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Brown Town Ale

230 calories 19.7 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 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.055 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 80% (brew house)
Source: Aley Ale
Calories: 230 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 19.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Saturday September 19th 2015
1.070
1.012
7.6%
38.8
40.1
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG EBC Bill %
11 lb American - Pale 2-Row11 lb Pale 2-Row 37 3.31 83%
0.50 lb Flaked Wheat0.5 lb Flaked Wheat 34 3.84 3.8%
0.50 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 10L0.5 lb Caramel / Crystal 10L 35 25.19 3.8%
0.50 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 80L0.5 lb Caramel / Crystal 80L 33 211.99 3.8%
0.50 lb American - Chocolate0.5 lb Chocolate 29 932.5 3.8%
0.25 lb American - Victory0.25 lb Victory 34 73.22 1.9%
13.25 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz East Kent Goldings1 oz East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5 Boil 60 min 16.52 33.3%
1 oz cascade1 oz cascade Hops Pellet 7.1 Boil 25 min 16.31 33.3%
1 oz East Kent Goldings1 oz East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5 Boil 10 min 5.99 33.3%
3 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
81%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.25 (M cells / ml / ° P) 444 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 5 25 75 80 100
Carbon filtered Jax Beach water. Add 1 - 1.5 tsp gypsum to the mash.
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
4 gal mash -- -- 151 °F 60 min
4 gal Sparge & recirculate to mash out Fly Sparge -- 168 °F 25 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.25 qt/lb 4.14 16.6  
Mash volume with grains 5.2 20.8  
Grain absorption losses -1.66 -6.6  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.88 g | 19.5 qt) 4.77 19.1  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.11 g | 28.5 qt) 7 28  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.11 -0.5  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 8.91 35.6
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Use 16 oz (.5 L) washed US-05 yeast slurry.

Ferment at 68 1 week, creep up to 72 over a couple days.

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