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My 1st dark strong ale

337 calories 27.5 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.075 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 337 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 27.5 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Friday February 23rd 2018
1.102
1.016
11.3%
24.8
18.5
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
12 lb German - Pilsner12 lb Pilsner 38 1.6 56.7%
7 lb Belgian - Pilsner7 lb Pilsner 37 1.6 33.1%
0.75 lb American - Aromatic Malt0.75 lb Aromatic Malt 35 20 3.5%
6.40 oz United Kingdom - Chocolate6.4 oz Chocolate 34 425 1.9%
1 lb Candi Syrup - Belgian Candi Syrup - Clear (0L)1 lb Belgian Candi Syrup - Clear (0L) 32 0 4.7%
21.15 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Perle1 oz Perle Hops Pellet 8.2 Boil 60 min 22.69 50%
1 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh1 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops Pellet 3.75 Boil 5 min 2.07 50%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.50 tsp Yeast nutrient wlp1000 Other Boil 15 min.
1 tsp Gypsum Water Agt Boil 1 hr.
 
Yeast
White Labs - Belgian Strong Ale Yeast WLP545
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
82%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
66 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
70 °F
Pitch Rate:
-
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
6.5 gal Sparge -- 152 °F --
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.25 qt/lb 6.3 25.2  
Mash volume with grains 7.91 31.6  
Grain absorption losses -2.52 -10.1  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 3.46 g | 13.8 qt) 3.88 15.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.09 0.4  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.08 g | 28.3 qt) 7.5 30  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 10.18 40.7
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Original gravity 1.102
2 packs of wlp 545 added at 63°
Raised temp to 70° ambient temp.
Has been attenuating for 5 days and has slowed but not by a lot. Still counting roughly 60 bubbles/min in airlock was 120 for 2 days. Very steady.
If attinuation is 75% my abv will be 10.4% might be as high as 11.5% at best. Cheers
After 6 days of fermentation it seemed to have calmed down extremely so i took a gravity reading and was blown away to find the reading was 1.016 or an ABV of 11.26%!! Putting it in secondary tomorrow to settle out and kegging one week later. Should age well i hope. Tastes good already with some trub in it.

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