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Challenge Admiral Best Bitter

150 calories 14.7 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Best Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 25 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 30 liters
Post Boil Size: 26 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.043 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.049 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Calories: 150 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 14.7 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Thursday April 2nd 2020
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
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0.50 kg United Kingdom - Crystal 140L0.5 kg Crystal 140L 33 140 9.5%
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Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
25 g Admiral25 g Admiral Hops Pellet 14.5 Boil 60 min 39.3 17.9%
75 g Challenger75 g Challenger Hops Pellet 8.5 Dry Hop 12 days 53.6%
40 g Citra40 g Citra Hops Pellet 11 Dry Hop 10 days 28.6%
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Yeast
Gervin Ale (by Muntons) GV-12
Amount:
11 Grams
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
77%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
14 - 21 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
18 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 152 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 1.02 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
London (Porter, dark ales)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
100 5 35 60 50 265
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
Infusion -- 19 °C 90 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3.66 L/kg
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3.7 L/kg 19.2
Mash volume with grains 22.7
Grain absorption losses -5.3
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 17.8 L) 16.9
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 30.8 L) 30
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.1
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 25 L) 26
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size  
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 26 L) 25
Total: 36.2  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Hop tea of challenger in the fermentater adding the wort on top. Added the citra to the barrel.

Fermented at 20 degrees for 2 weeks with 2 days of cold crash at the end.

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  • Last Updated: 2020-04-26 17:05 UTC