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spike 9 Cream Ale

Method: All Grain
Style: American Pale Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 6.076 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.3968 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.051 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.069 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Marvin Androschuk
Hop Utilization: 93%
Calories: 223 calories (Per 350ml)
Carbs: 19.3 g (Per 350ml)

Created: Friday January 5th 2024

Original Gravity:

1.069

Final Gravity:

1.012

ABV (standard):

7.5%

IBU (tinseth):

12.5

SRM (morey):

4.2

Mash pH

5.5

Cost $

56.45

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
11 lb	Canada Malting - CMC 6-ROW MALT11 lb CMC 6-ROW MALT	$ 3.00 / lb $ 33.00	37	2.2	67.7%
2.20 lb	Crisp Malting - Flaked Torrefied Maize2.2 lb Flaked Torrefied Maize	$ 6.00 / kg $ 5.99	36.8	0.66	13.5%
1 lb	LD Carlson - Flaked Rice1 lb Flaked Rice	$ 5.00 / lb $ 5.00	32	1	6.2%
7.50 oz	Rice Hulls7.5 oz Rice Hulls		0	0	2.9%
1 lb	Corn Sugar - Dextrose1 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose - (late boil kettle addition)		42	0.5	6.2%
9.40 oz	Canada Malting - Toasted Barley Flakes9.4 oz Toasted Barley Flakes	$ 5.50 / kg $ 1.47	28	1	3.6%
16.26 lbs / $ 45.45

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
0.50 oz	Tettnanger0.5 oz Tettnanger Hops	$ 0.00 / oz $ 0.00	Pellet	4.6	Boil	60 min	6.64	33.3%
0.50 oz	Liberty0.5 oz Liberty Hops	$ 3.00 / oz $ 1.50	Pellet	5	Boil	30 min	5.55	33.3%
0.25 oz	Liberty0.25 oz Liberty Hops	$ 3.00 / oz $ 0.75	Pellet	5	Boil	2 min	0.31	16.7%
0.25 oz	Liberty0.25 oz Liberty Hops	$ 3.00 / oz $ 0.75	Pellet	5	Dry Hop (High Krausen)	2 days		16.7%
1.50 oz / $ 3.00

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Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
0.50 oz	Tettnanger (Pellet)	$ 0.00 / oz $ 0.00	6.64	33.3%
1 oz	Liberty (Pellet)	$ 3.00 / oz $ 3.00	5.86	66.7%
1.50 oz / $ 3.00

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Type	Use
1 tsp	Citric acid	Water Agt	Sparge
1 tsp	Epsom Salt	Water Agt	Sparge
2 tsp	Gypsum	Water Agt	Sparge
1 tsp	Epsom Salt	Water Agt	Mash
2 tsp	Gypsum	Water Agt	Mash
0.50 tsp	Citric acid	Water Agt	Mash

Yeast

Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:	$ 8.00 / each $ 8.00
Attenuation (avg):	81%	Flocculation:	Medium
Optimum Temp:	54 - 77 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	67 °F	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 135 B cells required

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Priming

Method: co2 Amount: 9.56 psi Temp: 40 °F CO₂ Level: 2.25 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Light colored and hoppy

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
123	34	4	2	403.8	7
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Notes

sparge water is over amount to keep coils covered use 5 to sparge KLT has 9 gallons in it. I will not adjust the salts
boiling kettle has 7.5 gal mash water to transfer to Mashtun
1 hour 25 minutes mash. start ramp up to 170
sanitize spike conical, pressure fermentation at 67 degree for 5 to 7 days, the ramp up to 72 degrees, then cold crash to 33 f
co2 to 2.6 volumes. BK volume 7.5 us gal
SG wort from Mashtun recirculation outlet before sparge 1054
wort from BK before sugar 1056
wort from BM after sugar 1058
wort after boil 90 minutes volume 5.5 gal in fermenter sg 1062
in 12 hours going to dump trub and pitch yeast.
sealed fermenter on 5 psi co2 and at 62 f after plate heat exchanger. cooling.
day 2 dump .5 liter trub / pitch one pack yeast safale 05. set temp control to 67 f / blow off hose /
jan 7 ferment started add hops and put on spundle
jan 9 SG 1.040 temp 67 psi 3
jan 14 SG 1.023 start temp up to 72 one degree per day
jan 17 SG 1.015 jan 19 SG 1.010 2 days at 72.
jan 20 dump from conical about 1/4 liter start cold crash
jan 21 keep adding c02 to 5 psi temp 36F
Prep keg with floating dip tube to transfer in a few days

named the bad batch Chlorophenol/ band aid taste. bottled it up from the keg into 1 liter bottles. 6.5%
april 2024 tasted mixed with clamato juice. nogo down the drain.
1st bad batch ever out of 40 or 50 batch.

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	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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