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Santa's Ho Ho Ho Gingerbread Christmas Ale

361 calories 36 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.079 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Brothers Brew - Andrew Smith & Jason Noxon
Calories: 361 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 36 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Tuesday October 4th 2016
1.108
1.026
10.8%
54.5
50.0
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
15 lb American - Pale 2-Row15 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 63.8%
2 lb American - Chocolate2 lb Chocolate 29 350 8.5%
1 lb American - Roasted Barley1 lb Roasted Barley 33 300 4.3%
4 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 60L4 lb Caramel / Crystal 60L 34 60 17%
1 lb Flaked Wheat1 lb Flaked Wheat 34 2 4.3%
8 oz Honey8 oz Honey 42 2 2.1%
23.50 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Chinook1 oz Chinook Hops Pellet 13 Boil 60 min 34.63 40%
1.50 oz Centennial1.5 oz Centennial Hops Pellet 10 Aroma 15 min 19.82 60%
2.50 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 tsp Ground Ginger Spice Boil 15 min.
0.25 tsp All Spice Spice Boil 15 min.
0.25 tsp Cinnamon Spice 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:
No
Fermentation Temp:
70 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 265 B cells required
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Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 5 25 75 80 100
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
7 gal Infusion -- 154 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.22 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.22 qt/lb 7.02 28.1  
Mash volume with grains 8.86 35.4  
Grain absorption losses -2.88 -11.5  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 3.16 g | 12.7 qt) 3.57 14.3  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.04 0.2  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.09 g | 28.4 qt) 7.5 30  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.09 -0.4  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 10.59 42.3
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"Santa's Ho Ho Ho Gingerbread Christmas Ale" Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer recipe by Brothers Brew - Andrew Smith & Jason Noxon. All Grain, ABV 10.77%, IBU 54.45, SRM 50, Fermentables: (Pale 2-Row, Chocolate, Roasted Barley, Caramel / Crystal 60L, Flaked Wheat, Honey) Hops: (Chinook, Centennial) Other: (Ground Ginger, All Spice, Cinnamon)
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  • Last Updated: 2016-10-04 02:21 UTC