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Don't Poke the Bear

198 calories 19.8 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Brown Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 18 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 15 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.072 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 60% (brew house)
Calories: 198 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 19.8 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday December 6th 2018
1.060
1.014
6.0%
25.5
31.2
5.6
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
40 lb American - Pale 2-Row40 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 80%
2 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 80L2 lb Caramel / Crystal 80L 33 80 4%
1.50 lb German - Carafa II1.5 lb Carafa II 32 425 3%
2 lb American - CaraBrown2 lb CaraBrown 34 55 4%
1.50 lb American - Chocolate1.5 lb Chocolate 29 350 3%
3 lb Flaked Oats3 lb Flaked Oats 33 2.2 6%
50 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
5 oz Willamette5 oz Willamette Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil 60 min 19.46 55.6%
4 oz Sterling4 oz Sterling Hops Pellet 8.7 Aroma 5 min 6 44.4%
9 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
White Labs - California Ale Yeast WLP001
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
76.5%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
68 - 73 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 352 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-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 19.84 gal (79.35 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 7.84 gal (31.35 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 22.75 gal (91 qt). Suggest reducing strike water volume to 8 gal (32 qt) and adding 10.75 gal (43 qt) sparge/top-off. 18.75 75  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 18.75 75  
Mash volume with grains 22.75 91  
Grain absorption losses -6.25 -25  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 7.59 g | 30.4 qt) 2.75 11  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 19.84 g | 79.4 qt) 15 60  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.34 -1.4  
Post boil Volume 18 72  
Going into fermentor 18 72  
Total: 21.5 86
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

FG:4.3
ABV:6.5%
Pretty dark in color
Possible DMS?
Under-pitched the yeast with 100ml? Gravity dropped only 2 or 3 degrees in 5 days... Added 1 liter of yeast to wort and fermentation continued to drop after that.

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