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Hard Root Beer

270 calories 32.7 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: Extract
Style: Sweet Mead
Boil Time: 15 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 3 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.147 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 35% (steeping grains only)
Source: Doc Bailey
Calories: 270 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 32.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Sunday October 18th 2015
1.080
1.027
7.6%
0.0
16.1
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6 lb Honey6 lb Honey 42 2 57.1%
1.50 lb Molasses1.5 lb Molasses 36 80 14.3%
3 lb Brown Sugar3 lb Brown Sugar 45 15 28.6%
10.50 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 oz Birch Bark Spice Boil 15 min.
2 oz Sarsparilla Bark Spice Boil 15 min.
2 oz Ginger Root Spice Boil 15 min.
20 each Cloves Spice Boil 15 min.
2 each Cinnamon Sticks Spice Boil 15 min.
0.50 oz Licorice Root Spice Boil 15 min.
 
Yeast
White Labs - English Ale Yeast WLP002
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
66.5%
Flocculation:
Very High
Optimum Temp:
65 - 68 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
-
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Boil water added to kettle (equipment estimates 5.06 g | 20.2 qt) 2.18 8.7  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.82 3.3  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 5.88 g | 23.5 qt) 3 12  
Boil off losses -0.38 -1.5  
Post boil volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 2.18 8.7
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"Hard Root Beer" Sweet Mead beer recipe by Doc Bailey. Extract, ABV 7.55%, IBU 0, SRM 16.14, Fermentables: (Honey, Molasses, Brown Sugar) Other: (Birch Bark, Sarsparilla Bark, Ginger Root, Cloves, Cinnamon Sticks, Licorice Root)
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