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Biere de Garde I 2018

218 calories 17 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Bière de Garde
Boil Time: 120 min
Batch Size: 4.25 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 5.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.052 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Farmhouse Obsession
Calories: 218 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 17 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday June 7th 2018
1.067
1.009
7.6%
27.4
7.2
5.7
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
8 lb Belgian - Pilsner8 lb Pilsner 37 1.6 77.6%
8 oz German - Melanoidin8 oz Melanoidin 37 25 4.8%
13 oz American - Red Wheat13 oz Red Wheat 38 2.5 7.9%
16 oz Brown Sugar16 oz Brown Sugar 45 15 9.7%
165 oz / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.50 oz Galena0.5 oz Galena Hops Pellet 13 Boil 30 min 21.91 33.3%
0.50 oz East Kent Goldings0.5 oz East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5 Aroma 15 min 5.44 33.3%
0.50 oz East Kent Goldings0.5 oz East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5 Aroma 0 min 33.3%
1.50 oz / 0.00
 
Yeast
White Labs - Belgian Ale Yeast WLP550
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
81.5%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
68 - 78 °F
Starter:
No
0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
16 qt Fly Sparge -- 150 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.6 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.6 qt/lb 3.73 14.9  
Mash volume with grains 4.47 17.9  
Grain absorption losses -1.16 -4.7  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.92 g | 19.7 qt) 3.11 12.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.07 0.3  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.31 g | 29.2 qt) 5.5 22  
Boil off losses -3 -12  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.06 -0.2  
Post boil Volume 4.25 17  
Going into fermentor 4.25 17  
Total: 6.84 27.4
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Second Try
Mash -yield 2.75 gallons
WLP 550
Used higher than 1.5 (15 qts for 9.3 lbs)

Sparge 4.0 gallons

pre boil 6.5 gallons






Brew Day 24Jan18
Used Fuggle hops
Belgian Abbey Yeast
OG- 1.062
FG- 1.008 Feb 15 Checked again Feb28, same

Initial high temps (78-82F) for two weeks
Transferred to cellar Jan 31
Temps in cellar were mid 40's to low 50's for a week
Then temps went up to low to mid fifties until late Feb
Dropped back down to mid forties for one week.
Racked first week of March (6th)

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