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Hilltopper's Pride Kentucky Common

174 calories 16.4 g 12 oz
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Method: All Grain
Style: Kentucky Common
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 6 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.042 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Stephen Stanley/BYO Mag
Rating:
5.00 (1 Review)

Calories: 174 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16.4 g (Per 12oz)
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Created: Tuesday May 17th 2016
1.053
1.011
5.5%
19.8
13.7
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
7 lb American - Pale 6-Row7 lb Pale 6-Row 35 1.8 52.1%
3.50 lb Flaked Corn3.5 lb Flaked Corn 40 0.5 26%
1.25 lb Flaked Rye1.25 lb Flaked Rye 36 2.8 9.3%
3 oz American - Black Malt3 oz Black Malt 28 500 1.4%
5 oz American - Caramel / Crystal 80L5 oz Caramel / Crystal 80L 33 80 2.3%
16 oz Rice Hulls16 oz Rice Hulls 0 0 7.4%
3 oz Molasses3 oz Molasses 36 80 1.4%
215 oz / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Cluster1 oz Cluster Hops Pellet 7.5 First Wort 0 min 15.5 50%
1 oz Saaz1 oz Saaz Hops Pellet 3.5 Boil 10 min 4.3 50%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 each Whirlfloc Tab Fining Boil 10 min.
3 oz Molasses Flavor Secondary 0 min.
 
Yeast
White Labs - Cream Ale Yeast Blend WLP080
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
77.5%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
65 - 70 °F
Starter:
Yes
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Priming
Method: Corn Sugar       Amount: 4 Oz in 1 C water       CO2 Level: 2.2 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Aurora, CO Municipal Water
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
54 8 45 37 53 142
1 gypsum, 2 g Calcium Chloride, added to total water (5.2 Gal) Check mash pH.
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
16.5 qt 166° strike temp Infusion -- 122 °F 20 min
Infusion -- 152 °F 60 min
Sparge -- 168 °F 10 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 6.07 g | 24.3 qt) 5.25 21  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.02 0.1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 8.33 g | 33.3 qt) 7.5 30  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume 6 24  
Going into fermentor 6 24  
Total: 9.39 37.6
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Kentucky Common is a pre-Prohibition style popular in northern Kentucky and southern Indiana. It's currently kept alive by two brew pubs and homebrewers. The beer is one of three uniquely American beer styles. Since no one really knows what this tasted like, I'll just experiment until I get a beer I like. 8/28/16. I have a beer I really like, freezing the recipe.

Target bitterness is 20 IBU

Ferment at 68 degrees.

8/28/16: Renamed to "Hilltopper's Pride", scaled to 6 gallons. Targeting 20 IBU in next batch.

GABF silver award in Historical category, 2017, Ironworks Brewing.

12/26/17 Brew 03: Making some tweaks, recorded in snapshot in brew session.

2/24/18: Not so happy with my tweaks. Need a little less dark malt, say three ounces rather than four. So keep water treatment, reduce black malt to 3 ounces, measure pH hot and keep original hops. Changes made to recipe.

6/22/18: Didn't like the color as much, replaced an ounce of black malt (now four ounces). Reversion seems to make a great beer. Oh, made second round in the World Beer Cup with original recipe.

7/1: Reversing 6/22 decision on color, leaving the beer at 3 ounces black malt. It's a great beer done that way. Almost ready to bottle.



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