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Orange Crush Ale

231 calories 21.3 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Specialty Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 11 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 13 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.043 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 73% (brew house)
Calories: 231 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 21.3 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Tuesday August 6th 2013
1.070
1.014
7.4%
25.6
5.2
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
9 lb American - Pale 2-Row9 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 35.6%
8 lb American - White Wheat 8 lb White Wheat 40 2.8 31.7%
5 lb Honey 5 lb Honey - (late boil kettle addition) 42 2 19.8%
1 lb American - Vienna1 lb Vienna 35 4 4%
1 lb German - CaraFoam1 lb CaraFoam 37 1.8 4%
1.25 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 10L1.25 lb Caramel / Crystal 10L 35 10 5%
25.25 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1.50 oz Cascade1.5 oz Cascade Hops Pellet 7 Boil 60 min 22.03 50%
1.50 oz Cascade1.5 oz Cascade Hops Pellet 7 Boil 5 min 3.57 50%
3 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 each Whirlfloc Tablets Fining Boil 15 min.
1 each Campden Tablet Water Agt Mash --
2 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer Other Mash --
2 each Grated Orange Peel Spice Secondary 0 min.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
80%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
59 - 75 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
67 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 355 B cells required
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Target Water Profile
Hillsborough County, Rivervew FL
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
61 19 13 22 0 198
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
-- -- 153 °F --
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 12.61 gal (50.45 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 11.61 gal (46.44 qt) and adding 0.61 gal (2.45 qt) sparge/top-off.    
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 7.59 30.4  
Mash volume with grains 9.21 36.9  
Grain absorption losses -2.53 -10.1  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 7.41 g | 29.6 qt) 8.19 32.8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 12.22 g | 48.9 qt) 13 52  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.39 1.6  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.11 -0.5  
Post boil Volume 11 44  
Going into fermentor 11 44  
Total: 15.78 63.1
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Add honey with 5 minutes left in the boil.

Grate 2 large oranges leaving the pith behind and add the peel to the secondary.

Despite the high alcohol content from the honey this is a citrusy, light, and refreshing beer.

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