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Berliner Weisse

114 calories 10.1 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Berliner Weisse
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 6.5 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 7.6 °P (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 78% (ending kettle)
Source: Stephen Barnett
Calories: 114 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 10.1 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday March 19th 2020
8.8 °P
1.6 °P
3.8%
5.2
2.7
4.7
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4 lb German - Pilsner4 lb Pilsner 38 1.6 50%
3.20 lb German - Wheat Malt3.2 lb Wheat Malt 37 2 40%
0.80 lb German - Acidulated Malt0.8 lb Acidulated Malt 27 3.4 10%
8 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.30 oz Hallertau Tradition (Germany)0.3 oz Hallertau Tradition (Germany) Hops Pellet 5 Boil 60 min 5.23 100%
0.30 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 g Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
1 g Epsom Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
2 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - German Ale Yeast K-97
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
81%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 76 B cells required
White Labs - Lactobacillus Brevis
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
80%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
70 - 95 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 76 B cells required
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Priming
Method: co2       Amount: 19.92 psi       Temp: 32 °F       CO2 Level: 3.75 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Light colored and malty
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
60 5 10 95 55 0
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
2.8 gal Infusion 164 °F 152 °F 30 min
6.2 gal Sparge 170 °F 170 °F 15 min
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.75 qt/lb 3.5 14  
Mash volume with grains 4.14 16.6  
Grain absorption losses -1 -4  
Remaining sparge water volume 5.25 21  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 8.01 g | 32 qt) 7.5 30  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.01 -0  
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 5.99 g | 24 qt) 6.5 26  
Estimated amount in fermentor 6.5 26  
Total: 8.75 35
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

This beer style is of German origin (historically brewed in and around Berlin). I incorporated German ingredients where I could such as the malt, yeast, and hops. I used all German malts (pilsner, malted wheat, and acidulated malt). I used acidulated malt to bring the pH down in the mash without having to use acid to stay true to the Reinheitsgebot. I chose to use the noble hop Hallertau. The yeast is a German ale yeast (Fermentis K-97).

I was originally planning to use Lactobacillus delbruekii because it only makes lactic acid. However, when it was added into the recipe, it raised the final gravity. I decided to use the heterofermentative species brevis to keep my stats in line with the BJCP standards. (delbruekii had a final gravity of 5.2 plato whereas brevis had a final gravity of 1.6 plato).

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