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Boxcar Brown Ale

161 calories 16.6 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: No Profile Selected
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 10.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 12.58 gallons
Post Boil Size: 11.25 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.044 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.049 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Hop Utilization: 98%
Calories: 161 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16.6 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Sunday March 2nd 2025
1.049
1.012
4.8%
27.4
14.4
5.6
19.20
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
15 lb Rahr - Pale Ale15 lb Pale Ale $ 1.28 / lb
$ 19.20 		36.34 3.5 77.9%
2 lb Thomas Fawcett - Amber Malt2 lb Amber Malt 32.2 38 10.4%
0.25 lb Briess - Chocolate0.25 lb Chocolate 25 350 1.3%
2 lb Bestmalz - BEST Caramel Munich I2 lb BEST Caramel Munich I 34.5 35 10.4%
19.25 lbs / $ 19.20
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1.55 oz First Gold1.55 oz First Gold Hops Pellet 7.5 Boil 60 min 21.81 54%
0.66 oz First Gold0.66 oz First Gold Hops Pellet 7.5 Boil 20 min 5.63 23%
0.66 oz Artisan - Fuggle (US)0.66 oz Fuggle (US) Hops Pellet 4.8 Dry Hop 0 days 23%
2.87 oz / $ 0.00
Priming
CO2 Level: 0 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Ridley, Aqua PA - Crum Creek
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 12.08 gal (48.33 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 0.08 gal (0.33 qt) sparge/top-off.    
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.75 qt/lb 8.42 33.7  
Mash volume with grains 9.96 39.8  
Grain absorption losses -2.41 -9.6  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 6.32 g | 25.3 qt) 6.81 27.3  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 12.08 g | 48.3 qt) 12.58 50.3  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 10.5 g | 42 qt) 11.25 45  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 11.25 g | 45 qt) 10.5 42  
Total: 15.24 60.9
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"Boxcar Brown Ale" No Profile Selected beer recipe by Brewer #334257. All Grain, ABV 4.81%, IBU 27.44, SRM 14.4, Fermentables: ( Pale Ale, Amber Malt, Chocolate, BEST Caramel Munich I) Hops: (First Gold, Fuggle (US))
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  • Last Updated: 2025-03-16 21:45 UTC