Planning out my second BIAB batch based on a recipe I found randomly online. I searched for something similar to the Great Lakes Christmas Ale.
Original Recipe:
Size: 5 gal
Original Gravity: 1.077 (1.000 - 1.100)
Terminal Gravity: 1.019 (1.000 - 1.100)
Color: 12.19 (0.0 - 50.0)
Alcohol: 7.67% (0.0% - 10.0%)
Bitterness: 21.0 (0.0 - 50.0)
Ingredients:
12.0 lb 2-Row Brewers Malt
.75 lb Midwest Wheat Malt
.75 lb Crystal 45
.25 lb Special Roast Malt
.25 lb Roasted Barley
1.0 lb Honey at Flamout
2.0 tsp Cinnamon (stick) - added during boil, boiled 0.0 min
2.0 tsp Ginger (fresh) - added during boil, boiled 0.0 min
1 oz Hallertau (4%) 60 min
1 oz Cascade (5%) 30 min
0.5 oz Cascade (5%) 10 min
0.5 oz Cascade (5%) 5 min
Yeast: Wyeast 1028
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Entering all that gave me a percentage grain bill of:
80% 2-Row Brewers Malt
5% Midwest Wheat Malt
5% Crystal 45
1.67% Special Roast Malt
1.67% Roasted Barley
6.67% Honey
I then scaled that to a 19 Liter "Brew Length" 1.077 OG with my 15 Gal Blichman straight-sided kettle with 39.68cm diameter. The boil-off from my first BIAB matched extremely closely with what the calculator predicted.
With me so far? Assume I did the same as above for the hop bill. I can go into further detail if there are questions.
So my final recipe from the calculator looks like this (measurements are now in grams):
6081g 2-Row Brewers Malt
380g Midwest Wheat Malt
380g Crystal 45
127g Special Roast Malt
127g Roasted Barley
507g Honey
28.3g Hallertau (60 Mins)
28.3g Cascade (30 Mins)
14.2g Cascade (10 Mins)
14.2g Cascade (5 Mins)
36.65 liters of water to start with.
Calculates out to 21.6 IBUs and everything is happy? Do I seem to have this correct or did I miss something?
I most sincerely appreciate the help. I want to try to really understand The Calculator.
Post #2 made 14 years ago
Not sure if the Calculator handles the Honey addition properly.
But basically, the original recipe is very similar in volume to yours, so it looks about right to me.
For what its worth, I banged this into BeerSmith2 and came up with this, when I scaled it to my 50L pot (40cm diameter)
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 35.38 l
Post Boil Volume: 26.00 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 l
Bottling Volume: 19.50 l
Estimated OG: 1.078 SG
Estimated Color: 27.3 EBC
Estimated IBU: 29.9 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 76.6 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
0.28 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 8 -
2.96 g Wyeast Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 mins) Other 9 -
5.99 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) US (3.9 EBC) Grain 1 79.4 %
31.96 g Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00 %] - Boil Hop 6 12.9 IBUs
1.1 pkg London Ale Yeast (Wyeast Labs #1028) [12 Yeast 14 -
31.96 g Cascade [5.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 7 12.4 IBUs
15.98 g Cascade [5.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 10 2.9 IBUs
0.37 kg White Wheat Malt (4.7 EBC) Grain 3 5.0 %
0.42 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (78.8 EBC) Grain 2 5.5 %
0.13 kg Special Roast (98.5 EBC) Grain 5 1.8 %
0.13 kg Roasted Barley (591.0 EBC) Grain 4 1.8 %
0.50 kg Honey (2.0 EBC) Sugar 15 6.6 %
2.22 tsp Cinnamon Stick (Boil 0.0 mins) Spice 13 -
2.22 tsp Ginger Root (Boil 0.0 mins) Herb 12 -
15.98 g Cascade [5.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 11 1.6 IBUs
But basically, the original recipe is very similar in volume to yours, so it looks about right to me.
For what its worth, I banged this into BeerSmith2 and came up with this, when I scaled it to my 50L pot (40cm diameter)
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 35.38 l
Post Boil Volume: 26.00 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 l
Bottling Volume: 19.50 l
Estimated OG: 1.078 SG
Estimated Color: 27.3 EBC
Estimated IBU: 29.9 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 76.6 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
0.28 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 8 -
2.96 g Wyeast Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 mins) Other 9 -
5.99 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) US (3.9 EBC) Grain 1 79.4 %
31.96 g Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00 %] - Boil Hop 6 12.9 IBUs
1.1 pkg London Ale Yeast (Wyeast Labs #1028) [12 Yeast 14 -
31.96 g Cascade [5.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 7 12.4 IBUs
15.98 g Cascade [5.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 10 2.9 IBUs
0.37 kg White Wheat Malt (4.7 EBC) Grain 3 5.0 %
0.42 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (78.8 EBC) Grain 2 5.5 %
0.13 kg Special Roast (98.5 EBC) Grain 5 1.8 %
0.13 kg Roasted Barley (591.0 EBC) Grain 4 1.8 %
0.50 kg Honey (2.0 EBC) Sugar 15 6.6 %
2.22 tsp Cinnamon Stick (Boil 0.0 mins) Spice 13 -
2.22 tsp Ginger Root (Boil 0.0 mins) Herb 12 -
15.98 g Cascade [5.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 11 1.6 IBUs
Fermenting: -
Cubed: -
Stirplate: -
On Tap: NS Summer Ale III (WY1272), Landlord III (WY1469), Fighter's 70/- II (WY1272), Roast Porter (WY1028), Cider, Soda
Next: Munich Helles III
5/7/12
Cubed: -
Stirplate: -
On Tap: NS Summer Ale III (WY1272), Landlord III (WY1469), Fighter's 70/- II (WY1272), Roast Porter (WY1028), Cider, Soda
Next: Munich Helles III
5/7/12
Post #3 made 14 years ago
Thank you stux, it seems like I am on the right track.
I appreciate your help. I'm looking forward to getting this into the fermenter this weekend.
I appreciate your help. I'm looking forward to getting this into the fermenter this weekend.
Post #4 made 14 years ago
online resources basically say 1 pound honey = 1.007 so you can estimate what your taarget gravity will be with that.
Post #5 made 14 years ago
I think you meant 1.037? If not, you should check your resourcesSquared wrote:online resources basically say 1 pound honey = 1.007 so you can estimate what your taarget gravity will be with that.
How to Brew says 1.038.
Last edited by BrickBrewHaus on 13 Oct 2011, 11:14, edited 5 times in total.
Post #6 made 14 years ago
Whoops! Lesson learned in proof readingBrickBrewHaus wrote:I think you meant 1.037? If not, you should check your resourcesSquared wrote:online resources basically say 1 pound honey = 1.007 so you can estimate what your taarget gravity will be with that.
Definitely 1.037 = one pound in 1 gallon water
NOT 1.007 ------->lol!
If how to brew says 1.038 then go with that too. I've generally seen values that can range from 1.036-1.040 but I take the values that are about in the middle, maybe a bit more conservative- I don't mind having a point or two over my OG.
However, having said all that, my typo brought up a tricky point in that if one pound of honey was added to a boil with a final boil volume of 5 gallons, wouldn't the total SG increase only be around 1.007-1.008?
So, could I say a 1.040 5 gallon beer recipe with one pound honey added at end of the boil would equate to 1.048?
Last edited by Squared on 14 Oct 2011, 01:37, edited 5 times in total.
