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Modified Copper Ale #1
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American Amber Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.07 |
1.02 |
6.52 |
32.04 |
13.68 °L
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2K |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.116 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/6/2014 10:16 PM |
| Notes: Modified Midwest Supplies Copper Ale kit. Added DME and upped the bittering (Chinook) hops from .5 oz to 1 oz. |
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Simcoe Amarillo Single Malt IPA
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American Pale Ale
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2.5 Gallons |
1.042 |
1.008 |
4.47 |
46.09 |
4.38 °L
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2K |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 1.6 Gallons |
Boil Time: 45 |
Boil Gravity: 1.066 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/25/2016 4:41 PM |
| Notes: Hops are kinda old. Assuming 5% loss. |
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Hazy Jane
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Specialty IPA: New England IPA
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5 Gallons |
1.074 |
1.019 |
7.3 |
36.82 |
7.95 °L
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2K |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.062 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: 3.6 oz |
Creation
Date: 6/16/2019 8:56 PM |
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Gluten Free
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Alternative Sugar Beer
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1.5 Gallons |
1.06 |
1.012 |
6.26 |
17.36 |
14.91 °L
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2K |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 1.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.06 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/19/2017 1:11 PM |
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Dusty's Cider
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Common Cider
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5 Gallons |
1.05 |
1.001 |
6.48 |
0 |
0 °L
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2K |
2 |
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| Boil
Size: 5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.05 |
Efficiency: 100 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 14.89 psi |
Creation
Date: 8/28/2018 5:47 AM |
Notes: Pressed enough apples for 10 gallons of cider. Apples came from my dad's summer culinary tree and summer crab apple tree. I tried to mix apples evenly before pressing.
- add crushed campden tablets 24 hours prior to yeast pitch.
- add pectic enzyme when adding campden tablets
- Rehydrate yeast with about 1/4 cup of water that has been boiled with go form. Use an ice bath to cool the solution down before adding yeast. Let yeast rehydrate for thirty mins before pitching into cider.
- After fermentation has started, add hydrated fermaid o with about 1/8 to 1/4 cup cooled water (with chlorine removed).
Oxygenated cider with pure O2 for 1min 10 sec.
Yeast:
Red Star Premier Blanc in 5 gal - 1.048 OG
Mangrove Jack M02 in 5 gal - 1.05 OG
Apples gathered on 8/25/2018
Cider pressed on 8/26/2018
Packaging - Kegging ONLY
NOTE: These steps must be followed in order. If metabisulfite is added after sorbate then chemical reactions can occur that will give the cider a 'geranium' off flavor.
- add 1/4 tsp potassium metabisulfite to 5 gal of cider to inhibit yeast and bacterial growth.
- Wait at least 12 hours.
- add 2-1/2 tsp potassium sorbate to 5 gal of cider to halt fermentation.
- Wait at least 24 hours. 48 hours is ideal.
- Transfer cider to a keg.
- Purge oxygen from headspace.
- Remove a sample of cider and add apple juice concentrate until you're happy with the flavor.
- Take a gravity reading of the cider sample, then dose the main batch until the gravity readings match. Err on the side of too little.
- carbonate to desired levels
Very good read on backsweetening -
http://beersmith.com/blog/2017/03/07/how-to-backsweeten-beer-cider-and-mead/
8/23/2019 tasting notes:
I tasted and back-sweetened the ciders today. The preference of my wife and I was the champagne yeast batch. The champagne yeast batch had a dry champagne quality that we both enjoyed; it was smoother too. The mangrove jack batch was nice an clean, with a slight bitterness on the backend. Both finished at 0.994. I tend to like my cider on the dryer side, but not bone dry. I back-sweetened the mangrove jack cider to 1.002 and the champagne yeast cider to .999 with frozen apple juice concentrate from the grocery store. I decided to backsweeten the mangrove jack batch a little more to help balance out the bitterness; it seemed to do the trick. No additional tannins or acidity were required. The crab apples did a great job of adding the acidity the cider needed.
The mangrove jack cider was slightly more bitter than the champagne batch, this is probably due to the ratio of crab apples to culinary apples. The champagne batch was obviously darker than the mangrove jack. This could be due to oxidation or the ratio of apples. The cider carboy was less full, while the mangrove jack carboy was filled to the brim, so oxidation could certainly be a factor. However, campden tablets are supposed to help with oxidation, both batches certainly had a decent amount of campden tablets added to halt the yeast. I'm used to oxidation flavors in beer, I don't get those stale flavors from the champagne batch. The fact that my wife and I prefer the champagne batch would indicate that it's probably not oxidized. Time will tell, I'll update this if it starts to exibit oxidation flavors.
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Die BarleyWine
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American Barleywine
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5 Gallons |
1.12 |
1.022 |
12.87 |
43.74 |
20.25 °L
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2K |
5 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.201 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 11/21/2013 12:02 AM |
| Notes: |
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Elliot Rochefort 10 Clone
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Belgian Dark Strong Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.078 |
1.02 |
7.71 |
17.63 |
38.11 °L
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2K |
2 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.144 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/17/2014 9:25 PM |
| Notes: |
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California Common
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California Common
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500 Litres |
1.067 |
1.017 |
6.56 |
0 |
4.91 °L
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2K |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 500 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.067 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/23/2016 7:51 PM |
| Notes: |
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Raspberry Provincial
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Belgian Specialty Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.027 |
1.007 |
2.67 |
15.27 |
2.8 °L
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2K |
0 |
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Author:
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Kolsch King
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.05 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 6/21/2015 4:14 PM |
Notes: Raspberry Provincial from funkwerks is a Belgian style sour ale.
Add the acid ulster malt in at the last 20 minutes of mash boil. |
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Dark Aurora
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American IPA
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5 Litres |
12.167 |
2.576 |
5.12 |
82.3 |
19.39 °L
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2K |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 7 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 8.8 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Plato |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.5 |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 12/19/2017 1:36 PM |
| Notes: |
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Carrot Cake Porter
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Brown Porter
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6.1 Gallons |
1.055 |
1.014 |
5.46 |
12.81 |
28.67 °L
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2K |
2 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.113 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/2/2013 8:20 PM |
| Notes: |
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Gluten Free Grapefruit Berlinerweisse
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Berliner Weisse
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7.25 Gallons |
1.049 |
1.012 |
4.84 |
0.63 |
2.35 °L
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2K |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 15 |
Boil Gravity: 1.047 |
Efficiency: N/A |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 6/2/2017 5:46 PM |
Notes: Sorghum has a sour/metallic after taste. For my first GF beer, I decided to brew something that would play along with that aftertaste, rather than have it be out of place in a traditional beer style.
Grapefruit and Lactobacillus each have a tinny, sour flavor note. Brett is the main fermentation strain because of it's well-known prickly pineapple profile (also metallic and tinny).
The goal here was to use sorghum's well-known flaws to accentuate the character of the beer, rather than fight to mask them. |
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Lushy
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American IPA
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5 Gallons |
1.079 |
1.021 |
7.55 |
82.49 |
5.39 °L
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2K |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.131 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 66 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/8/2018 7:59 PM |
| Notes: |
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Fresh Squished (Northern Brewer)
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American IPA
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5.5 Gallons |
1.06 |
1.016 |
5.76 |
86.44 |
8.13 °L
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2K |
1 |
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Author:
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cgray@gra.midco.net
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| Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.031 |
Efficiency: 60 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/14/2018 12:08 PM |
| Notes: |
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Bloody Braggot
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Braggot
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3 Gallons |
1.107 |
1.005 |
13.34 |
5.65 |
37.5 °L
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2K |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 2.75 Gallons |
Boil Time: 30 |
Boil Gravity: 1.117 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 1.25 |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/24/2015 10:53 PM |
| Notes: |
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The Morning After (Coffee Black IPA)
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American Stout
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5 Gallons |
1.071 |
1.018 |
6.96 |
53.31 |
32.75 °L
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2K |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 4 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.088 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 3/16/2015 5:22 AM |
| Notes: |
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Honey Badger Kolsch
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Kölsch
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5.5 Gallons |
1.049 |
1.011 |
5 |
9.33 |
5.54 °L
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2K |
3 |
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| Boil
Size: 2.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.107 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/26/2020 8:21 PM |
| Notes: |
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Chili P
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American Pale Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.069 |
1.017 |
6.77 |
52.57 |
11.11 °L
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2K |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: N/A |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 2/26/2012 10:47 PM |
Notes: During Boil:
.5 gals Indian PC1 Boiled Seeds 15 Mins
.5 gals Indian PC1 Boiled Seeds 30 Mins
.5 gals Super Chili Boiled Seeds 15 Mins
Primary
.5 gals with Chili Powder / Cayenne
3 gals with 3 fresh Jalapenos *This won the Iron Brewer
Secondary
.5 gals Indian PC1 everclear chilis; primaried with fresh jalapeno
.5 gals Indian PC1 everclear chilis everclear with fresh jalapeno
2 gals resh Jalapeno |
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WestOregon 12
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Belgian Dark Strong Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.103 |
1.014 |
11.65 |
39.7 |
22.73 °L
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2K |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 4 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: N/A |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 76 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 3/24/2013 3:20 AM |
Notes: Attempting at Westvleteren 12 clone.
Added French Saison yeast 3711 when gravity was 1.035. This occurred on day 4 post brew and 3.5 days of active fermenting. Purpose was to attenuate the beer even more.
OG was 1.103
FG was 1.014
ABV is 11.6%
Racked to secondary after 1 week. Tasted drier than expected but flavor was bit rough.
Tasted after 7 weeks and it's coming along nicely. There are hints of black liquorice on the nose and some spice.
Bottled after 9 weeks using 5oz of Corn Sugar. |
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Basic Brewing Speed 6 Pack
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American IPA
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0.75 Gallons |
1.056 |
1.016 |
5.29 |
59.61 |
4.7 °L
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2K |
2 |
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| Boil
Size: 0.85 Gallons |
Boil Time: 15 |
Boil Gravity: 1.049 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/28/2015 5:04 AM |
Notes: Fast 6 Pack recipe to try out different hop flavors.
Depending upon your DME, the SRM may be significantly darker - almost double, up to a 7.4 or 8 SRM. |
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