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Rainforest Dark

222 calories 23.1 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: Sweet Stout
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.061 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.067 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: American Homebrewers Association
Calories: 222 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 23.1 g (Per 12oz)
URL: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/rainforest-dark/
Created: Saturday February 10th 2024
1.067
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6.6%
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
9.50 lb United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale9.5 lb Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 72%
1.25 lb United Kingdom - Black Patent1.25 lb Black Patent 27 525 9.5%
1.25 lb Caramel / Crystal 60L1.25 lb Caramel / Crystal 60L 34 60 9.5%
9 oz American - Chocolate9 oz Chocolate 29 350 4.3%
10 oz Munich10 oz Munich 37 6 4.7%
13.19 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
2.50 oz Fuggles2.5 oz Fuggles Hops Pellet 4 Boil 60 min 34.38 100%
2.50 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 oz Cacao Nibs Flavor Boil 5 min.
8 oz Cacao Nibs Flavor Secondary 0 min.
8 oz Lactose Flavor Boil 5 min.
2 lb Toasted Coconut Flavor Secondary 0 min.
3 each Vanilla Bean Spice Secondary 0 min.
1 each Whirlfloc Fining Boil 5 min.
1 tsp Yeast Nutrient Other Boil 5 min.
 
Yeast
Wyeast - London Ale 1028
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Med-Low
Optimum Temp:
60 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 108 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.75 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Ca 69 ppm, Mg 25 ppm, Na 13 ppm, Cl 5 ppm, SO4 15 ppm
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume (equipment estimates 8.49 g | 34 qt) 7.9 31.6  
Mash volume with grains (equipment estimates 9.55 g | 38.2 qt) 8.95 35.8  
Grain absorption losses -1.65 -6.6  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.59 g | 26.4 qt) 6 24  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.09 -0.4  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 5 g | 20 qt) 5.5 22  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Volume into fermentor (equipment estimates 5.5 g | 22 qt) 5 20  
Total: 7.9 31.6
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Jonathan Eckles and Allison Eckles of Savannah, GA, a member of the Savannah Brewers League homebrew club, won a gold medal in Category 28: Spiced Beer in the 2023 National Homebrew Competition Final Round in San Diego. The Eckles’s Sweet Stout earned gold out of 132 entries.

Use carbon-filtered Savannah municipal water from Floridan aquifer. Mash at 152°F (67°C) for approximately 60 min. (I sparged too cold, at 125°F (52°C) and did not get good extraction. Suggest warmer sparge.) Ferment at 65°F (18°C). Grind cocoa nibs in coffee grinder and sterilize with ethanol prior to addition. Soak vanilla beans overnight in ethanol to enhance flavor extraction. If is not sweet enough after secondary, add another 8 oz. (227 g) lactose. (Note that ethanol can be any spirit of your choice.)



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