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Author:

okiemurse

Boil Size: 5.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: priming sugar

Priming Amount: 5 oz

Creation Date: 5/12/2016 6:08 PM

Notes: Official NORTHERN BREWER Instructional Document
The perfect pint after a hard day’s work, Gaarden Hoe is
an ode to the historic and refreshing Belgian wit. Classic
wheat is expertly tilled into a traditional pilsner malt bill
and modest, grounded hop profile. Coriander and bitter
orange peel offer slightly tart and citrusy undertones to
quench even the most parched palate.
O.G: 1.049 READY: 6 WEEKS
1–2 weeks primary, 2 weeks secondary,
1–2 weeks bottle conditioning
KIT INVENTORY:
MAILLARD MALTSTM
EXTRACTS & OTHER FERMENTABLES
- 4 lbs Wheat DME (60 min addition)
- 2 lbs Pilsen DME (15 min late addition)
HOPTIMUS REXTM
PREMIUM HOPS
& OTHER FLAVORINGS
- 1 oz Saaz (60 min)
- 1 oz Saaz (15 min)
- 1 oz Bitter Orange Peel (5 min)
- 1 oz Coriander (5 min)
** 6-8# frozen strawberries (secondary)
** strawberry extract (secondary, to taste)
YEAST
- DRY YEAST (DEFAULT): Fermentis Safbrew T-58. Optimum
temp: 59 - 75F.
- LIQUID YEAST OPTION (RECOMMENDED): Wyeast
3944 Belgian Wit. Optimum temp: 62-75F. White Labs WLP400
Belgian Wit Ale. Optimum temp: 67-74F
PRIMING SUGAR
- 5 oz Priming Sugar (save for Bottling Day)
These simple instructions are basic brewing procedures
for this Northern Brewer extract beer kit; please refer
to your starter kit instructions for specific instructions
on use of equipment and common procedures such as
siphoning, sanitizing, bottling, etc.
For more detailed extract brewing instructions, please
visit www.northernbrewer.com
BEFORE YOU BEGIN ...
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Homebrewing starter kit for brewing 5 gallon batches
- Boiling kettle of at least 3.5 gallons capacity
- A 5 gallon glass carboy, with bung and airlock, to use as a
secondary fermenter
- Approximately two cases of either 12 oz or 22 oz pry-off
style beer bottles
UNPACK THE KIT
- Refrigerate the yeast upon arrival
- Locate the Kit Inventory (above) – this is the recipe for your
beer, so keep it handy
- Doublecheck the box contents vs. the Kit Inventory
- Contact us immediately if you have any
questions or concerns!
PROCEDURE
A FEW DAYS BEFORE BREWING DAY
1. Remove the liquid Wyeast pack from the refrigerator,
and “smack” as shown on the back of the yeast package.
Leave it in a warm place (70–80° F) to incubate until the
pack begins to inflate. Allow at least 3 hours for inflation;
some packs may take up to several days to show inflation.
Do not brew with inactive yeast — we can replace the
yeast, but not a batch that fails to ferment properly. If
you are using dry yeast, no action is needed.
ON BREWING DAY
2. Collect and heat 2.5 gallons of water.
3. Bring to a boil and add 4 lbs Wheat DME. Remove the
kettle from the burner and stir in the Wheat DME.
4. Return wort to boil. The mixture is now called “wort”,
the brewer’s term for unfermented beer.
- Add 1 oz Saaz hops, and boil for 60 minutes.
- Add 2 lbs Pilsen DME and 1 oz Saaz 15 minutes before the
end of the boil.
- Add 1 oz Coriander and 1 oz Bitter Orange Peel 5 minutes
before the end of the boil. You may crush the seeds before
adding if you wish.
5. Cool the wort. When the 60-minute boil is finished,
cool the wort to approximately 100° F as rapidly as
possible. Use a wort chiller, or put the kettle in an ice
bath in your sink.
6. Sanitize fermenting equipment and yeast pack. While
the wort cools, sanitize the fermenting equipment –
fermenter, lid or stopper, fermentation lock, funnel, etc –
along with the yeast pack and a pair of scissors.
7. Fill primary fermenter with 2 gallons of cold water,
then pour in the cooled wort. Leave any thick sludge in
the bottom of the kettle.
8. Add more cold water as needed to bring the
volume to 5 gallons.
9. Aerate the wort. Seal the fermenter and rock back
and forth to splash for a few minutes, or use an aeration
system and diffusion stone.
10. OPTIONAL: if you have our Mad Brewer Upgrade or
Gravity Testing kits, measure specific gravity of the wort
with a hydrometer and record.
11. Add yeast once the temperature of the wort is 78°F or
lower (not warm to the touch). Use the sanitized scissors
to cut off a corner of the yeast pack, and carefully pour
the yeast into the primary fermenter.
12. Seal the fermenter. Add approximately 1 tablespoon of
water to the sanitized fermentation lock. Insert the lock
into rubber stopper or lid, and seal the fermenter.
13. Move the fermenter to a warm, dark, quiet spot until
fermentation begins.
GAARDEN HOE
BEYOND BREWING DAY, WEEKS 1–2
14. Active fermentation begins. Within approximately
48 hours of Brewing Day, active fermentation will
begin – there will be a cap of foam on the surface of
the beer, and you may see bubbles come through the
fermentation lock.
15. Active fermentation ends. Approximately 1–2 weeks
after brewing day, active fermentation will end: the cap
of foam falls back into the new beer, bubbling in the
fermentation lock slows down or stops.
16. Transfer beer to secondary fermenter. Sanitize
siphoning equipment and an airlock and carboy bung or
stopper. Siphon the beer from the primary fermenter into
the secondary.
BEYOND BREWING DAY—
SECONDARY FERMENTATION
17. Secondary fermentation. Allow the beer to condition in
the secondary fermenter for 2 weeks before proceeding
with the next step. Timing now is somewhat flexible.
BOTTLING DAY—ABOUT 4 WEEKS
AFTER BREWING DAY
18. Sanitize siphoning and bottling equipment.
19. Mix a priming solution (a measured amount of sugar
dissolved in water to carbonate the bottled beer) of 2/3
cup priming sugar in 16 oz water. Bring the solution to a
boil and pour into the bottling bucket.
20. Siphon beer into bottling bucket and mix with priming
solution. Stir gently to mix—don’t splash.
21. Fill and cap bottles.
1–2 WEEKS AFTER BOTTLING DAY
22. Condition bottles at room temperature for 1–2 weeks.
After this point, the bottles can be stored cool or cold.
23. Serving. Pour into a clean glass, being careful to leave
the layer of sediment at the bottom of the bottle. Cheers!

Author:

Lampkin

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: N/A

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: 2/11/2022 9:06 PM

Notes:

Author:

gozer

Boil Size: 26 Litres

Boil Time: 30

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/24/2018 3:15 PM

Notes:

Author:

Volt

Boil Size: 27 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/9/2018 8:13 AM

Notes: Finished volume (L) 25
Grain (kg) 6,5
Loss to grain (L/kg) 0.8
Loss to boil (L/hr) 3
Boil time (h) 1
Top-up Water (L) 0
Loss to grain total 5.2
Loss to boil total 3
Sparge water (L) 12

Author:

Dawg

Boil Size: 15 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/19/2017 4:48 PM

Notes:

Author:

Antmuzic

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/13/2017 1:40 AM

Notes: Carbonate at 2.5 volumes.

Brewtoad Mash
154 degrees
9.5 lbs grain / 8 lbs grain
Mash Thickness 1.5

Mash Schedule (Full Mash)

Strike grains with 4.06 gal of water at 164.4 °F.
Mash at 154 °F for 60 min.
Vorlauf and lauter 2.61 gal in your first runnings.
Add 3.39 gal of sparge water at 168 °F.
Vorlauf and lauter 3.39 gal in your second runnings.
Your combined runnings should be 6 gal.

Mash Schedule (8lb Mash, 5gal boil)

Strike grains with 3 gal of water at 165.9 °F.
Mash at 154 °F for 60 min.
Vorlauf and lauter 1.7 gal in your first runnings.
Add 3.3 gal of sparge water at 168 °F.
Vorlauf and lauter 3.3 gal in your second runnings.
Your combined runnings should be 5 gal.

If cold steeping the grains (roasted barley & black patent), the adjusted OG (for efficiency calculations) is 1044.

If cold steeping grains add at :15

Beer should be moved to a carboy when mostly done fermenting.

Add 2.5 oz wood chips soaked in 1/2 Jameson, 1/2 Rye

Add some of the liquid to taste, drink the rest.

Author:

Ulfrpsion

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: 1.5

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: 2/10/2017 8:16 PM

Notes:

Author:

dtwhite

Boil Size: 9.6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.038

Efficiency: 74

Mash Thickness: 3.08

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: 1/17/2017 9:21 PM

Notes: Attempt to clear beer before dry hopping - cold crash for 2 or 3 days before putting in hop keg

accidentally mashed with 11 gal instead of 10, whoops

Author:

Herr Braumeister

Boil Size: 6.95 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 72

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/13/2016 2:12 AM

Notes: Variations:
Pale Ale malt instead of 2-Row
Lower lovibond crystal malt (60?)
Crystal or Liberty hops blended with Northern Brewer

Author:

Los Rios Brewing Co.

Boil Size: 12 Litres

Boil Time: 15

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 50

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: Brewing Sugar

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/30/2016 8:13 PM

Notes: Water @ start boil: 14L
Ginger (raw) before grating: 460g (shop package will say +- 500g)
Ginger (raw) peeled: 295g

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Preparation:

1. Prep: (Add pure water to brew kettle - bring to the boil.
2. Peel Ginger + grate it (course)
3. Chop Dates finely ( once pitted)
4. Prep the Spices & lemon Rind.
5. Add boiling water (1000m) into a clean container with the Rooibos tea leaves (approx 80g).

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Mash step #1: (Ginger + Dates)

a) Add Ginger & Dates in a grain bag (without Malt) to boiling water in the brew kettle. Boil for 5min only. At Flame-off, agitate ginger & dates.
b) Leave ginger & dates in the brew kettle until wort cooled to at least 80'C.
c) Add Spices & lemon rind, to grain-bag. Mash for 10min.

Mash step #2: (The Malt)

d) With wort at around 70'C, add Malt to additional grain bag.
e) Mash for 60min.

f) When done, remove Grain Bags & Sparge malt with 1.5L of 70'C water.

g) Bring kettle is back to simmer:
Add Brown Sugar & dissolve completely
Boil wort for 15min total.
Add Rooibos Tea at last 5 min of boil.

At this pint you should have roughly 12L of wort...

_ _

- Cool wort to at least 35'C.
- Prep Yeast in 250ml boiled & then cooled water, in sterilized container.
- Hydrate as per the normal procedure.

- Add all cooled wort to fermenter (sterilised).

[my gravity reading] : 1050

- Agitate/shake for 60-sec to aerate wort.
- Add hydrated yeast.
-Agitate/shake for at least 30-sec to aerate fermenter.

Add one-way-valve as per normal procedure, (sterilized)
Place in area approx 18-22'c

[I fermented at 16-18 degrees for 1 week]
[I decanted thereafter into secondary fermenter, and
let it sit for 24-hours at approx 10-12'C, before bottling with brewing sugar as primer.]

Author:

#Mandonride

Boil Size: 28 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 63

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 22 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/23/2015 10:25 PM

Notes:

Author:

Dzsomapapa

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.082

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 4

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 16 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/10/2016 4:05 PM

Notes: Use distilled water with 1 g CaCl per gallon in the mash and add 1 g CaCl per gallon of sparge water directly to the boil. Mash for 10 minutes at 113 degrees F, 10 minutes at 122 F, 60 minutes at 149 F, and 10 minutes at 168 F. Boil for 90 minutes.
Fermentation: Make 1 liter of starter wort and aerate it on a stir plate. Add oxygen in-line as the wort was transferred from the chiller to the carboy. Pitch yeast at 58 F. Allow fermentation to rise to 62 F for the first three days. Raise temperature to 65 F for four more days. Then raise to 68 F to clean up any off flavors. Drop temperature to 34 F for three days to crash yeast, proteins, and tannins. Keg and carbonate to 4 volumes CO2.
Brewer's notes: This is a very simple recipe that relies on fermentation-derived flavors and proper mouth feel to achieve the best result. The step mash procedure I used was developed via trial and error over a number of batches. The ferulic acid rest increases the clove character of the beer, while the protein and the low saccharification-rest temp creates a highly fermentable wort with a creamy mouthfeel. Carbonating to 3.5 to 4 volumes is necessary for this beer to be true to style and enhances the mouthfeel and refreshing nature of the beer.

Author:

jkherman79@gmail.com

Boil Size: 340 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 73

Mash Thickness: 1.33

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: 5/9/2016 10:58 PM

Notes:

Author:

Kurt Schmatz

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/19/2016 4:32 PM

Notes:

Author:

GreystoneHB

Boil Size: 13.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/4/2015 4:09 AM

Notes:

Author:

fKempf

Boil Size: 66 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 2.7

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/20/2015 3:20 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 72

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 50 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/5/2015 4:04 PM

Notes:

Author:

bizoneil1

Boil Size: 9 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 73

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/25/2015 8:15 PM

Notes: Ferment for 10 days at 68 degrees, crash cool to 39 for 4 days or longer, then rack to keg.

Author:

Smidt & Storengen

Boil Size: 20 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.058

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 21 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/13/2015 8:50 AM

Notes:

Author:

Fredrik Z. Jenssen

Boil Size: 50 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 10 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/3/2015 9:12 PM

Notes: