Home Brewing a Winter Beer

All Grain
Boil Time: 90 min
Fermentor volume: 6 gallons
8 gallons in kettle
Efficiency: 75% 

Grain build
18 lb Pale 2-Row
5 lb Munich
1 lb Honey Malt
0.50 lb Caramel / Crystal 120L
0.50 lb Caramel / Crystal 60L
0.50 lb Carapils (Dextrine Malt)
1 lb Rice Hulls

Mash
Mash temperature between 152° F -154° F 
for 75 minutes (test conversion with iodine)
Sparge temperature 170°Hops
0.5 oz Calypso Leaf/Whole 60 min
2.5 oz Calypso Leaf/Whole 30 min
3 oz Azacca Leaf/Whole 10 min

Organic DRIED APRICOTS
1.5 lb chopped & simmer in water to soften
(optional) after softening puree apricots
Add to boil last 20 minutes of boil

YEAST 
Wyeast 1272 American Ale II Yeast 
Optimum temperature: 64-72°F

fermentation schedule:
1–2 week primary; 1-2 weeks secondary
2 weeks bottle conditioning

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