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Gritty's Red October Ale

168 calories 17.6 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Irish Red Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.037 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.051 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Source: Mike R
Calories: 168 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 17.6 g (Per 12oz)
URL: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f65/raging-red-irish-red-ale-239188/
Created: Monday October 1st 2018
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
7.25 lb Crisp Malting - No.19 Floor Malt Maris Otter7.25 lb No.19 Floor Malt Maris Otter 37 3 71.6%
2.25 lb Weyermann - Vienna Malt2.25 lb Vienna Malt $ 2.45 / lb
$ 5.51 		37 3.5 22.2%
6 oz Briess - Caramel Malt - 120L6 oz Caramel Malt - 120L $ 2.40 / lb
$ 0.90 		34.5 120 3.7%
4 oz Briess - Roasted Barley4 oz Roasted Barley $ 2.75 / lb
$ 0.69 		33.1 300 2.5%
10.12 lbs / $ 7.10
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.30 oz Magnum0.3 oz Magnum Hops Pellet 15 First Wort 60 min 19.18 37.5%
0.50 oz UK Challenger0.5 oz UK Challenger Hops Pellet 5.1 Boil 10 min 3.58 62.5%
0.80 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.50 tsp Wyeast - Beer Nutrient $ 0.11 / g
$ 0.23 		Other Boil 15 min.
0.50 each Keystone - Whirlfloc $ 0.16 / each
$ 0.08 		Fining Boil 15 min.
$ 0.31
 
Yeast
White Labs - Irish Ale Yeast WLP004
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
$ 14.95 / each
$ 14.95
Attenuation (avg):
71.5%
Flocculation:
Med-High
Optimum Temp:
65 - 68 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 131 B cells required
$ 14.95 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.25 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
47 9 7 56 71 17
Bru'n Water Amber Balanced Profile
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
3.25 gal Water to 164 Infusion -- 150 °F 60 min
5.75 gal Sparge -- 170 °F 15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.25 qt/lb 3.16 12.7  
Mash volume with grains 3.97 15.9  
Grain absorption losses -1.27 -5.1  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.38 g | 21.5 qt) 5.85 23.4  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.03 g | 28.1 qt) 7.5 30  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.03 -0.1  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 9.02 36.1
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Scaled version with some tweaks to Todd Brainbridge's recipe.
http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/2135951?uniqid=5bb2861a9ce83

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