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King's Cake

189 calories 20.8 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 10.5 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 12.25 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.046 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 72% (ending kettle)
Source: Ash
Calories: 189 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 20.8 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Tuesday February 4th 2025
1.057
1.016
5.4%
29.2
6.5
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
16.50 lb US - Pale 2-Row16.5 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 74.6%
3.50 lb Avangard - Light Munich3.5 lb Light Munich 37 8 15.8%
18 oz Briess - Victory Malt18 oz Victory Malt 34.5 28 5.1%
1 lb Lactose (Milk Sugar)1 lb Lactose (Milk Sugar) - (late boil kettle addition) 41 1 4.5%
22.12 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
26 g Yakima Valley Hops - Azacca26 g Azacca Hops Pellet 13.8 Boil 60 min 23.79 56.5%
10 g Yakima Valley Hops - Azacca10 g Azacca Hops Pellet 13.8 Boil 10 min 3.32 21.7%
10 g Yakima Valley Hops - Amarillo10 g Amarillo Hops Pellet 8.6 Boil 10 min 2.07 21.7%
46 g / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 oz Bitter Orange Peel Flavor Boil 5 min.
0.50 oz Lemon peel Flavor Boil 5 min.
2 tsp Cinnamon Spice Boil 5 min.
8 ml Vanilla extract Spice Secondary 1 days
 
Yeast
Apex - Voss Kveik
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
65 - 78 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 195 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.5 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
7.52 gal Strike 161 °F 150 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.33 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 75 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 12.06 gal (48.24 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 11.92 gal (47.68 qt) and adding 0.06 gal (0.24 qt) sparge/top-off.    
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.33 qt/lb 7.02 28.1  
Mash volume with grains 8.71 34.9  
Grain absorption losses -2.64 -10.6  
Remaining sparge water volume 8.12 32.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 11.98 g | 47.9 qt) 12.25 49  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.08 0.3  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.06 -0.2  
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 10.77 g | 43.1 qt) 10.5 42  
Estimated amount in fermentor 10.5 42  
Total: 15.14 60.6
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"King's Cake" Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer recipe by Ash. All Grain, ABV 5.41%, IBU 29.18, SRM 6.52, Fermentables: (Pale 2-Row, Light Munich, Victory Malt, Lactose (Milk Sugar)) Hops: (Azacca, Amarillo) Other: (Bitter Orange Peel, Lemon peel, Cinnamon, Vanilla extract)
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  • Last Updated: 2025-02-05 15:29 UTC