The Chicago Heater - Beer Recipe - Brewer's Friend

Brewer's Friend

Print

The Chicago Heater

265 calories 25.8 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Winter Seasonal Beer
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 10 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 12 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.067 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Source: Ryan
Calories: 265 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 25.8 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Wednesday December 21st 2016
1.080
1.018
8.1%
26.0
16.2
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
18 lb German - Vienna18 lb Vienna 37 4 63.2%
3 lb American - Rye3 lb Rye 38 3.5 10.5%
2 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 75L2 lb Caramel / Crystal 75L 33 75 7%
3.50 lb Flaked Oats3.5 lb Flaked Oats 33 2.2 12.3%
1 lb Molasses1 lb Molasses 36 80 3.5%
1 lb Honey1 lb Honey 42 2 3.5%
28.50 lbs / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.75 oz Columbus0.75 oz Columbus Hops Leaf/Whole 15 Boil 90 min 17.91 42.9%
1 oz Columbus1 oz Columbus Hops Leaf/Whole 15 Boil 10 min 8.09 57.1%
1.75 oz / 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.10 oz cloves Spice Secondary 7 min.
2 oz dried orange peel Spice Secondary 7 min.
 
Yeast
Wyeast - Belgian Abby Ale II 1762
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
65 - 75 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
74 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.0 (M cells / ml / ° P) 732 B cells required
0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Target Water Profile
Jardine Water Plant
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
37 12 9 15 27 174
This is just the report from the waterworks our tap water comes from. We should be doing adjustments but... meh.
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
9 gal Infusion -- 154 °F 60 min
10 gal water at 172 Sparge -- 156 °F 5 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.36 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 12.32 gal (49.26 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 0.32 gal (1.26 qt) sparge/top-off.    
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.36 qt/lb 9.01 36  
Mash volume with grains 11.13 44.5  
Grain absorption losses -3.31 -13.3  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 6.71 g | 26.8 qt) 6.39 25.6  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.16 0.6  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 12.32 g | 49.3 qt) 12 48  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.07 -0.3  
Post boil Volume 10 40  
Going into fermentor 10 40  
Total: 15.4 61.6
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Use large grain muslin bags for hops since they are whole cone. Remove at end of boil so whirlpool works correctly. This is why post boil pre-chill time is listed as 0 minutes even though we will whirlpool for 10 and rest for 10.

Starter: pour 0.5 L water to flask, add 11.4 oz of DME and yeast nutrient, stir until dissolved. Add water to 1.25 L, heat until pasteurized. When liquid temperature has come to room temperature pour 2 vials of yeast into flask. Cover and spin at room temperature for as long as possible.

Add honey and molasses 48 hours after pitch, when full kreusen will have been established. The lag phase will have ended and there will have been a day and a half of the exponential phase. We are starting with enough yeast for 1.071 OG, which is what the wort will be at pitch. This will ensure that the yeast present during lag get the full benefit of lag and are healthy (if we added the amount of yeast we need for the full 1.079. beer we are making to wort that is only 1.071 there won't be enough nutrient for each cell and they will be less healthy, this is what over-pitching refers to). After the beginning of the exponential phase there will be enough yeast cells to handle the addition of the honey and molasses; they will have gotten a good start on the complex malt sugars, especially maltose, and will not selectively ferment the simple sugars from the honey and molasses. This protects the fermentation from the problems that can arise from adding a significant amount of sugar adjuncts to the malt and will get the beer to the right FG (not too sweet) while maintaining the honey and molasses notes.

Add an oz of bitter dried orange peel and an oz of sweet dried orange peel to a muslin bag to secondary. Make a tea with 3 cloves and add it to secondary as well, with the hops in a muslin bag. Taste frequently and pull when desired clove flavor has been achieved. Cloves are very strong and can easily overwhelm and even ruin a beer.

Last Updated and Sharing
 
1,048
Views
0
Brews
Recipe QR Code
  • Public: Yup, Shared
  • Last Updated: 2018-01-01 22:43 UTC