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AmeriHelles

105 calories 8.9 g 250 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Cream Ale
Boil Time: 30 min
Batch Size: 24 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 26 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 10.6 °P (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: gozer
Calories: 105 calories (Per 250ml)
Carbs: 8.9 g (Per 250ml)
Created: Saturday October 6th 2018
11.4 °P
1.9 °P
5.1%
18.6
4.1
5.7
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4,000 g German - Pilsner4000 g Pilsner 38 1.6 80%
1,000 g German - Munich Light1000 g Munich Light 37 6 20%
5,000 g / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
11 g Magnum11 g Magnum Hops Pellet 10.5 First Wort 0 min 11.05 18.6%
48 g Cascade/Sterling48 g Cascade/Sterling Hops Pellet 7 Boil 5 min 7.58 81.4%
59 g / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
84%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
12 - 25 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 96 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 5 25 75 80 100
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3.7 L/kg 18.3
Mash volume with grains 21.6
Grain absorption losses -5
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 14.8 L) 13.7
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 27.1 L) 26
Boil off losses -2.9
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.3
Post boil Volume 24
Going into fermentor 24
Total: 31.9  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

I have another recipe based on New Glarus's Spotted Cow (in the clones folder), but I'm doing this one first because it's simpler and doesn't have any adjuncts which I don't think add anything anyway.

I typically don't like cream ale. It's a style that's trying to be an American lager with ale yeast. i'm making this more of an American Helles while still fitting the cream ale style guidelines which are very loose so it works out.

Used Weyermann Barke Pils because I had some leftover after making a bunch of German things for Oktoberfest. I would typically use pale malt.

  • 2018-10 session: way higher efficiency than expected (80+ vs 65) and lower FG means this is more of an AmeriFest than AmeriHelles. But whatever. Tastes pretty good.
  • used 4-month-old US-05 slurry from the fridge. Actually came out ok!
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  • Last Updated: 2019-02-04 22:19 UTC
  • Snapshot Created: 2018-10-06 17:28 UTC
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