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Post by shaggaroo on Jul 19, 2021 12:01:03 GMT -6
Anybody see anything inherently wrong with this? Never used Nugget before. Thanks!
American Blonde Ale Blonde Ale 5.1% / 12.4 °P All Grain
Anvil Foundry 10.5 120V 4.00 gal batch 67.7% efficiency Batch Volume: 4 gal Boil Time: 30 min
Mash Water: 4.85 gal Top-Up Water: 0.33 gal Total Water: 5.18 gal Boil Volume: 4.55 gal Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.047
Vitals Original Gravity: 1.050 Final Gravity: 1.011 IBU (Tinseth): 25 BU/GU: 0.50 Color: 4.3 SRM
Mash Strike Temp — 159.8 °F Temperature — 153 °F — 60 min
Malts (8 lb 1 oz) 7 lb 4 oz (89.9%) — Rahr Pale Malt, 2-Row — Grain — 1.9 °L 6 oz (4.7%) — BestMalz Wheat Malt — Grain — 2.4 °L 4 oz (3.1%) — Weyermann Acidulated — Grain — 1.9 °L 3 oz (2.3%) — Dingemans Cara 20 (Caravienne) — Grain — 19 °L
Hops (33 g) 3 g (5 IBU) — Nugget 14.1% — Boil — 30 min 7 g (7 IBU) — Citra 12% — Boil — 15 min 7 g (6 IBU) — Mosaic (HBC 369) 11% — Boil — 15 min 8 g (3 IBU) — Citra 12% — Boil — 5 min 8 g (3 IBU) — Mosaic (HBC 369) 11% — Boil — 5 min
Miscs 1 g — Baking Soda (NaHCO3) — Mash 3 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Mash 1.67 g — Epsom Salt (MgSO4) — Mash 1.4 g — Gypsum (CaSO4) — Mash 1 items — Whirlfloc — Boil — 15 min 1 items — Yeast Nutrients — Boil — 15 min
Yeast 1 pkg — DCL/Fermentis US-05 Safale American 80%
Fermentation Primary — 72 °F, 12-15 psi
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Post by Ken on Jul 19, 2021 12:12:47 GMT -6
Nugget is a great bittering hop and I use it in a lot of my ales. Clean, high-alpha and neutral character. Really nice hop and I have added small amounts late as well. No worries there. Grist looks good (I would do something similar) and hops look good. Do you know that you need the baking soda and the epsom salt in your water? I realize we're all working with different water but just wondering about that. Also, where did the beer name come from?
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Post by shaggaroo on Jul 19, 2021 12:16:35 GMT -6
Nugget is a great bittering hop and I use it in a lot of my ales. Clean, high-alpha and neutral character. Really nice hop and I have added small amounts late as well. No worries there. Grist looks good (I would do something similar) and hops look good. Do you know that you need the baking soda and the epsom salt in your water? I realize we're all working with different water but just wondering about that. Also, where did the beer name come from? I don't know if I do... I was starting from distilled water... and that is I believe the BrewFather balanced water profile.
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Post by Ken on Jul 19, 2021 12:28:55 GMT -6
Nugget is a great bittering hop and I use it in a lot of my ales. Clean, high-alpha and neutral character. Really nice hop and I have added small amounts late as well. No worries there. Grist looks good (I would do something similar) and hops look good. Do you know that you need the baking soda and the epsom salt in your water? I realize we're all working with different water but just wondering about that. Also, where did the beer name come from? I don't know if I do... I was starting from distilled water... and that is I believe the BrewFather balanced water profile. Got it. Yeah, RO or distilled could probably benefit from that. I used to experiment with epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) but it looks like I have enough Mg in my water plus grain contains Mg as well. I use calcium sulfate occasionally as well so all of that made epsom salt unnecessary for me. Never played with baking soda either but that's because I'm always trying to lower my pH... not raise it. Looks like it will be a nice beer. Cheers Shaggaroo.
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Post by brewbama on Jul 19, 2021 13:38:29 GMT -6
I know many add baking soda and I used to but I don’t anymore. Nothing wrong with it of course.
I usually just add CaCl and/or gypsum to get 50 ppm of calcium in the mash then add CaCl and/or gypsum to the boil for malty/full or bitter/dry beers. Sometimes I might add Epsom salt or non iodized salt but rarely.
I’ve really simplified my water and like the results.
That beer looks like it will be a tasty pint.
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Post by tommymorris on Jul 19, 2021 16:33:18 GMT -6
Baking soda raises mash PH. Calcium Chloride, Epsom Salt, Gypsum, and acids lower mash PH.
Dark malts in the mash grain bill also lower PH. People usually use baking soda when they have a lot of dark malts and need to raid the PH.
PS. Looks like a nice Blonde Ale.
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Post by shaggaroo on Jul 20, 2021 14:56:55 GMT -6
thanks for all the input! I did decide to ditch the bicarbonate, the pH looks like it should be fine w/o it
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