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Spec Ale

Method: All Grain
Style: Holiday/Winter Special Spiced Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.5 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.9 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.056 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.062 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 72% (brew house)
Calories: 219 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 23 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Wednesday November 6th 2019

Original Gravity:

1.066

Final Gravity:

1.017

ABV (standard):

6.5%

IBU (tinseth):

29.3

SRM (morey):

20.0

Mash pH

5.3

Cost $

n/a

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
11 lb	United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale11 lb Maris Otter Pale	38	3.75	80%
2 lb	United Kingdom - Golden Naked Oats2 lb Golden Naked Oats	33	10	14.5%
0.50 lb	American - Chocolate0.5 lb Chocolate	29	350	3.6%
0.25 lb	German - Melanoidin0.25 lb Melanoidin	37	25	1.8%
13.75 lbs / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
0.70 oz	Magnum0.7 oz Magnum Hops	Pellet	11	Boil	60 min	25.15	41.2%
1 oz	Saaz1 oz Saaz Hops	Pellet	3.5	Boil	10 min	4.15	58.8%
1.70 oz / $ 0.00

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Amount	Variety	IBU	Bill %
0.70 oz	Magnum (Pellet)	25.15	41.2%
1 oz	Saaz (Pellet) 0.99999999771257 oz Saaz (Pellet) Hops	4.15	58.8%
1.70 oz / $ 0.00

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Type	Use	Time
2.50 g	Calcium Chloride (dihydrate)	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
2.50 g	Gypsum	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
6 g	Lactic acid	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.

Yeast

Wyeast - Denny's Favorite 50 1450

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	75%	Flocculation:	Low
Optimum Temp:	60 - 70 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	-	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 118 B cells required

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Priming

CO₂ Level: 0 Volumes

Target Water Profile

London (Porter, dark ales)

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
100	5	35	60	50	265
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Notes

Holiday Hedge

10# Maris Otter
1# Flaked Oats
1# Crystal 60
8oz Chocolate
4oz Melanoidin

American Ale II (Wyeast 1272)

0.6oz Millennium (14.5% AA) @ 60 mins [Use whatever you have on hand. The 1oz of Saaz + this 60 min addition should get you to 30ish IBUs]
1.0oz Czech Saaz (3.2% AA) @ 10 mins
1tsp cinnamon, 1tsp powdered ginger, 0.5tsp ground nutmeg, 0.5tsp allspice, 3 whole cloves @ 3 mins

Mash at 154°F for 60 mins, adding the chocolate malt in the final 10 mins

Ferment two weeks at 68°F, then bottle or keg

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Last Updated: 2019-11-16 21:34 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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