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Blue Moon Clone

Method: BIAB
Style: American Wheat Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 10 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 13 gallons
Post Boil Size: 11 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.044 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.052 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Nilo #12
Calories: 170 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 15.5 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Sunday May 24th 2020

Original Gravity:

1.052

Final Gravity:

1.010

ABV (standard):

5.5%

IBU (tinseth):

14.7

SRM (morey):

5.5

Mash pH

5.4

Cost $

n/a

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
8.75 lb	Great Western - Domestic 2-Row8.75 lb Domestic 2-Row	37	2	43.5%
8.75 lb	Great Western - White Wheat8.75 lb White Wheat	37	3.5	43.5%
1.75 lb	Briess - Caramel Malt - 10L1.75 lb Caramel Malt - 10L	35.4	10	8.7%
14 oz	Briess - Carapils Malt14 oz Carapils Malt	34.5	1.5	4.3%
20.12 lbs / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
52 g	Hallertau Mittelfruh52 g Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops		Pellet	4	Boil	60 min	14.74	100%
52 g / $ 0.00

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Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
52 g	Hallertau Mittelfruh (Pellet)		14.74	100%
52 g / $ 0.00

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
9 gal		Infusion	--	154 °F	--
5 gal		Sparge	68 °F	68 °F	--

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Type	Use	Time
6.50 g	Calcium Chloride (dihydrate)	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
3 g	Epsom Salt	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
5 g	Gypsum	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
4 ml	Lactic acid	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
3 oz	Sweet Orange Peel	Flavor	Boil	5 min.
24 g	Cracked Coriander	Flavor	Boil	5 min.

Yeast

Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05

Amount:	2 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	81%	Flocculation:	Medium
Optimum Temp:	54 - 77 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	-	Pitch Rate:	1.0 (M cells / ml / ° P) 487 B cells required

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Priming

Method: dextrose Amount: 8.7 oz Temp: 64 °F CO₂ Level: 2.4 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Yellow Balanced

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
50	7	5	60	75	0
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Notes

This is reasonably close to Blue Moon, done to my taste with more up-front orange in the beer, and less coriander.

This recipe builds off of Nilo's #12 Blue Moon clone, documented in this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/blue-moon-clone.65328/.

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Last Updated: 2021-05-27 19:41 UTC

Recipe costs can be adjusted by changing the batch size. They won't be saved but will give you an idea of costs if your final yield was different.

Cost for

Gallons

Cost by

Final Yield

	Cost $	Cost %
Fermentables	$
Steeping Grains (Extract Only)	$
Hops	$
Yeast	$
Other	$
Cost Per Barrel	$ 0.00
Cost Per Pint	$ 0.00
Total Cost	$ 0.00

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