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Thanksgiving Feast Ale

Method: All Grain
Style: Mixed-Style Beer
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.25 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.049 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.069 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 81% (brew house)
Source: Jody Hughes
Hop Utilization: 93%
Calories: 231 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 26.5 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Wednesday August 16th 2023

Original Gravity:

1.069

Final Gravity:

1.021

ABV (alternate):

6.6%

IBU (tinseth):

39.3

SRM (morey):

21.4

Mash pH

5.4

Cost $

63.94

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Fermentation History

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
4.50 lb	Muntons - Maris Otter4.5 lb Maris Otter	$ 2.07 / lb $ 9.29	38	2.3	36%
4 lb	Viking - Munich Light4 lb Munich Light	$ 1.96 / lb $ 7.84	36	6	32%
1.50 lb	Briess - Rye Malt1.5 lb Rye Malt	$ 2.59 / lb $ 3.89	36.8	3.7	12%
0.50 lb	Briess - Caramel Malt - 60L0.5 lb Caramel Malt - 60L	$ 3.29 / lb $ 1.65	35.4	60	4%
0.50 lb	Brown Sugar0.5 lb Brown Sugar - (late boil kettle addition)		45	15	4%
0.50 lb	Flaked Corn0.5 lb Flaked Corn	$ 1.62 / lb $ 0.81	40	0.5	4%
0.50 lb	Briess - Victory Malt0.5 lb Victory Malt	$ 2.79 / lb $ 1.40	34.5	28	4%
0.50 lb	Briess - Chocolate0.5 lb Chocolate	$ 2.34 / lb $ 1.17	25	350	4%
12.50 lbs / $ 26.04

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Artisan - Kent Goldings1 oz Kent Goldings Hops	$ 1.75 / oz $ 1.75	Pellet	5.1	Boil	60 min	16.55	33.3%
1 oz	Artisan - Kent Goldings1 oz Kent Goldings Hops	$ 1.75 / oz $ 1.75	Pellet	5.1	Boil	30 min	12.72	33.3%
1 oz	Artisan - Kent Goldings1 oz Kent Goldings Hops	$ 1.75 / oz $ 1.75	Pellet	5.1	Boil	20 min	10.02	33.3%
3 oz / $ 5.25

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Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
3 oz	Artisan - Kent Goldings (Pellet)	$ 1.75 / oz $ 5.25	39.29	99.9%
3 oz / $ 5.25

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
3.85 gal	dough in at 1.15 qts/lb	Strike	163.7 °F	153 °F	45 min
0.75 gal	restore temp to 153, raises mash to 1.4 qts/lb	Infusion	210 °F	153 °F	45 min
4.75 gal	expect to need roughly 4.4 gallons of sparge. adding extra to ensure MLT grain bed does not collapse.	Fly Sparge	185 °F	169 °F	30 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.15 qt/lb Starting Grain Temp: 73 °F

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
3 g	Baking Soda		Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
4 g	Calcium Chloride (anhydrous)		Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
1 tsp	Gypsum		Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
2.49 ml	Lactic acid		Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
1 tsp	Irish Moss / 1.50333 Ounces		Fining	Boil	15 min.
1 tsp	Yeast Nutrient / 0.653333 Ounces		Fining	Boil	10 min.
1 oz	oak chips	$ 2.00 / oz $ 2.00	Flavor	Secondary	28 days
8 oz	Roasted Mixed Nuts	$ 0.75 / oz $ 6.00	Flavor	Secondary	14 days
2 each	Vanilla Bean	$ 4.33 / each $ 8.66	Spice	Secondary	14 days
$ 16.66

Yeast

White Labs - English Ale Yeast WLP002

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:	$ 15.99 / each $ 15.99
Attenuation (avg):	66.5%	Flocculation:	Very High
Optimum Temp:	65 - 68 °F	Starter:	Yes
Fermentation Temp:	66 °F	Pitch Rate:	1.0 (M cells / ml / ° P) 350 B cells required

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Priming

Method: co2 Amount: 11.77 psi Temp: 37 °F CO₂ Level: 2.6 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Balanced Profile

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
80	5	25	75	80	100
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Notes

this is the first attempt at somewhat of a clone of Mayflower Brewing's Thanksgiving Ale. Disclaimer, not from New England, have not tasted the beer before; just trying to target something similar.

mash additives are for adjusting my local water profile to match a "balanced profile", and for pH.

hoping to ferment at about 66F, and age for 4 weeks or so with oak chips, vanilla beans and roasted spicy mixed nuts.

then keg and carb in time for t-giving.

UPDATE: after brewing this beer, I ended up using 2oz of the oak chips, and let them age for the 4 weeks indicated. This seemed like way too much. In the end, it’s all I could taste. If I brewed this again, I would scale back the oak chips.

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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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