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Soet Bier 1683: Rembrandt's Lost Beer

Method: All Grain
Style: European Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 23 liters (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 30 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.045 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (ending kettle)
Source: Blackstock Brewers
Calories: 184 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 22.5 g (Per 330ml)

Created: Friday January 27th 2023

Original Gravity:

1.059

Final Gravity:

1.020

ABV (standard):

5.2%

IBU (tinseth):

28.8

SRM (morey):

4.2

Mash pH

n/a

Cost $

n/a

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
3.10 kg	German - Pilsner3.1 kg Pilsner	38	1.6	47%
2 kg	American - Buckwheat Malt - Gluten Free2 kg Buckwheat Malt - Gluten Free	25	2	30.3%
1.50 kg	Flaked Oats1.5 kg Flaked Oats	33	2.2	22.7%
6.60 kg / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
50 g	Hallertau Tradition (Germany)50 g Hallertau Tradition (Germany) Hops		Pellet	5	Boil	60 min	28.76	100%
50 g / $ 0.00

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Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
50 g	Hallertau Tradition (Germany) (Pellet)		28.76	100%
50 g / $ 0.00

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
2.50 g	Crushed Coriander		Water Agt	Mash	10 min.
5 g	anise seed		Water Agt	Mash	0 min.

Yeast

White Labs - English Ale Yeast WLP002

Amount:	1.25 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	66.5%	Flocculation:	Very High
Optimum Temp:	18 - 20 °C	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	-	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 117 B cells required

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Priming

CO₂ Level: 3.75 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Balanced Profile

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
0	0	0	0	0	0
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Notes

Directions:

Mash at 66°C (151°F) for 60 minutes. Boil 60 minutes, adding hops, coriander, and anise seed as indicated. Chill to 18°C (65°F) and ferment to completion.

This recipe is featured in the HBA article “Searching for Rembrandt’s Lost Beer” in the November/December 2022 Zymurgy magazine. Author Roel Mulder takes readers on a journey to uncover what Rembrandt was drinking in his piece The Prodigal Son.

From the article: A nice three-grain 17th-century Dutch “sweet beer” recorded by Melchior Mels from Dordrecht, that just may resemble what Rembrandt was drinking in his painting The Prodigal Son in the Tavern. The secret addition of coriander and anise seeds was apparently well-kept from the brewery workers This is an adaptation of the original recipe. The 5.0% ABV version elaborated by the members of CRAFT, the Dutch trade association for independent brewers, has an original gravity of 1.057 (14°P). Their ratio for both coriander and anise is 300 grams each for 1,500 liters of beer.

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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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