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White House Honey Ale

Method: All Grain
Style: American Lager
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 10.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 13 gallons
Post Boil Size: 11.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.039 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.047 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 155 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16.3 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Sunday May 24th 2020

Original Gravity:

1.047

Final Gravity:

1.012

ABV (standard):

4.6%

IBU (tinseth):

17.1

SRM (morey):

4.8

Mash pH

5.7

Cost $

n/a

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
17 lb	American - Pale 2-Row17 lb Pale 2-Row	37	1.8	89.5%
1 lb	Canadian - Honey Malt1 lb Honey Malt	37	25	5.3%
1 lb	Honey1 lb Honey - (late boil kettle addition)	35	2	5.3%
19 lbs / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
2 oz	Tettnanger2 oz Tettnanger Hops	Leaf/Whole	4.5	Boil	60 min	16.31	62.5%
1.20 oz	Perle1.2 oz Perle Hops	Leaf/Whole	8.2	Aroma	1 min	0.77	37.5%
3.20 oz / $ 0.00

Show Summary View

Amount	Variety	IBU	Bill %
2 oz	Tettnanger (Leaf/Whole)	16.31	62.5%
1.20 oz	Perle (Leaf/Whole)	0.77	37.5%
3.20 oz / $ 0.00

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
8 gal	Infusion	164 °F	152 °F	60 min
8 gal	Fly Sparge	180 °F	170 °F	20 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb Starting Grain Temp: 65 °F

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Type	Use	Time
4 tsp	Gypsum	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
5 each	Alpha-galactosidase enzyme 600 GALU	Other	Mash	1 hr.
2.50 tsp	Yeast Energizer	Other	Boil	15 min.
2 each	Whirlfloc	Fining	Boil	15 min.

Yeast

Wyeast - Scottish Ale 1728

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	71%	Flocculation:	High
Optimum Temp:	55 - 75 °F	Starter:	Yes
Fermentation Temp:	60 °F	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 162 B cells required

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Priming

CO₂ Level: 2.65 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Balanced Profile

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
80	5	25	75	80	100
I'm using Reverse Osmosis water, but I don't know how to get the data on it.
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Notes

This is based on a beer brewed by Obama and his staff in 2011-12 (see link below). I meddled with it to make it all grain and to accommodate the ingredients on hand.

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/09/01/ale-chief-white-house-beer-recipe

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Last Updated: 2020-05-25 00:06 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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