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Maximus Grist IX Honey Brown Bear

187 calories 17 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Brown Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.042 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 67% (brew house)
Source: Hell's Bells Brewing Société
Calories: 187 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 17 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Tuesday August 11th 2015
1.057
1.011
6.1%
31.3
26.4
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
11.50 lb American - Pale Ale11.5 lb Pale Ale 37 3.5 88.5%
12 oz American - Caramel / Crystal 80L12 oz Caramel / Crystal 80L 33 80 5.8%
12 oz American - Chocolate12 oz Chocolate 29 350 5.8%
208 oz / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.60 oz Magnum0.6 oz Magnum Hops Pellet 12.3 Boil 60 min 27.36 37.5%
0.50 oz Goldings 0.5 oz Goldings Hops Pellet 5.2 Boil 10 min 3.49 31.3%
0.50 oz Goldings0.5 oz Goldings Hops Pellet 5.2 Boil 1 min 0.42 31.3%
1.60 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
12 oz Honey Flavor Boil 1 min.
2 tsp Gypsum Water Agt Boil 1 hr.
1 tsp Irish Moss Fining Boil 15 min.
 
Yeast
White Labs - American Ale Yeast Blend WLP060
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
80%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
68 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
69 °F
Pitch Rate:
-
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: Corn sugar       Amount: 4 oz.       CO2 Level: 2.5 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Artesian Water Main, Delaware ref: WCR/AWC2014
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
109 5 40 50 18 104
Mash and strike water Britta® filtered.
The Artesian Water system is supplied from over 50 wells located throughout northern New Castle County. These wells are in the Columbia, Potomac, Cockeysville Marble and Mount Laurel formations.
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
16 qt Infusion -- 153 °F 60 min
20 qt Fly Sparge -- 156 °F 30 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 4.88 19.5  
Mash volume with grains 5.92 23.7  
Grain absorption losses -1.63 -6.5  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.06 g | 16.2 qt) 4.5 18  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.06 g | 28.2 qt) 7.5 30  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.06 -0.2  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 9.38 37.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Seasonal - Annual Fall Holiday Ale
All grain recipe - inspired by the "extract method" White House Honey Ale recipe as referenced:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/09/01/ale-chief-white-house-beer-recipe
Fresh local clover honey for flavor.
Rack from 6 Ga. carboy to 5 GA. carboy after 6 days. Rack to bottles after 21 days total.
Recipe compliments of: Hell's Bells Brewing Société (That's Me!)
Bottle day FG was 1.011.

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