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Equipment:
Anvil Forge Burner: https://bit.ly/35K7pLz
Anvil Kettle: https://bit.ly/3fpaBQP
Monster Mill: https://bit.ly/3aohPlJ
Grain scale: https://bit.ly/2V0tOAO
Spike Flex Fermenter: https://bit.ly/2PyxZ3o
Hudson sprayer for sanitizer: https://amzn.to/2RY1Fbw
Refactometer: https://amzn.to/39Hd45A
Brewfather App: https://bit.ly/38JXW7t
Black is Beautiful
9.2% / 20.3 °P
Click here for the recipe in Brew Father: https://share.brewfather.app/tDzHFXymETMT52
Click here for the Beer Smith file: https://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/3079658/black-is-beautiful
All Grain
BIAB (No sparge)
Batch Volume: 5.5 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Mash Water: 8 gal
Boil Volume: 6.4 gal
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.070
Vitals
Original Gravity: 1.084
Final Gravity: 1.014
IBU (Tinseth): 73
Color: 55 SRM
Mash
Strike Temp — 157 °F
Temperature — 152°F — 45 min
Malts (16 lb 8 oz)
12 lb (68.6%) — Briess Brewers Malt 2-Row — Grain — 1.8 SRM
2 lb (11.4%) — Briess Oats, Flaked — Grain — 1.4 SRM
1 lb (5.7%) — Bairds Chocolate Malt — Grain — 500 SRM
8 oz (2.9%) — Black (Patent) Malt — Grain — 500 SRM
8 oz (2.9%) — Briess Caramel Malt — Grain — 120 SRM
1 lb (5.7%) — Briess Dextrose — Sugar — 1 SRM
Hops (5 oz)
1 oz (42 IBU) — Columbus (Tomahawk) 14.9% — Boil — 60 min
2 oz (19 IBU) — Cascade fridge 5.7% — Boil — 20 min
2 oz (12 IBU) — Cascade fridge 5.7% — Boil — 10 min
Miscs
6.7 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Mash
6.8 g — Gypsum (CaSO4) — Mash
Yeast
2 pkg — White Labs WLP001 California Ale
Fermentation
Primary — 65 °F — 14 days
Water Profile
Ca+2 150
Mg+2 10
Na+ 40
Cl– 138
SO4-2 142
HCO3– 151