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Skull Weevil

190 calories 21.6 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American IPA
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 11 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 13 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.048 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Source: Karl Gilbertson
Calories: 190 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 21.6 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Wednesday October 25th 2017
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
18 lb German - Vienna18 lb Vienna 37 4 69.2%
4 lb American - White Wheat4 lb White Wheat 40 2.8 15.4%
2 lb Torrified Wheat2 lb Torrified Wheat 36 2 7.7%
2 lb Flaked Oats2 lb Flaked Oats 33 2.2 7.7%
26 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
6 oz Saphir6 oz Saphir Hops Pellet 4.25 Dry Hop 9 days 46.2%
2 oz Crosby Hop Farm - Denali2 oz Denali Hops Pellet 14 Whirlpool at 180 °F 20 min 19.07 15.4%
1 oz Horizon1 oz Horizon Hops Pellet 12.5 Boil 60 min 21.95 7.7%
4 oz Huell Melon4 oz Huell Melon Hops Pellet 7.2 Dry Hop 4 days 30.8%
13 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
White Labs - East Coast Ale Yeast WLP008
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
72.5%
Flocculation:
Med-Low
Optimum Temp:
68 - 73 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
70 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.25 (M cells / ml / ° P) 731 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 5 25 75 80 100
pH of mpls water is 9, very alkaline. Need to pH down to 5-ish. Will add rgtns as needed to adapt from Minneapolis water chemistry profile.
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
8.45 gal Beta Temperature -- 142 °F 30 min
Dissolve Temperature -- 150 °F 15 min
Alpha Temperature -- 156 °F 30 min
Kill Temperature -- 175 °F 10 min
8 gal Sparge Fly Sparge -- 175 °F 20 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.3 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 13.36 gal (53.45 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 1.36 gal (5.45 qt) sparge/top-off.    
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.3 qt/lb 8.45 33.8  
Mash volume with grains 10.53 42.1  
Grain absorption losses -3.25 -13  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 8.41 g | 33.7 qt) 8.05 32.2  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 13.36 g | 53.5 qt) 13 52  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.04 -0.2  
Post boil Volume 11.08 44.3  
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.08 -0.3  
Going into fermentor 11 44  
Total: 16.5 66
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Pre-brew: shooting for a haze IPA. Going with low AA hops (aside from Horizon for bittering and a pinch of Denali at whirl). That should keep haze up while limiting bitterness at bioconversion.

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