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Big Nutz Brown Ale

235 calories 23 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Brown Ale
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 12 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 15 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.056 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 90% (brew house)
Source: Modified Electric Brewery Recipe
Rating:
5.00 (1 Review)

Calories: 235 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 23 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday January 25th 2016
1.071
1.016
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
18.75 lb United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale18.75 lb Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 73.5%
1.60 lb American - White Wheat1.6 lb White Wheat 40 2.8 6.3%
1.15 lb American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)1.15 lb Carapils (Dextrine Malt) 33 1.8 4.5%
2 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 40L2 lb Caramel / Crystal 40L 34 40 7.8%
2 lb American - Chocolate2 lb Chocolate 29 350 7.8%
25.50 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
2 oz Chinook2 oz Chinook Hops Pellet 13 Mash 0 min 7.75 11.1%
3 oz Chinook3 oz Chinook Hops Pellet 13 Boil 60 min 58.3 16.7%
2 oz Chinook2 oz Chinook Hops Pellet 13 Boil 15 min 19.29 11.1%
3 oz Cascade3 oz Cascade Hops Pellet 5.6 Boil 10 min 9.11 16.7%
4 oz Cascade4 oz Cascade Hops Pellet 5.6 Whirlpool 0 min 22.2%
3 oz Cascade3 oz Cascade Hops Pellet 5.6 Dry Hop 7 days 16.7%
1 oz Amarillo1 oz Amarillo Hops Pellet 8.7 Dry Hop 7 days 5.6%
18 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 each whirfloc Fining Boil 15 min.
 
Yeast
White Labs - California Ale Yeast WLP001
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
76.5%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
68 - 73 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
66 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.25 (M cells / ml / ° P) 981 B cells required
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Target Water Profile
London (Porter, dark ales)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
100 5 35 60 50 265
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
-- -- 152 °F 90 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 14.7 gal (58.8 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 2.7 gal (10.8 qt) sparge/top-off.    
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.25 qt/lb 7.97 31.9  
Mash volume with grains 9.93 39.7  
Grain absorption losses -3.19 -12.8  
Hops absorption losses (mash) -0.08 -0.3  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 10.24 g | 41 qt) 10.54 42.2  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 14.7 g | 58.8 qt) 15 60  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.3 -1.2  
Post boil Volume 12.15 48.6  
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.15 -0.6  
Going into fermentor 12 48  
Total: 18.51 74.1
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Carb only to 2 - 2.2 vols of carb to decrease carbonic bite and let the malt shine

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