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Choc Mint Stout (CM)

Method: BIAB
Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 20 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 30 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.033 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Source: Radical Brewing (p158)
Calories: 163 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 17.4 g (Per 330ml)

Created: Friday May 13th 2016

Original Gravity:

1.053

Final Gravity:

1.014

ABV (standard):

5.0%

IBU (tinseth):

32.5

SRM (morey):

35.1

Mash pH

n/a

Cost $

n/a

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
3.70 kg	German - Pale Ale3.7 kg Pale Ale	39	2.3	71%
0.90 kg	Belgian - Biscuit0.9 kg Biscuit	35	23	17.3%
0.20 kg	United Kingdom - Roasted Barley0.2 kg Roasted Barley - (late boil kettle addition)	29	550	3.8%
0.20 kg	American - Black Malt0.2 kg Black Malt - (late boil kettle addition)	28	500	3.8%
0.21 kg	Flaked Oats0.21 kg Flaked Oats	33	2.2	4%
5.21 kg / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
14 g	Northern Brewer14 g Northern Brewer Hops	Pellet	6.7	Boil	60 min	13.86	31.1%
31 g	Northern Brewer31 g Northern Brewer Hops	Pellet	6.7	Boil	20 min	18.59	68.9%
45 g / $ 0.00

Show Summary View

Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
45 g	Northern Brewer (Pellet) 45 g Northern Brewer (Pellet) Hops		32.45	100%
45 g / $ 0.00

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
30 L		Temperature	--	67 °C	60 min

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
0.50 tsp	Yeast Nutrient		Water Agt	Boil	10 min.

Yeast

Danstar - Windsor Ale Yeast

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	72%	Flocculation:	Medium
Optimum Temp:	18 - 21 °C	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	19 °C	Pitch Rate:	-

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Target Water Profile

Bribie Island, Australia (Ave.)

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
0	0	21	1	26	0
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Notes

ENTIRE BATCH LOST. Turned in to bottle bombs, all bottles disposed of.

70 C strike temp.
Dark grains added with 20 min left in mash (66 C).
Used hop spider for first time.
Forgot whirlfoc tab.
Yeast re-hydrated and pitched at 20.5 C (1 packet), water for re-hydration may have been too hot.
Fermenter set to 19 C.
Volume was just on 20L from a 30L start.
OG 1052 an 18.5 C (1053 predicted)
Steeped tea bags in 500ml cold water (11 spearmint & 3 peppermint) strained after 3 hrs and flash boiled then added to fermenter @ 8 days SG 1022 (30/5/16)
1/6/16 (10 days) SG 1022 - no mint aroma but a mild mint finish,
Increased fermenter temp to 21C to try and drop SG.
4/6/16 (13 days) SG 1020 - no mint aroma but a mild mint finish.
5/6/16 Bottled using drops - FG 1020 (ABV - 4.7%)
Bottles marked (CM+) have a cocao nib added at bottling.

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Last Updated: 2016-07-30 12:03 UTC

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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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