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Chocolate Cigar

Method: All Grain
Style: Specialty Smoked Beer
Boil Time: 120 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 9 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.048 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Source: Karl Gilbertson
Calories: 260 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 27.1 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Sunday September 11th 2016

Original Gravity:

1.078

Final Gravity:

1.020

ABV (standard):

7.5%

IBU (tinseth):

37.4

SRM (morey):

25.8

Mash pH

n/a

Cost $

n/a

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
13 lb	American - Pale 2-Row13 lb Pale 2-Row	37	1.8	72.2%
2 lb	American - Caramel / Crystal 40L2 lb Caramel / Crystal 40L	34	40	11.1%
0.50 lb	American - Caramel / Crystal 60L0.5 lb Caramel / Crystal 60L	34	60	2.8%
0.50 lb	United Kingdom - Chocolate0.5 lb Chocolate	34	425	2.8%
1 lb	German - Smoked Malt1 lb Smoked Malt	37	3	5.6%
1 lb	United Kingdom - Peated Malt1 lb Peated Malt	38	2.5	5.6%
18 lbs / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
0.15 oz	Summit0.15 oz Summit Hops	Pellet	18.5	Boil	60 min	9.8	6.1%
0.15 oz	Columbus0.15 oz Columbus Hops	Pellet	15	Boil	60 min	7.95	6.1%
0.15 oz	Cascade0.15 oz Cascade Hops	Pellet	7	Boil	60 min	3.71	6.1%
1 oz	Kent Goldings1 oz Kent Goldings Hops	Pellet	4.6	Boil	20 min	9.84	40.8%
1 oz	Saaz1 oz Saaz Hops	Pellet	3.5	Boil	15 min	6.14	40.8%
2.45 oz / $ 0.00

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Amount	Variety	IBU	Bill %
0.15 oz	Summit (Pellet)	9.8	6.1%
0.15 oz	Columbus (Pellet)	7.95	6.1%
0.15 oz	Cascade (Pellet)	3.71	6.1%
1 oz	Kent Goldings (Pellet)	9.84	40.8%
1 oz	Saaz (Pellet) 0.99999999771257 oz Saaz (Pellet) Hops	6.14	40.8%
2.45 oz / $ 0.00

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
23.4 qt	Beta	Decoction	--	140 °F	40 min
	Alpha	Decoction	--	155 °F	40 min
20 qt	Raise Temp, Fly Sparge	Fly Sparge	--	175 °F	25 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.3 qt/lb

Yeast

Wyeast - Kölsch 2565

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	75%	Flocculation:	Low
Optimum Temp:	56 - 70 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	67 °F	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 138 B cells required

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Target Water Profile

NE Minneapolis

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
25	4	14	30	26	51
From the garden hose.
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Notes

Should have used a starter, but this is the first brew at the new house, so it's more of a "where the fuck is everything now?" kind of brew day. Will get the yeast colonies up and running another day.

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Last Updated: 2016-09-11 17:17 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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