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Double Golden lager v5

Created: Wednesday April 9th 2025
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229 calories 21.2 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: International Pale Lager
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 76 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 80 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 15.4 °P (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 77% (ending kettle)
Calories: 229 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 21.2 g (Per 12oz)
16.9 °P
3.6 °P
7.6%
41.3
7.0
5.4
161.52
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
160 lb Canada Malting - CMC 2-ROW MALT160 lb CMC 2-ROW MALT $ 0.71 / lb
$ 113.60 		36 1.75 85.6%
14 lb Great Western - Vienna14 lb Vienna $ 0.84 / lb
$ 11.76 		37 3 7.5%
4 lb Great Western - DextraPils4 lb DextraPils $ 0.83 / lb
$ 3.32 		34.5 1.5 2.1%
6 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose6 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose - (late boil kettle addition) $ 1.14 / lb
$ 6.84 		42 0.5 3.2%
3 lb Bestmalz - BEST Special X3 lb BEST Special X $ 1.02 / lb
$ 3.06 		34.5 132.5 1.6%
187 lbs / $ 138.58
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
3 oz Yakima Chief Hops - Columbus LupuLN2 (Cryo)3 oz Columbus LupuLN2 (Cryo) Hops $ 1.22 / oz
$ 3.66 		Lupulin Pellet 24.5 Boil 60 min 16.39 13%
6 oz Yakima Chief Hops - Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo)6 oz Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo) Hops $ 1.20 / oz
$ 7.20 		Lupulin Pellet 20.1 Boil 15 min 13.34 26.1%
6 oz Yakima Chief Hops - Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo)6 oz Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo) Hops $ 1.20 / oz
$ 7.20 		Lupulin Pellet 20.1 Boil at 212 °F 10 min 9.75 26.1%
8 oz Yakima Valley Hops - Willamette8 oz Willamette Hops $ 0.61 / oz
$ 4.88 		Pellet 5 Boil at 212 °F 5 min 1.78 34.8%
23 oz / $ 22.94
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
20 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
20 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
80 ml Phosphoric acid Water Agt Mash 0 min.
 
Yeast
- Lallemand - Novalager
Amount:
1.07 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
77%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
65 - 78 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 1703 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
90.9 30 61 96.8 97.7 1.5
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
60.5 gal Strike 159 °F 151 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 2 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 70 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 78.36 gal (313.45 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 11.53 gal (46.13 qt) and adding 66.36 gal (265.45 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 104.98 gal (419.92 qt) 90.5 362  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2 qt/lb 90.5 362  
Mash volume with grains 104.98 419.9  
Grain absorption losses -22.63 -90.5  
Remaining sparge water volume 12.38 49.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 77.9 g | 311.6 qt) 80 320  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.47 1.9  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.86 -3.5  
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 78.1 g | 312.4 qt) 76 304  
Estimated amount in fermentor 76 304  
Total: 102.88 411.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

fermented out really well, updated the Hops, adding an additional ounce of Columbus at 60 mins to offset the booziness/sweetness of the beer.

Good overall. ended up at 7.7%

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