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California Blizzard Ale

185 calories 19.2 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: Partial Mash
Style: American Pale Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 3 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.102 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 67% (brew house)
Source: James Hugard
Calories: 185 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 19.2 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday February 20th 2017
1.056
1.014
5.5%
36.8
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6 lb Liquid Malt Extract - Light6 lb Liquid Malt Extract - Light 35 4 60%
3 lb American - Pale 2-Row3 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 30%
1 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 40L1 lb Caramel / Crystal 40L 34 40 10%
10 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Chinook1 oz Chinook Hops Pellet 12.5 Boil 45 min 24.76 33.3%
0.50 oz Centennial0.5 oz Centennial Hops Pellet 8.8 Boil 30 min 7.3 16.7%
0.50 oz Liberty0.5 oz Liberty Hops Pellet 4.9 Boil 30 min 4.06 16.7%
0.50 oz Liberty0.5 oz Liberty Hops Pellet 4.9 Boil 1 min 0.23 16.7%
0.50 oz Centennial0.5 oz Centennial Hops Pellet 8.8 Boil 1 min 0.41 16.7%
3 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.50 tbsp Irish Moss Fining Boil 15 min.
 
Yeast
White Labs - California Ale V Yeast WLP051
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
72.5%
Flocculation:
Med-High
Optimum Temp:
66 - 70 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
70 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 101 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Target Water Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 5 25 75 80 100
Tap water for boil
3G Bottled Spring Water (Target) to top off
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
5 qt Start grains @ room temp Temperature -- 130 °F 30 min
2 qt Add 2Q boiling water to raise Temperature -- 150 °F 15 min
Raise temp Temperature -- 158 °F 15 min
5 qt Wash grains Sparge -- 178 °F --
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Heat water added to kettle (equipment estimates 7.1 g | 28.4 qt) 2.99 12  
Mash volume with grains (equipment estimates 7.1 g | 28.4 qt) 3.31 13.2  
Grain absorption losses (steeping) -0.5 -2  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.51 2  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.11 g | 28.5 qt) 3 12  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.11 -0.5  
Post boil volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
WARNING: Kettle losses > 2% detected which throw off OG calculation for extract/partial mash recipes in batch target 'fermentor' mode. Solution: Reduce kettle losses, misc losses and hops absorption in equipment profile, OR set batch target to 'kettle' and do a full wort boil. See batch target FAQ.    
Total: 2.99 12
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Rave reviews from other homebrewers, coworkers, and a beer tasting judge on the keg that was primed. Make this the main recipe!

Note, with 4lbs of 2-row on the original grain-bill the calculated OG and FG numbers just don't add up with the actual fully converted mash OG (tested with iodine) and low FG. Guess I must have used only 3lbs!

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  • Last Updated: 2017-04-04 06:16 UTC
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