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Home Hops Beer

130 calories 11 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: California Common Beer
Boil Time: 70 min
Batch Size: 20 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 27 liters
Post Boil Size: 23 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.036 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.043 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 130 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 11 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Thursday January 24th 2019
1.043
1.007
4.7%
43.4
17.2
5.6
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG EBC Bill %
2 kg Simpsons - Finest Pale Ale Maris Otter2 kg Finest Pale Ale Maris Otter 37 5.44 50%
1.50 kg Weyermann - Barke Munich Malt1.5 kg Barke Munich Malt 37 19.85 37.5%
0.30 kg Weyermann - Caramunich Type 10.3 kg Caramunich Type 1 33.5 91.9 7.5%
0.20 kg Weyermann - CaraRed0.2 kg CaraRed 35 50.01 5%
4 kg / £ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
120 g Comet120 g Comet Hops Fresh 11 Boil at 100 °C 70 min 29.6 35.3%
40 g Cascade40 g Cascade Hops Fresh 6.8 Boil at 100 °C 5 min 1.18 11.8%
40 g Centennial40 g Centennial Hops Fresh 10 Boil 5 min 1.73 11.8%
30 g Cascade30 g Cascade Hops Fresh 6.8 Boil 3 min 0.55 8.8%
30 g Centennial30 g Centennial Hops Fresh 10 Boil at 100 °C 3 min 0.81 8.8%
80 g Comet80 g Comet Hops Fresh 11 Boil at 100 °C 15 min 9.48 23.5%
340 g / £ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 g Irish Moss Fining Boil 15 min.
2 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
3 g Gypsum Water Agt Sparge 1 hr.
1 g Table Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
1 g Table Salt Water Agt Sparge 1 hr.
9 ml Lactic acid Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
81%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
12 - 25 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
18 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 75 B cells required
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Priming
Method: sucrose       Amount: 89 g       Temp: 20 °C       CO2 Level: 2.2 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Edinburgh (Scottish Ale, Malty Ale)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
100 18 20 45 105 235
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
14 L Strike Infusion -- 65 °C 60 min
MashOut Infusion -- 78 °C 5 min
15 L Sparge -- 78 °C 5 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 2.5 L/kg
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2.5 L/kg 10
Mash volume with grains 12.6
Grain absorption losses -4
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 23.3 L) 21.9
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 28.4 L) 27
Boil off losses -6.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -1.7
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 20 L) 23
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size  
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 23 L) 20
Total: 31.9  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Thanks for checking this recipe.

So this is a completely custom recipe I made for my home grown hops plants. The essence behind it is that young plants have a significantly lower AA content, thus the malt profile should be interesting on its own as well.
Some might say this malt profile is of an Irish Red Ale, while the hops profile is of an American IPA, hence the marking of Amber Hybrid Beer.

The hop additions are from straight the plant, so they weren’t dried. In case you are brewing it from dried hops or from pellets, you’ll need to adjust the hop amounts accordingly.
Also from an older (5yrs) plant the hop amounts (especially the Comet) can be decreased.

The end result is a smooth, easy to drink, refreshing all-year amber ale. The hop profile is not really matching what you expect first on the sight, therefore I believe it makes it interesting enough worth brewing.

Brewing tips:
Not much surprise apart from following the recipe, but:

  • Make sure not to use 67 C, but 65 C for mashing temperature.
  • During boiling it makes sense to prepare and weigh the aroma hop additions
  • use a large hop spider as the volume can be quite substantial when using fresh (having natural humid content) hops, after action filtering can be quite tedious with fresh hops
  • Your carbonation should be halfway between an Irish Ale and an American IPA (around 2.0-2.2 CO2 Vol.) I made the mistake of overcarbonation (abt 2.6), this style likes the 2.0-2.2
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