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Light Mexican Lager

158 calories 16.4 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Light American Lager
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 496 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 573.5 gallons
Post Boil Size: 526 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.044 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.048 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 81% (brew house)
Source: T$$
Hop Utilization: 97%
Calories: 158 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16.4 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday January 9th 2025
1.048
1.012
4.8%
0.0
3.1
5.3
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
585 lb Canada Malting - SUPERIOR PILSEN MALT585 lb SUPERIOR PILSEN MALT 37.2 1.5 72.7%
100 lb Riverbend Malt - Vienna100 lb Vienna 36.3 2.7 12.4%
50 lb Briess - Carapils Malt50 lb Carapils Malt 34.5 1.5 6.2%
55 lb Crisp Malting - Flaked Torrefied Maize55 lb Flaked Torrefied Maize 36.8 0.66 6.8%
15 lb Riverbend Malt - Munich - Light 10L15 lb Munich - Light 10L 37 10 1.9%
805 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
300 g Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
105 g Epsom Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
500 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
184.23 ml Phosphoric acid Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
90 g Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.25 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Mexican Lager
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
75 5 25 90 150 0
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 497.5 gal (1990 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 485.5 gal (1942 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 315.96 gal (1263.85 qt) 251.56 1006.3  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.25 qt/lb 251.56 1006.3  
Mash volume with grains 315.96 1263.9  
Grain absorption losses -100.63 -402.5  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 346.81 g | 1387.3 qt) 422.81 1691.3  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 497.5 g | 1990 qt) 573.5 2294  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 496 g | 1984 qt) 526 2104  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 526 g | 2104 qt) 496 1984  
Total: 674.38 2697.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"Light Mexican Lager" Light American Lager beer recipe by T$$. All Grain, ABV 4.77%, IBU 0, SRM 3.05, Fermentables: (SUPERIOR PILSEN MALT, Vienna, Carapils Malt, Flaked Torrefied Maize, Munich - Light 10L) Other: (Calcium Chloride (dihydrate), Epsom Salt, Gypsum, Phosphoric acid, Salt)
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  • Last Updated: 2025-01-09 13:23 UTC