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Drakonic Clone

302 calories 23.7 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Imperial Stout
Boil Time: 180 min
Batch Size: 2.2 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.041 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 71.5% (brew house)
Source: Ardentmonk
No Chill: 60 minute extended hop boil time
Calories: 302 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 23.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Sunday September 25th 2016
1.092
1.013
10.3%
45.7
32.6
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
7 lb American - Pale Ale7 lb Pale Ale 37 3.5 90.3%
5 oz American - Roasted Barley5 oz Roasted Barley 33 300 4%
3 oz American - Chocolate3 oz Chocolate 29 350 2.4%
2 oz American - Caramel / Crystal 150L2 oz Caramel / Crystal 150L 33 150 1.6%
2 oz American - Caramel / Crystal 15L2 oz Caramel / Crystal 15L 35 15 1.6%
124 oz / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.80 oz EkG0.8 oz EkG Hops Pellet 5.6 Boil 45 min 45.66 100%
0.80 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Danstar - Nottingham Ale Yeast
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
83%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
57 - 70 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
78 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.25 (M cells / ml / ° P) 229 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
exact
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
8 qt dough in Infusion -- 144 °F 25 min
2 qt sac rest Infusion -- 149 °F 45 min
12 qt mash out Infusion -- 165 °F 15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1 qt/lb 1.94 7.8  
Mash volume with grains 2.56 10.2  
Grain absorption losses -0.97 -3.9  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 6.01 g | 24 qt) 4.28 17.1  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.73 g | 26.9 qt) 5 20  
Boil off losses -4.5 -18  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.03 -0.1  
Post boil Volume 2.2 8.8  
Going into fermentor 2.2 8.8  
Total: 6.22 24.9
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

FG of a degassed (vacuum) sample of Drakonic is 1.017 which would indicate an approx OG of 1.084 with 8.75% & WL 001 yeast.

Straight from Drake's website...
Malt: American 2-Row Barley, Weyermann Carafa Special 3, Simpsons Caramel Extra Dark, Simpsons Chocolate, Simpsons Roast Barley, Patagonia Crystal 35
Hops: Bittering – Warrior
Yeast: White Labs 001
Original Gravity: 19.9 degrees Plato
Alc/Vol: 8.75%
IBUs: 40

3/16/17 Brew day: actual mash temps performed are above and main mash Ph was 5.55. Batch sparge was 5.68 Ph. Resulting wort was 5 gal at 1.047 OG for a 65.33% efficiency. Final vol 1.5 gal at 1.106. 70 IBUs Following day read 1.75gal at 1.116 so I diluted with boiled RO water to 2.2 gal at 1.092 and 45 IBU's Added DAP nutrient and shook it up well. BTW Nottingham says on the packet that aeration is not required. I just didn't want a stuck ferment on such a big beer, haven't had one that I recall but I've been brewing 10 years.

3/20/17 Update: The ferment was pretty crazy, luckily it was a small volume in a large container. It tastes sweet but my sample reads 1.014 adjusted which means I have achieved 82% attenuation and 10.2% ABV. Biggest beer I ever made! Planned OG was 1.085 and 40+ IBU's with a BU/GU ratio of .48; I now have a .50 ratio. Not to goal but a good achievement. I would bitter this to 60 IBU's at least if I planned this OG and attenuation.

4/24/17 Update: FG is 1.013 which gives 10.32% ABV. At racking the brew smells somewhat reminiscent of Drakonic but I have little care if it is since it's a different beast. More roast I desire...Lots of booze and some esters present. Can't wait to get my ferm chamber all set up.

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