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Big Red Christmas Truce

Method: All Grain
Style: Belgian Pale Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.046 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 84% (brew house)
Calories: 208 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 20.2 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Friday December 12th 2014

Original Gravity:

1.063

Final Gravity:

1.014

ABV (standard):

6.5%

IBU (tinseth):

33.8

SRM (morey):

11.8

Mash pH

n/a

Cost $

n/a

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
16 oz	Candi Syrup - Belgian Candi Syrup - Dark16 oz Belgian Candi Syrup - Dark	32	80	9.1%
7 lb	United Kingdom - Pale 2-Row7 lb Pale 2-Row	38	2.5	63.6%
1 lb	German - Rye1 lb Rye	38	3.5	9.1%
1 lb	German - Pilsner1 lb Pilsner	38	1.6	9.1%
1 lb	American - Caramel / Crystal 10L1 lb Caramel / Crystal 10L	35	10	9.1%
11 lbs / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Hop Union - German Spalt1 oz German Spalt Hops	Pellet	4.3	Boil	60 min	15.33	33.3%
1 oz	Fuggles1 oz Fuggles Hops	Pellet	5.5	Aroma	12 min	8.22	33.3%
1 oz	Sterling1 oz Sterling Hops	Pellet	7.9	Aroma	10 min	10.21	33.3%
3 oz / $ 0.00

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Amount	Variety	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Hop Union - German Spalt (Pellet)	15.33	33.3%
1 oz	Fuggles (Pellet)	8.22	33.3%
1 oz	Sterling (Pellet)	10.21	33.3%
3 oz / $ 0.00

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
3 gal		Infusion	--	145 °F	60 min
4.5 qt		Fly Sparge	--	185 °F	45 min

Yeast

White Labs - Belgian Style Ale Yeast Blend WLP575

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	77%	Flocculation:	Medium
Optimum Temp:	68 - 75 °F	Starter:	Yes
Fermentation Temp:	72 °F	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 113 B cells required

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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

We'll toast the centennial of the ‪#‎ChristmasTruce‬ with our own version of German-English-Belgian-influenced ale. The beer itself is designed to be friendly and accessible. It will have representative characteristics of flavor, mouth-feel, body, yeastiness, bitterness, and aroma that would have been familiar to everyone on the Belgian front line that Christmas Eve 100 years ago.

It should represent an un-melancholy and language-transcendent catalyst to reminisce about homes far away and provide a means to share connections with lands and people to which the men on both sides of the trenches dearly hoped to return.

It should have encouraged those who shared it to wish the best to their temporary comrades who, on the following day, dutifully went back to assuring that they never did return to those far away homes.

War is hell. Good beer shared with friends helps to remind us why.

Mash in at 145 for one hour
Fly sparge at 185 for 45 minutes with direct heat to 190 on boil kettle
Boil for one hour
Add dark candi syrup at 45 minutes
Crash to 72 and pitch

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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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