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Recipe Information edit

Details

Name: Don't Bring Me Down - Spruce Brewer: Laripu Brew Date:
  IBU Formula: Tinseth Units: metric Private: Yes

Boil

Boil Volume: 7 l Boil Length: 60 min. Target Volume: 11 l

Style

Name: Spice, Herb & Vegetable Beer Category: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer - 21A Type: Ale

Notes

Enclose grains in bag, steep at 150°F to 155°F for 1 hour. Remove grains, and rinse, adding liquid. Add hops, boil for 50 minutes. Add molasses, honey, DME and dissolve. Add Irish Moss, and boil 10 more minutes. 

Cool. Pour previously boiled/refrigerated water into fermenter, and add the cooled wort. When temperature is between 65°F and 75°F, pitch yeast.

At bottling time, with priming sugar, add spruce extract concentrate. (Shake the extract bottle well first.)

Brewed: Sept. 5, 2017
Siphoned: Sept. 13, 2017
56.32 g sugar for about 2 volumes in 13 liters
Lyle's black treacle has 64g sugar / 100g.
So the amount of treacle to use is 100*56.32/64 = 88 g
Bottled Oct 28, 2017

Fermentables add

Variety Amount Color Potential SG Grist%  
Briess Rye LME1 kg 500 g9 °L1.0351.04059%
Crystal Rye454 g80 °L1.0361.00918%
American Crystal 120L454 g120 °L1.0341.00918%
Briess Midnight Wheat110 g550 °L1.0361.0024%
Black Treacle / Molasses30 g100 °L1.0421.0011%
Total 2 kg 548.00 g
41 SRM
  1.061    

Hops add

Hops Amount AA% Use Time Type IBU  
East Kent Goldings10 g5Boil60 min.Pellet8
Total 10.00 g         8  

Yeasts add

Yeast Attenuation% Flocculation Min Temperature Max Temperature  
Fermentis US 5675Medium15 °C23 °C

Miscs Add

Misc Type Amount Use Time  
Spruce extractFlavor30 mLBottling0 min.
Irish MossFining1.478676477 mLBoil15 min.
GelatinFining5 mLSecondary14 day(s)
Black TreacleOther88 gBottling0 min.

Mash Information edit

Details

Name: Don't Bring Me Down - Spruce Brewer: Laripu Brew Date:
  Boil Volume: 7 l Units: metric Thermal Loss: 3°C
  Mash Efficiency: 75% Mash Method: Single Infusion Sparge Method: batch
  Grain Temp: 72 °C Initial Grist Ratio: 1.50 l/kg Absorption Rate: 0.15 l/kg

Notes

Mash Steps add

Step Name Type Length Target Temp Infusion Amount Infusion Temp Grist Ratio  
Saccharificationinfusion60 min.68.3 °C3.82 l69.0 °C1.50
Total   1 hour   3.82 l (runoff: 3.44 l)    

Sparge Steps add

Step Name Length Target Temp Water Amount Water Temp  
Saccharification60 min.68.3 °C3.82 l69.0 °C
Total 1 hour   3.82 l    

Type

extract

OG

1.061
style
0.000 - 0.000

FG

1.015
style
0.000 - 0.000

Color

41 SRM
style
0 - 0

IBU

8
style
0 - 0

ABV

6.0%
style
0 - 0

Cal.

202
per 12oz.