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====== Tranbärs ======
**Style:** Weissbier

Bentleybrau Brewery's Tranbärs \\

Cranberry Rye Wheat

===== Brewster Beacon =====
**Brewed:** 2018-10-16 \\
**Target OG:** 1.052 \\
**Strike hit:** 68C \\
**OG:** 1.056 \\
**FG:**  \\
**ABV:**  \\

**BrewTarget Recipe:**
<code>
Tranbärs - Weizen/Weissbier (15A)
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Batch Size  28,000 L            
Boil Size   31,000 L            
Boil Time   1,000 hr            
Efficiency  70%                 
OG          1,052 sg            
FG          1,013 sg            
ABV         5,1%                
Bitterness  23,1 IBU (Tinseth)  
Color       4,8 srm (Morey)     

Fermentables
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Name                         Type   Amount    Mashed  Late  Yield  Color    
Weyermann - Pale Wheat Malt  Grain  5,000 kg  Yes     No    85%    2,4 srm  
Weyermann - Rye Malt         Grain  2,000 kg  Yes     No    85%    3,6 srm  
Total grain: 7,000 kg

Hops
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Name    Alpha  Amount    Use   Time        Form    IBU   
Kazbek  6,0%   30,000 g  Boil  1,000 hr    Pellet  15,3  
Kazbek  6,0%   20,000 g  Boil  30,000 min  Pellet  7,8   
Kazbek  6,0%   50,000 g  Boil  0,000 s     Pellet  0,0   

Yeasts
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Name                      Type  Form    Amount     Stage    
Wyeast - American Ale II  Ale   Liquid  125,00 mL  Primary  

Mash
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Name      Type         Amount    Temp      Target    Time    
mash      Infusion     25,020 L  73,333 C  68,000 C  1 hr    
mash out  Temperature  ---       ---       75,000 C  15 min  
sparge    Fly Sparge   13,575 L  83,011 C  75,000 C  20 min  
</code>

**Brewday Notes:** \\

Brewed: 2018-10-16 \\
Liquor volume: 25L \\
Grain weight: 7 kg \\
Mash-in temp: 73.3C \\
Mash temp @ 0 minutes: 71.1C \\
Mash temp @ 10 minutes: 68.5C \\
Mash temp @ 25 minutes: 68.5C \\
Tun fullness: 30L \\
Extra head space: 6 L? \\
Mash wattage: 300W \\
Mash pH @ 20 min: 5.56 \\
Mash gravity @ 20 min: 1.036 @ 30C (1.038C) hydro / 9.6° P refract \\
Mash length: 1 hr \\
Mash out wattage: 400W \\
First runnings gravity:  11.6 °P refract / 1.060 hydro \\
First runnings pH: 5.48 \\
First runnings volume: 15L (after heavy stirring.  turned to oatmeal) \\
Sparge volume: 13.5 L \\
Sparge water temp: 70C \\
Boil pH: 5.79 \\
Boil gravity: 11.2 °P refract / 1.052 hydro \\
Boil volume: 32L \\
Boil wattage: 1300W \\
Post-boil volume:  29.8L \\
Post-boil pH: 6.32 (?) \\
Post-boil gravity: 13 °P refract / 1.058 hydro \\
Fermenter volume: 28L \\
Pitched 5-hour 50g/500ml starter from saved yeast \\
Racked on top of 1.4kg frozen cranberries, boiled \\
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3:45 from unpacking gear to starting chilling \\
6 hours from unpacked to cleaned up \\
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No activity after 24 hours.  Pitched a second vial of washed yeast without a starter. \\
Bubbling started 12 hours later, strong bubbles for 3 days.  \\
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Bottled on 2018-10-24 (8 days): \\
TONS of yeast trub.  7L.  over 1/4th of the bucket. \\
21L in the bottling bucket \\
Assumed 25L, so primed with 130g sugar.  Too much, too much. \\
FG too high, too.  Possibly raised a strain of bad yeast, since Thermal Fuse was too high also. \\
FG: 1.022 (hydro, unadjusted) / 1.020 (hydro, adjusted) \\
FG: 7.8 °P (refract) \\
 - Fits curve exactly with wort correction factor 0.94 \\
  - 13° -> 13.83 °P, 1.056 \\
  - 7.8° -> 4.98 °P, 1.020 \\
  - ABV: 4.89% \\

**Tasting Notes:** \\