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Wicked West Coast Amber

221 calories 21.6 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Amber Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.048 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 221 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 21.6 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Sunday May 6th 2018
1.067
1.015
6.9%
48.3
18.9
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
10 lb United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale10 lb Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 76.9%
1 lb German - CaraMunich III1 lb CaraMunich III 34 57 7.7%
1 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 80L1 lb Caramel / Crystal 80L 33 80 7.7%
1 lb American - Victory1 lb Victory 34 28 7.7%
13 lbs / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Horizon1 oz Horizon Hops Pellet 12.5 Boil 60 min 48.33 20%
2 oz Cascade2 oz Cascade Hops Pellet 7 Boil 0 min 40%
2 oz Galena2 oz Galena Hops Pellet 13 Boil 0 min 40%
5 oz / 0.00
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
Infusion -- 152 °F 60 min
pour over Sparge -- 152 °F --
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 each Whirlfoc Fining Boil 0 min.
 
Yeast
White Labs - California Ale Yeast WLP001
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
76.5%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
68 - 73 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
-
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Target Water Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
V1: Minneapolis city water today, but note to self that Josh recommended 2-1 sulfite-chloride would be good. I would also like to ask his thoughts on using a pH stabilizer that I have.
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Notes

V1 (May 4 2018):
Green Bay Rackers: 13lbs malt into 5g Mash Tun = strike 4g at 167F.

3pm: pulled yeast and all other ingredients. Heated 4g hose water (see Water Chem notes), which took ~45m in order to reach ~175F.

345pm: not more than a couple degrees heat loss transferring from HLT to Mash Tun. While waiting for Strike water to cool to 167F, heated another 4g for Sparge.

355pm: began to Mash In. Adding/stirring 5 loads took about 10m.

405pm: actual initial Mash In temp ended up being 156F (expected was 152F). Sealed Mash Tun and set timer for 30m.

435pm: stirred Mash. Resealed and reset timer for 30m.

510pm: few minutes late (on the phone w/ NB discussing Sparge), but stirred Mash once more. Mash Out temp was 152F, so anticipated system heat loss for Mash Tun would be 4 degrees/hr.

IMPROVEMENTS FOR FUTURE:

  • Stir/agitate Mash as often as I like, but allow 10-15m before Mash Out for grain bed to re-form.
  • Use rice hulls to prevent stuck sparge (instantly happened today, which meant stirring grain bed, which leads to protein excretion, which is undesirable because it creates a cloudy wort/beer).
  • Consider buying pump to vorlauf (rather than pour over sparge).

    630pm: ~7g of wort to Boil Kettle, and rolling. Added 1oz Horizon. Stirred periodically. Ran out of propane sometime in the last 15m.

    730pm: added 2oz Cascade, 2oz Galena, and 1 tab Whirlfoc. Sanitized fermentor and attempted to use oxygenation stone (ran this out, and will likely hand-aerate old-school style going forward.).
    Stirred, transferred through plate chiller to fermentor (today only had 5g secondary size on hand, but worked out because...), only ended up with 4g in to Fermentor. Plate Chiller ran better than at WW (almost too well - wort was 60F). OG 1.062. Based on trub volume of 0.5-1.0g, seems that boil evaporation rate was higher than anticipated 15%/hr, likely closer to 20% on my system today.

    830pm: pitched yeast (no YeastX on hand) and set in hall closet.
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