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McMenamins Ruby Ale

137 calories 12.4 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Fruit Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.75 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.034 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Calories: 137 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 12.4 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Tuesday November 26th 2013
1.042
1.008
4.5%
18.8
3.1
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
7 lb American - Pale 2-Row7 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 84.8%
1.25 lb American - White Wheat1.25 lb White Wheat 40 2.8 15.2%
8.25 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.40 oz Nugget0.4 oz Nugget Hops Leaf/Whole 13 Boil 60 min 18.8 100%
0.40 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 lb Vitner's Harvest Raspberry Puree Flavor Secondary --
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
81%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
65 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.75 (M cells / ml / ° P) 164 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
1.25 qt Infusion -- 150 °F 60 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 2.58 10.3  
Mash volume with grains 3.24 13  
Grain absorption losses -1.03 -4.1  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.72 g | 22.9 qt) 5.45 21.8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.02 g | 28.1 qt) 6.75 27  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.02 -0.1  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 8.03 32.1
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Tastes is there, its difficult to get the yeast/chill haze that McMenamins has to stay even not using Whirlfloc/etc. May be easier in bottle, but with Keg everything settles out eventually. I can only assume they go through kegs so quickly they never have time to settle out.

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