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Author:

dwolfgra

Boil Size: 14 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.37

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: 8/10/2024 7:13 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 4.07 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.055

Efficiency: 49

Mash Thickness: 1.75

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 12.27 psi

Creation Date: 6/27/2025 5:37 PM

Notes: - Take off 0.86gal prior to grain for sparge.
- Mash recirculation power 45%
- Add 1 oz mash hops
- Add 3 grams ascorbic acid to mash
- Goal mash pH 5.3.
- Boil 50 minutes, wait 10 minutes before first hops. Let hard break simmer down before adding hops or they will get stuck on sides.
- At 10 minutes remaining check pH for goal pH 4.9
- Goal BU:GU ratio ~1.0, leave wiggle room for IBU contribution from knockout time to not go over 1.2.
- Adjust knockout time to get to 170F and adjust whirlpool additions accordingly to keep IBU in range. If too long of a knockout drop whirlpool to below 165 for 0 IBU addition in whirlpool or shorten whirlpool time from 15 to 10 minutes.
- Oxygenate wort for 30 seconds.
- 210 billion yeast cells required
- Each pack reporting at least 110B so ~20 g yeast total should do.
- Ferment at only ~2-3 psi to not suppress ester formation
- Once within 0.05 gravity points of FG raise temp to75 F and let PSI climb to 10.
- Drop yeast after final gravity stable 3 days
- Drop temp to 50F and dry hop.
- Cold cash
- Add lactic acid to keg for final beer pH 4.5
- Add ascorbic acid to keg as antioxidant.
- Purge keg with CO2
- Force carb to 2.5 vol

##########Brew Day##########:
Kept at 153F mash consistently.
Mash pH 5.2
Post mash wort OG refractometer 1.057
10 minutes left wort pH 5.1
~2ml lactic added
Recheck pH 5, add 2ml more then hit pH 4.9
Takes ~2.5 minutes to drop 212 ->165
Whirlpool lasted about 15 minutes but only ~5 minutes of that was at 170F.
final wort pH 4.9, OG refractometer 1.065
For 50% brewhouse efficiency...
########Fermentation######
Pitched around 74F. Fridge set to 66F.
Day 0: tilt temp remained 73F for the next day.
Day 1: Tilt temp reflecting fridge temp. Less than 1 day went from 1.064->1.019. Raised tempt to 72F. Opened dump valve to allow yeast to settle.
Day 4: hit final gravity 1.015
Day 7: s/p 3 days at final gravity, drop temp to 50 overnight
Day 8: Dump yeast and dry hop. Ended up adding 1.49 oz riwaka, 1.31oz Amarillo, 1.39oz mosaic.
Day 11: s/p 3 days dry hoping. Cold crash to 34F overnight.
Day 12: Pull sample for pH. Worth pH was 4.9.

Hypothetically: Dry hopping charge estimated raising pH by ~ 0.2. But Carbonating to 2.5 volumes will decrease pH by ~ 0.2-0.3. Already partially carbonated since fermenting under pressure and charged to 15 psi when cold crashing. Would assume its half way there so additional CO2 would drop pH ~0.1-0.15. So shooting for lactic addition to get to pH 4.6-4.7 for final pH once carbonated to 4.5. Estimated will need 3mL lactic acid.
But prior to this pH was actually 4.3 so no lactic was added.
Add ascorbic acid to keg 3/5th tsp
Purge Keg with CO2
Keg beer
Force carb to 2.5 volumes. Currently measuring tilt temp at 40F so 12.3psi needed.

Final beer: pH 4.3, FG 1.015, ABV 6.4. Kegged 9/13/25.
Evaluation:
Improvements for future:

Author:

Wicked Pissa Brewers

Boil Size: 2.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.124

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/7/2025 8:22 PM

Notes: Cent kegging
Type – Extract:
Batch size: 5 gal
Boil Size: 2.50 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Fermentation Stage: Two Stages - 10 days primary, 10 days secondary
Original Gravity: 1.062
Final Gravity: 1.012
ABV: 6,59%
IBU: 30.03

Ingredients:
2.5 Gallons Tap Water
4 Gallons Bottled Water – Note: even though this is a 5 gal recipe you will need extra because of the fluid loss during the boil process
1b Caramel Vienne 20 Grain
1lb Caramel 10 Grain
1lb Rahr 2 Row Grain
.4lbs Carapils Grain
.4lbs Carahell Grain
6bs Golden LME
3oz Centennial Hops
1oz Citra Hops
1 Safale US-05

Procedure:
Start with 2.5 gal tap water, add grain to cold water and heat water to 165 degrees, and steep grains for 45 minutes
Remove grains and bring wort to boil
Remove pot from heat, add 6lbs LME and return wort to boil
Add 1oz Centennial hops and boil for 30 minutes
Add 1oz Centennial hops and boil for 15 minutes
Add 1oz Centennial hops and boil for 5 minutes
Add 1oz Citra hops and boil for 5 minutes
Remove pot and enough bottled water to bring the specific gravity to 1.062
Cool wort to 70 degrees
Add 1 pack of Safale US-05 yeast

Fermentation:
Primary 10 days, Secondary 10 days

Kegging:
Keg and set CO2 to 20psi for 4 - 5 days
Reduce CO2 to 5 - 7psi, pour and enjoy

Author:

J.Bird

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.06

Efficiency: 55

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: 4/27/2025 6:08 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 21.38 Litres

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: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/9/2025 7:47 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 26.48 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.052

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3.65

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: 3/23/2025 12:43 PM

Notes:

Author:

mill

Boil Size: 21 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 67

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: sucrose

Priming Amount: 78.8 g

Creation Date: 3/16/2025 5:18 AM

Notes: mashing loss : about 5.92L
boiling loss : about 7L

amount of sugar for each bottle : 3.7

Author:

Boil Size: 7.08 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 64 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/10/2024 9:15 PM

Notes: For Mash: don't forget to pre-heat tun!
then: add grains to 4.69 gal strike water @ 115 to reach 108 for ferulic acid rest
then: raise HLT to boiling, do ferulic rest for 10 min
then: add 1.25 gal of boiling water to mash tun to raise to 127 for protein rest
then: hold protein rest for 15 min
then: put mash tun on burner and raise to 154 for sacc rest, adding 1gal additional boiling water from HLT along the way to reach thickness goal
then: hold sacc rest for 90 min

Ferment at 64 degrees for 7 days, raise to 70 deg and ferment for 7 more.

1/9/10:

First brew. 1.5L starter made 2 weeks prior because I expected to be able to brew before then. Step mash using current system was a giant pain in the ass -- overshot the ferulic acid rest, so had to add cold water + stir to get it right. Then slightly struggled to hit the protein rest, put the tun on the burner (thought this was fine since it had clearly been fired before I had it!) and it caught fire and made horrible smoke. So had to take it off the heat and thin the mash out more than intended with boiling water. No way to get to sacc rest without decocting, so that's what I did -- first decoction of around 2 gal got to 149, so I'm calling that an unscheduled beta rest, second decoction got to 154. Lesson learned -- no ferulic rests on this setup, honestly probably no step mashes period. It's just too fidgety without precise temp control and without the abillity to put the mash on the fire.

Hose for chiller had frozen solid so couldn't run the chiller. Had to no-chill in the garage overnight. Expecting reduced hop aromas/flavor and increased bitterness -- should be ok since IBUs were pretty low on this one. Pitched starter in the morning at 55 degrees, will heat to 64 over the course of the day. OG: 1.060ish (measured with Tilt -- forgot to pull sample).

Cold crashed after 2 weeks because the Tilt was saying it had overfermented to 1.010 and was worried that the diastaticus infection that had claimed my tripel was going to get this beer too. Finally got around to kegging on 2/4, and the hydrometer is measuring the FG at 1.014 -- definitely a bit of a discrepancy. Hydrometer is definitely accurate (tested in water), so I can only assume that the tilt was giving iffy numbers. Some pretty odd aromas/flavors in the finished beer but no diacetyl (did forced VDK) and it had already been in the freezer for 2 weeks so just going to run with it. Enormous amounts of banana (maybe too much). Hopefully the off aromas age out and the banana mellows out.

Author:

The Keg

Boil Size: 23 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.056

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 3.65

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/25/2024 4:48 AM

Notes: Nicely balanced beer with not as much residual sweetness as typical with a hefeweizen. The idea was a throw back to skiing in Austria in 1993 and this does the trick, will brew again...

Brewed 16-May-2025. Didn't have enough Munich Malt so added 50% each Pilsner Malt and Vienna Malt.

Fermentation starting at 19ºC

Bottled 02-June-25

Brew Competition Judges Notes:
Lovely dark amber color, head rouses well. Slight bananna on the nose, Toasted bread and biscuit, delicate aroma. Very well made, well balanced.

Author:

BGT

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 28 ° C

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/16/2024 9:40 AM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 28.4 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: sucrose

Priming Amount: 103 g

Creation Date: 10/6/2022 5:47 PM

Notes:

Author:

Cain Piper

Boil Size: 27.77 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.054

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: sucrose

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/26/2024 11:35 AM

Notes: Basic formula is:

5.9kg base malt,
0.1kg crystal (carapils to dark depending on preference)

15g magnum bittering (FWH)

Mix 200g of 2 different hops (or just use one) and split:

30g at 5min remaining in boil
70g at flame out (or 90c) for 10 min
100g at 80c for 10 min

Author:

KcLob

Boil Size: 6.71 Gallons

Boil Time: 30

Boil Gravity: 1.064

Efficiency: 70

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: 3/11/2024 9:46 PM

Notes:

Author:

Wurp

Boil Size: 17.81 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

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: 2/17/2024 7:59 PM

Notes:

Author:

Steven Graham

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

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: 11/25/2023 4:05 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 4 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.083

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: dme

Priming Amount: 1/2 cup

Creation Date: 8/6/2023 7:41 PM

Notes:

Author:

Ehecatl

Boil Size: 1900 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.061

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/7/2023 10:18 PM

Notes:

Author:

Esal

Boil Size: 7.15 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/21/2023 1:52 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 2.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.136

Efficiency: 75

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: 3/17/2023 2:59 AM

Notes:

Author:

magne.reinholt@yahoo.no

Boil Size: 30.34 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 16 ° C

Priming Method: BelgianCandySyrup

Priming Amount: 347.6 g

Creation Date: 12/10/2022 3:50 PM

Notes: