check my first AG recipe please

[je52rm]

I will be brewing my first AG batch in a few days and unfortunately I don't have any brewing software yet. I was wondering if someone could help me out and run my numbers to confirm the recipe I have.

Recipe type/style: All Grain/Brown Ale
Batch size: 5 Gallons
Yeast starter: Yes


Recipe:

9 lb. British pale 2-row
.75 lb. British Crystal 60L
.5 lb. Cara-Pils
.25 Chocolate
.25 Flaked Oats

1.5 oz. Fuggles pellets (60 minute)
1 oz. Fuggles pellets (15 minutes)

WLP005 British Ale Yeast


Mash Profile: Single Infusion / Single Batch Sparge

13.5 Quarts Mash @154 degrees for 60 minutes
14.5 Quarts Sparge @170 degrees for 10 minutes

Boil Volume: 6 gallons
Boil Time:60-75 minutes
End Volume: 5 Gallons

Expexted OG: 1.055-1.056
IBU: 27-28

My tap water has a pretty bad chlorine smell to it and I have noticed that the batches I have done with bottled spring water taste better sooner so I will be using Zephyrhills spring water. here's the water info from their website. Unfortunately some of the figures have a wide range but will give you a general makeup of the water profile.

Calcium 34.5-69
Sodium 1.9-4.5
Potassium N/D
Flouride .064-.13
Magnesium 4.4-9.1
Bicarbonate 98.9-150
Nitrate .14-2.1
Chloride 2.5-12.8
copper N/D
P.H. 7.8-8.0
Sulfate 1.5-10.6
Total dissolved solids 86-231

Is this good water for a brown ale?
Should I add a couple tsp. of Gypsum to bring the PH down?

 

[jjones17]

I will be brewing my first AG batch in a few days and unfortunately I don't have any brewing software yet. I was wondering if someone could help me out and run my numbers to confirm the recipe I have.

Recipe type/style: All Grain/Brown Ale
Batch size: 5 Gallons
Yeast starter: Yes


Recipe:

9 lb. British pale 2-row
.75 lb. British Crystal 60L
.5 lb. Cara-Pils
.25 Chocolate
.25 Flaked Oats

1.5 oz. Fuggles pellets (60 minute)
1 oz. Fuggles pellets (15 minutes)

WLP005 British Ale Yeast


Mash Profile: Single Infusion / Single Batch Sparge

13.5 Quarts Mash @154 degrees for 60 minutes
14.5 Quarts Sparge @170 degrees for 10 minutes

Boil Volume: 6 gallons
Boil Time:60-75 minutes
End Volume: 5 Gallons

Expexted OG: 1.055-1.056
IBU: 27-28

My tap water has a pretty bad chlorine smell to it and I have noticed that the batches I have done with bottled spring water taste better sooner so I will be using Zephyrhills spring water. here's the water info from their website. Unfortunately some of the figures have a wide range but will give you a general makeup of the water profile.

Calcium 34.5-69
Sodium 1.9-4.5
Potassium N/D
Flouride .064-.13
Magnesium 4.4-9.1
Bicarbonate 98.9-150
Nitrate .14-2.1
Chloride 2.5-12.8
copper N/D
P.H. 7.8-8.0
Sulfate 1.5-10.6
Total dissolved solids 86-231

Is this good water for a brown ale?
Should I add a couple tsp. of Gypsum to bring the PH down?

Please do not take offense to this but.... why bother doing this without brewing software? All that water data hurts my head. Pretty sure most brewing software will do all your calculations for you, and your water should work fine you just need to test it. Maybe I am just spoiled, but why buy water? You should be able to treat that somehow.

Anyway, I know I am not much help - but my best advice is get some brewing software. It costs what - the price of a batch?

 

[Copperpots_Brewing]

The ingredients look pretty good! The only thing i can think of mentioning is with the sparge, you want to target your whole grain bed temperature around 170, so you'll need to head the sparge water higher to allow the grain bed to equal out. I think if you heat it to high 180's, possibly 190-192 it should even out to sparging temperatures.
Brewing software isnt necessary if you dont want to. If you're water quality isnt up to par with what you are looking for, i'd invest in a book like John Palmer's How to Brew or Brewing Better Beer (more advanced). Both of those spell out water treatment pretty nicely. HOWEVER, I dont see a use in overthinking your water quality. If its not completely ruining your beers, leave it alone. You're a homebrewer, not a chemist. If you feel safer using spring water, that's fine!
I think it is more important for you to brew a few batches, get the process and your system figured out before you go dealing with the headache of treating your water.
All that being said, your recipe looks pretty good! If you are questioning anything, or want to save it in a database, check out hopville.com. Its a free recipe builder site that you can use to check style guidelines and matches and stuff.

 

[Dan]

Not sure about your water. Here's what BSII says, assumed 65% brewhouse efficiency and wort losses set up for the equipment used. Your results (volumes mostly may differ)

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: All Grain Brown Ale
Brewer: je5rm
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Brown Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 7.89 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.75 gal
Estimated OG: 1.045 SG
Estimated Color: 15.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 29.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
9 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 83.7 %
12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.0 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.7 %
4.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.3 %
4.0 oz Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.3 %
42.52 g Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 22.1 IBUs
28.35 g Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 7.3 IBUs


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 10 lbs 12.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 16.64 qt of water at 161.4 F 152.0 F 60 min


Notes:
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[Polboy]

Just download beersmith, it's free for 21 days and you will get temp for strike water right (depends on your grain and tun temp so it's little different for you and me), for chlorine I'm planing on buying RV carbon filter, its less than $20