boil 75 min 24.35 47.1%
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Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 each Whirlfloc Fining Boil 10 min.
 
Yeast
White Labs - Edinburgh Scottish Ale Yeast WLP028
Amount:
4 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
72.5%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
65 - 70 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
65 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.25 (M cells / ml / ° P) 1271 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 0 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Thousand Oaks, CA
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
24 14 59 73 15 100
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
Infusion -- 153 °F --
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 14.16 gal (56.64 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 2.16 gal (8.64 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 17.66 gal (70.65 qt). Suggest reducing strike water volume to 8.4 gal (33.6 qt) and adding 5.66 gal (22.65 qt) sparge/top-off. 14.06 56.3  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.25 qt/lb 14.06 56.3  
Mash volume with grains 17.66 70.7  
Grain absorption losses -5.63 -22.5  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.97 g | 23.9 qt) 6.81 27.3  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 14.16 g | 56.6 qt) 15 60  
Boil off losses -3 -12  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.16 -0.6  
Post boil Volume 11 44  
Going into fermentor 11 44  
Total: 20.88 83.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Pull off ~1 gallon of first runnings, and boil down independently of wort down to a syrup-like consistency. Add it back in at near the end of boil.

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