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Bitter-Sweet Vanilla Cream

191 calories 18.7 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Cream Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 4 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 4.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.042 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Calories: 191 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 18.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday March 15th 2018
1.058
1.013
5.9%
14.0
6.5
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
5 lb American - Pale 2-Row5 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 57.1%
1 lb Honey1 lb Honey - (late boil kettle addition) 42 2 11.4%
2 lb American - White Wheat2 lb White Wheat 40 2.8 22.9%
8 oz American - Caramel / Crystal 10L8 oz Caramel / Crystal 10L 35 10 5.7%
4 oz Belgian - CaraMunich4 oz CaraMunich 33 50 2.9%
8.75 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Willamette1 oz Willamette Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil 1 min 0.99 50%
0.50 oz East Kent Goldings0.5 oz East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5 Boil 1 min 0.55 25%
0.50 oz East Kent Goldings0.5 oz East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5 Boil 55 min 12.48 25%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
3 each vanilla bean Flavor Secondary 0 min.
 
Yeast
Wyeast - American Ale 1056
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Med-Low
Optimum Temp:
60 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 76 B cells required
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Priming
Method: keg      
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
Infusion -- 155 °F --
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 2.91 11.6  
Mash volume with grains 3.53 14.1  
Grain absorption losses -0.97 -3.9  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 3.81 g | 15.2 qt) 2.81 11.3  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 5.5 g | 22 qt) 4.5 18  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.08 0.3  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume 4 16  
Going into fermentor 4 16  
Total: 5.72 22.9
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes


BREW DAY : March 16th

Stage one; Mashing and boil without honey only at 3 gal total gives
> OG 1.062 Target og was 1.066
>Loss of .004 to OG

Stage 2; Will dissolve honey into 170 degree water
> will add diluted honey when fermentation at peak Kraust

&gt;target OG post addition @4 gal should now be 1.056 <br />
  &gt; New target ABV around 6%<br />

Stage 3 Addition of vanilla bean
> Racked beer into secondary Carboy after 4 weeks

 &gt; quartered and halved 2 1/2 Vanilla bean adn added <br />
 them to 2oz of Whiskey <br />
     &gt;after a one week soak i have added the now Vanilla <br />
     extract to the beer <br />
         &gt; going to let sit in secondary until kegging to serve, <br />
         this will allow almost another month for all the <br />
         flavors to mellow out and blend <br />
    <br />

tastes good, maybe next time just little more vanilla bean, but besides that its really good

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