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Author:

Iltharion

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/30/2018 9:35 PM

Notes:

Author:

RustyBarrelHomebrewing

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.038

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/29/2022 2:39 AM

Notes: ================================
7/1/2021
brew night last night everything went pretty well. nailed the OG and maybe a little over 5 gal. i did about 6.5 gallons in the mash and then sparged maybe three pitchers of sparge water, at beginning of boil i was at about 7.25 gallons and 1047 pre boil. post boil i was right around 5 gal and 1055, watered down a little bit.

i used perle but ideally i wouldve used some noble american hop. crystal?

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6/30/2021
thinking maybe just boil 60 minutes instead of 90? i think a little DMS corn flavor is acceptable here if it should happen to do that.

for yeast kind of stupid i have maybe a half cup slurry but no DME for a starter so i will just pitch the whole slurry and hope its all good

ph calculation mustve been off before, adding some phosphoric acid
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6/28/2021

branching from grandma's country lager to Grandpa's. I am not sure grandpa drank any different beer than grandma but for this one we will attempt to stay within the american lager category, whilst adding a little bit of pilsner malt for a little more flavor.

i was going to do legit flaked corn then i thought id keep with the grits but for this lets go for international pale lager and go all malt.

considering carapils but do i want head retention and too much flavor? i think i do but judges may not like.

using legit lager yeast for this.

need to go through hop stash and decide what to use, default evergreen.

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11/28/2021
reworking this for round 3. round 2 stunk, had to add DME later, not sure i cooked and mashed the grits long enough. beer turned out infected or something smelled and tasted like wine vinegar.

this time removing the DME boosting the base malt to get to 5.3% although it will be fine if it floats back to 5.0 or 4.8 even. last brew was 59% efficiency, hoping to at least get 62 this time. using my old setup and brewing in parallel to another batch on the GF

Last time was nobility this time trying evergreen. Adjusting hop amounts to stay under 18 ibu.

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7/8/2021
Brew day last night, kind of sucked. Tried the brew easy setup for mash and ended up light on efficiency and OG. refractometer said 1035 preboil and about 1038 post boil. then i took less than a gallon of wort and heated up on stove and added 1lb DME. lets see how much that ruins the color. anyway the refrac was still showing low gravity, recalibrated it, and now its saying 1049.

also i forgot about whirlfloc until after the boil so i heated for like 5 extra minutes to give it time to dissolve.

also i forgot to cook the grits before i started the mash so i cooked them during the mash kind of quickly and with less water than instructed, added them about halfway into the mash.

a lot of mistakes here, havent brewed in over a month. also not sure about the brew easy if it was low efficiency because we did not sparge meaning there were leftover sugars in the grain when i was done mash/went to kettle.

i am reading now that we may do better with proper water profile. also i did not take ph reading so unclear if that was an issue. possibly next time we want to try this, we make a straight up pilsner or blonde ale without the grits and use a real water profile built from RO.

also we did not have a proper sparge arm so its possible efficiency was affected by channeling.

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7/7/2021
first batch was indeed good the way it was, but altering for todays brew day. low on grits. was gonna just run it but 4.8% is just so low. adding half pound of 2row.

using slightly less acid malt because i feel some of my brews might be too acidic in the end? havent quantified that. pH readings tend to be low.

also going to use some nobility instead of having to hacksaw more of that crystal. adding some to end of the boil because why not....hopefully doesnt pull off too much hop flavor or bitterness in whirlpool (....it shouldnt, with that tiny amount)

not really doing any water chemistry here. going to just run tap and see if i can really tell the difference. fits with the theme of this beer being super easy and cheap as well.

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2/8/2021
recipe creation.

malt :
considered using at least a portion of 6row malt which has higher diastatic power; this is/was used for classic (particularly pre-prohibition) american lager to ensure enough enzymes to convert the starch in the corn (which seems to have very low diastatic power). i think this recipe is using relatively low amount of corn adjunct for the style. this is partly because i would like to have a decently malt / body to the beer and also would like to just use my normal 2row base malt and not have to order more stuff from the homebrew store.

corn :
flirted with the idea of using flaked corn, its a little more expensive, for some reason id rather use something from the grocery store. popped popcorn and corn flakes cereal are options but kind more in the direction of a goofy brew. im reading a little about raw corn : it needs gelatinizing before the starches can be freed up enough to convert to sugar in a mash. you'd need to cook it first to do this step. wondering what about thawed frozen corn, maybe thats already been cooked, would that work? anyway this all seems a little goofy still. maybe for another brew. anyway for this i will use a can of instant corn grits. (not convinced this will add any flavor, so really does it even make any sense to use this as opposed to corn sugar? if we're gonna do corn sugar might as well do cane sugar? i guess lets just go with the corn grits since we havent done it before)

it sounds like quick grits we can just drop into the mash without doing a cereal mash beforehand (this is what i did previously with instant rice). (ref: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/quick-grits-confused.431229/)

gravity / abv :
id like this to come to 4.5% but not sure how much the grits will convert so im setting it to 5%abv to give a little slack in case the efficiency is bad.

water :
build from distilled. minor calcium chloride addition. i tried fooling with BF light lager profile but it has this HCO/bicarbonate level that i am not sure with what i am supposed to add to increase the HCO levels to the target. anyway just go with the czech pilsner profile i have used in the past. i looked up some light lager water profiles and they are similar to this.

hops :
gonna use these old frozen wet hops hopefully theyre not bad.

yeast :
going back and forth between 34/70 and lutra. would like to try lutra but i do like the sulfur notes of 34/70 but maybe its not quite appropriate for this beer. also considering some maybe 2007 i do remember it was pretty clean tasting.

Author:

Wilder Drive Brewing Company

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3.04

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/30/2022 3:51 PM

Notes: HYDROMETER READINGS (ROOM TEMP)
Gravity after 1st mash - 1.054 (1.052 + 0.02 for temp adjustment)
Gravity after boil - 1.054 (????? - looks to be potentially a bad reading)
Gravity from bottom of fluid of boil (1.063)
Gravity after 36hrs fermenting - 1.063
Gravity after 2 weeks fermenting - 1.016

pH READINGS (ROOM TEMP)
pH during mash - 5.3 c
pH post mash - 5.3
pH after boil - 5.3
pH after 36hrs fermenting - 4.9

Repitched rehydrated philly sour yeast at 36 hours after no apparent attenuation or signs of fermentation for the first yeast batch. Very small spots (approximately 1-2mm) of potential infection appeared around open air area above wort. The rehydrated philly sour pitch took off rapidly, showing signs of activity at 5 hours and significant increase in bubbling at 7 hours after pitch. It is worth noting that this philly sour yeast packet expired in a year from now, but the packet was not vacuum sealed right and air and loose space within the packet. Appears to be working fine.

Stirred hard during mash every 15 mins leaving grain bed untouched. Recirculated at 30 mins left in mash with low flow. Cooled rapidly to 80F or below with wort chiller - potentially cooled too far - unsure of how accurate anvil foundry thermostat is.

SO42-/Cl- ratio: 1.2 Balanced

120L Crystal Malt 0.5Lbs

6lbs frozen peaches @ 48 hr mark primary

Cold crashed for 3 days, dry hopped starting at cold crash for entire duration of cold crash with two ounces of galaxy pellets

Author:

Herr Stein

Boil Size: 6.81 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 150 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 30 psi

Creation Date: 11/17/2021 2:12 PM

Notes: Pre-prohibition lager style.
-Golden color, thick, creamy head; full flavor, modest maltiness, subtle sweetness of the corn; balanced hop bitterness; clean bitter finish from the cluster hops.
-Great attenuation, no esters. Very clean and crisp.
-Crystal clear, sparkling.
-Hallertau tradition or Liberty can be substituted for the stryian hops.
- Lager for 6 weeks. This yeast is very powdery but it will clear brilliantly given a good lagering time. Really good drinking beer.
-Any BMC fan will enjoy this.
Trying JY330 - Dutch Lager yeast from Jasper Labs. (Heineken yeast?) Outcome TBD.

(ARFARFAN'ARF - An old Victorian slang term used to describe a drunken man, meaning he has had MANY ‘arfs,’” or half-pints.)

Author:

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.052

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 67 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/30/2021 8:49 PM

Notes:

Author:

Perfect Brewing Supply

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.052

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/29/2020 4:31 PM

Notes:

Author:

Ottowerks

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 50 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/6/2019 5:32 PM

Notes: Step by Step
This recipe uses reverse osmosis (RO) water. Adjust all brewing water to a pH of 5.5 using phosphoric acid. Finally, add 1 tsp. calcium chloride to the mash.

Step mash the rauchmalz, Munich, dark Munich, and aromatic malts at 131 °F (55 °C) for 10 minutes. Raise mash temperature to 146 °F (63 °C) and hold for 40 minutes, then up to 158 °F (70 °C) for 20 minutes. Start recirculating wort. Add remaining malts and raise the temperature to 168 °F (76 °C) and hold for 15 minutes. Sparge slowly and collect 6.5 gallons (24.5 L) of wort.

*My plan on the mash,
1) dough in around 136F, without circulation and hold for 10 minutes at 131F,
2) start circulating water from HLT that is as 146F, and hold for 40 minutes,
3) than raise that to 158F for 20 minutes.
4) Add rest of grains and raise temp to 168F for 15 minutes)

Boil the wort for 90 minutes, adding hops at the times indicated in the recipe.

Chill the wort to 50 °F (10 °C), pitch the yeast, and ferment until complete. Transfer to secondary and lager for six weeks at 32 °F (0 °C). Rack the beer, prime and bottle condition, or keg and force carbonate to 2.4 volumes.

Need to do a d-rest
The process is simply to raise the fermentation temperature from lager temperatures (50-55F) to 65-68F for a two day period near the close of the fermentation. Usually the diacetyl rest is begun when the beer is 2 to 5 specific gravity points away from the target terminal gravity.

Author:

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.054

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 67 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/21/2019 3:28 PM

Notes: Differs from original, see the PDF at URL.

Original Gravity: 1.072
Final Gravity: 1.011
Extract Efficiency: 75 percent
IBUs: 90-95 (actual/not calculated)
ABV: 8.2%
SRM: 7

Directions:
Mash grains at 151-152° for an hour or until starch conversion is complete. Mash out at 170° and sparge.

Collect 8 gallons of runoff, stir in dextrose, and bring to a boil. Add hops as indicated in the recipe. After a 90 minute boil, chill wort to 67° F (19° C) and transfer to fermenter.

Pitch two packages of yeast or a yeast starter and aerate well. Ferment at 67° F (19° C) until fermentation activity subsides, then rack to secondary.

Add first set of dry hops and age 7-9 days, then add the second set. Once the second dry hops are added, swirl the initial dry hops back into suspension in the fermenter and age five more days.

With two days to go on the dry hops, drop the temperature to 32°.

Author:

Misiak

Boil Size: 32 Litres

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 3.35

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 17 ° C

Priming Method: Force Carbonation

Priming Amount: 14 PSI at 7c

Creation Date: 1/19/2019 11:27 PM

Notes:

Author:

climay

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.031

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/13/2018 3:20 PM

Notes:

Author:

wesiht

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/12/2013 4:05 AM

Notes: need 1 gallon of starter.
use 16 oz of dme 36 hours prior to pitching with 4.5 quarts of water. Boil water add DME boil for 15min. Cover and cool to 65°. Pitch yeast store in 2 1gal fermenters for at least 36hours stirring constantly at 65-69°.

Author:

MathiasK

Boil Size: 7 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.034

Efficiency: 40

Mash Thickness: 2.9

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/19/2017 8:20 PM

Notes:

Author:

Craft Solutions

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 50 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/30/2017 3:50 AM

Notes:

Author:

Storeyv34

Boil Size: 35 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.036

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.0

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/7/2016 4:33 AM

Notes:

Author:

Dougie Orr

Boil Size: 28 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 85

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/30/2016 10:30 AM

Notes:

Author:

Shmeffrey

Boil Size: 6.25 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/12/2016 3:20 PM

Notes:

Author:

PeddyOfficer

Boil Size: 66 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 85

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/25/2016 6:00 PM

Notes: Avkok: 5l/t

Volum: 55l som start. Minus 12 i malt + 20 i skylling. 63l til kok x 1,04 gir ca 66l til kok. 7,5l fordamper. Sluttvolum 59l.

50g ekstra Citra til tørrhumling ift originalen.

Vannjustering:

Mesk:
CaSO4 17g
CaCO3 6g

Skylling:
CaSO4 5g

Author:

Viator

Boil Size: 3.2 Gallons

Boil Time: 30

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 72 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/23/2016 7:22 PM

Notes: Used 1.3 lbs XLDME at beginning of boil and the rest with 5 min left.
Cooled to 62 F. Temp in house overnight was 72.

Author:

Solli

Boil Size: 19 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.037

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 9 ° C

Priming Method: Natrual

Priming Amount: sugar

Creation Date: 6/17/2015 12:00 PM

Notes: Sjekk vannmengder og juster.

Gjæring:
21 dager på 8-10g. Etter 10 dager, hev temp til 16-18g i 2 dager. Og så tilbake til 8-10g igjen etter det.

rehydration instructions for SafLager W-34/70
Sprinkle the yeast in minimum 10 times its weight of sterile water or wort at 23°C ± 3°C (73°F ± 6°F). Leave to rest 15 to 30 minutes.
Gently stir for 30 minutes, and pitch the resultant cream into the fermentation vessel.
Alternatively, pitch the yeast directly in the fermentation vessel providing the temperature of the wort is above 20°C (68°F). Progressively sprinkle
the dry yeast into the wort ensuring the yeast covers all the surface of wort available in order to avoid clumps. Leave for 30 minutes, then mix the
wort using aeration or by wort addition

Author:

Vicarious Cynic

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/16/2014 7:42 PM

Notes: Initial impression while running the mash - smells too roasty for a CDA. Check that when finished. Maybe dial back the Carafa

Cascades smell great - definitely use Cascades again.

OG 1.064 - NAILED IT!

Fg 1.015