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Maibock

208 calories 20.2 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Maibock/Helles Bock
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.08 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.58 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.050 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.063 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Calories: 208 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 20.2 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Tuesday February 23rd 2021
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Hops
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
5.07 gal Strike 164 °F 152 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.4 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 66 °F
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
5 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
White Labs - German Lager Yeast WLP830
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
76.5%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
50 - 55 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
50 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 482 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.45 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Baltimore City
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
30 9 20 53 17 131
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Notes

2 yeast packets in a 4l starter. Cold crashed starter overnight. Decanted half off and pitched the rest of the starter (warmed slightly from refrigerator).

Water adjustment: .5 campden tablet, .5 tsp Gypsum

Original Gravity: 1.065 at 56f.

Day 0 (2/27): Pitched yeast at 56f wort, put in ice bath over night (18 hours).

Day 1: Removed ice, checked temperature of wort was 50f (cooler water was 48). Left fermenter in swamp cooler (wet towel) in basement (ambient temperature 54f).

Day 3: no bubbles. Took out of cooler. 54f ambient temp.

Day 4: Checked gravity, 1.021.

Day 5: Gravity 1.020, brought up for Diacetyl rest at 66f.

Day 7: Gravity 1.018

Day 9: Gravity 1.018, cold crashed overnight

Day 10 (3/8): Began lagering (approximately 46-48f).

Day 12 (3/10): Treated with gelatin

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