HBB in fancy new still

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HBB in fancy new still

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I did my alcohol cleaning run in my new jacketed still described here: viewtopic.php?f=50&t=74198

Now I'm going to do approximately a triple batch of HBB in it for a total volume of 20 gallons since the still is 26.
  • 20 lbs of corn meal
    2 lbs of honey malt
    4 lbs of pale malt
    4 lbs of red wheat malt
    4 lbs of white wheat malt
Here's the plan:
  • - heat 11 gallons of water to boil
    - turn on agitator
    - slowly stir in corn meal and honey malt
    - keep heating until temp is 204F
    - add alpha enzyme 20ml (1.6ml/gal)
    - occasional stir for 100 minutes with occasional heat to keep it around 200F
    - add 6 gallons of cold water
    - stir and circulate cold in jacket if needed to get to 140F
    - adjust mash ph to 4.5 using citric acid
    - add pale malt and wheat malts
    - add gluco enzyme 14ml (0.8ml/gal)
    - stir for 30 minutes, no heat
    - cool jacket while stirring to 86F and pitch yeast and oyster shells
    - ferment in the still about a week
    - strip it
What I'm having trouble calculating is the expected OG and eventual ABV. I have Beersmith, but it doesn't handle cornmeal well.

I'll be 2lbs of grain per gallon. My guess is around 1.050 OG and ABV around 6% assuming a good ferment. Seem reasonable?

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