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Author:

Butter14

Boil Size: 6.89 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 63

Mash Thickness: 1.2

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: 6/4/2017 5:33 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.035

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: 2/10/2022 4:49 AM

Notes:

Author:

RustyBarrelHomebrewing

Boil Size: 15 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 75

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: 1/18/2022 5:35 PM

Notes: ========================
1/18/2022
setting up for winter/spring 2022 hopefully submission to NHC.

adjusting for equipment and volumes for G40. adjusting abv a little lower per guidelines.

removing 2row.

consider dropping to 1.0 qt/lb to fit in G40. will need to sparge with 8 gallons...

NEED TO do water profile for this.

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~2021
rebrewed this for 2021. did not enter any contests or even bottle/can any. was on draft in the garage for several delicious months.

did not take any notes for the 2021 batch so i assume i pretty much brewed it the same.

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11/15/2020
won gold medal malty european lagers category in 2020 JRHB Dominion Cup.
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8/27/20
brewed last night. mostly went well. started with 12.5 gallons wort as planned but it easily boiled down to about 10-10.5 gallons. could collect more wort next time or boil softer. first gravity reading was 1.070 and i was at about 8 or 8.5 gallons after trub filtered out. topped up with tap water. chilled overnight in ferm chamber and pitched in the morning.

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8/26/20
brew day. tried to mess with water calculations a little. not really sure what to use for festbier/oktoberfest. playing with balanced profile. ran into the HCO chalk issue again, not sure how to fix. looks like i could make it work with "light colored and malty" profile. going to need 16 or more gallons mash/sparge water, might just run it with tap.

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8/21/2020
i think i am going to go for it with this thing. today adding some acidulated malt based on henrico guess profile to hit pH, hopefully i will remember to take a reading.
todo :
* what to do about head retention?
** adding .75lb carafoam for foam and head retention
*** https://beerandbrewing.com/d-lite-festbier-recipe/
* how much yeast?
** according to yeast calculator (depending on the mfg date) i need 4 packs plus a 4L 1.050 starter, pound and half of DME decanting, etc.. yikes! yeast alone would be like $35.
** alternatively, i have a lot of 34/70 from two batches that i could use...
** brulosophy compared german bock lager yeast with 34/70 and eventually could barely tell difference :
*** http://brulosophy.com/2016/07/21/yeast-comparison-saflager-w-3470-vs-wlp833-german-bock-lager-exbeeriment-results/
** im learning that 34/70 is equiv to WY2124 and WLP830 some say the white labs come out different.
** i think i might just keg the two lagers i have in chamber and rack the 10gal batch on top of the cakes...? or maybe half cakes? after some reading, seems about right. some say only 1/4 cake. at end of fermentation slurry contains about 6x cells. that is 600 billion per 5 gal batch. i need 717 billion for 10 gallons, so 358 billion per 5 gal bucket, divided by 600 = 0.58 so i need 58% of each of the yeast cakes.

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2/4/2020
todo :
* consider some crystal malt - no head retention...possibly some light munich

festbier flavors developed nicely however the beer was way too malty sweet probably because it was up over 7%abv. modifiying recipe down to 5.5% abv.

breakdown on previous recipe formulation :
* i kind of customized a lot. the original aha recipe is only remotely close. but it was designed for 5.8%. i probably just aimed higher than i should have and came out even higher than planned.
* hop adjustments - reduced the hop contribution a little bit to land in the middle of the IBU range but also adjustments to bump up the BU/GU ratio (0.38 previously, currently its at 0.48)
* i got to 1.010 with 85% attenuation. for the updated recipe this attenuation results in 1.007. id considered doing some crystal malt, but lets just do a 30 minute mash and see what that does.

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1/22/2020
just went into cold crash after 9 days at diacetyl based off of beer & brewing article. other places im seeing say only 2 days is needed. would prob benefit for more time in cold crash (if time is of essence). not sure if it hurts to have it at rest temp for longer tho.
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12/19/2019
i think i am going to retry this to have ready feb 1. took a pound off the grain bill to lower the abv to more standard level.

for fermentation and diacetyl rest strategy :
we are going out of town in a couple days so if i get this brew done before i leave, i will probably just let it go for 6 or 8 days at 50 then slowly raise it up to 55 when i get back. keep it there for another 3 days then cold crash until feb.

alternatively beer and brewing suggests something like this :
* 50deg for first 48 hours
* raise one degree each day for 10 days
* on day 11, allow temp to free rise to (warmest temp in brewery, but lets just say 70)
* 9 days later start the cold crash

i was considering cold crashing for only a couple days then moving to keg. ive read other places tho that it can benefit from sitting on that yeast cake all that time. on the other hand it would be nice to get it into a closed safe clean keg....???idk

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update 10/20/19
this beer is way off. i thought it was too malty sweet but i think it is actually diacetyl (or possibly DMS but diacetyl would make more sense) - i pitched the wort on top of oktoberfest yeast cake that had been sitting (in a covered bucket in cold ferm chamber, but...) for several days, maybe even a week. also i went away in the middle of fermentation and wasnt able to ease it up to diacetyl rest temperature properly accordinig to the schedule written out below. need to retry this with 1) proper fermentation schedule 2) fresh or uncontaminated yeast 3) try the original recipe? i think with no malt changes on my system it will still come out at 6%
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update 10/7/19
ugh looks like this will accidentally come out at 8%. fermented down farther than the average for this yeast. (avg 75% shouldve been 1.018 but its 1.011 at 85%) (i did pitch right onto the cake from oktoberfest so shouldve been a lot of cells). i brewed this first on a double brew day so the mash was sitting for the full 60 if not longer. i was actually away at gabf so didnt do the exact procedure below, but rather rest the chamber for on the morning of day 4 before i left town. on the morning of day 7 i measure 1.011 and turned the chamber back down to 35. consider diluting before kegging?
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basically took the recipe word for word. 90 minute boil because of the pilsner malt, will utilize that time for more IBUs with less hops via FWH. https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/pickelhaube-festbier/

for diacetyl rest, copied from virginia lager recipe :
going to do byo fast ferment approach janFeb2017. reread but start at 44-50 let fermentation go 50% then (remove the probe from the fermentor let it reach ambient temp then...?) raise temp 5 degrees every 12 hours til you get to 65-68. once you get 100% you can crank down to lager temp (<40) for 3-5 days then you done. this will take care of diacetyl rest and apparently gets the lager completely done in 2-3 weeks.

sources :
* https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/pickelhaube-festbier/
* https://beerandbrewing.com/make-your-best-oktoberfest/

Author:

Wolf Pack Brewing

Boil Size: 28.4 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 72

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 7 ° C

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 1.91 bar

Creation Date: 9/3/2021 1:26 AM

Notes: Double Decoction:

*Note: Pilsner Urquell uses a triple decoction method with an initial acid rest, but I use well enough modified malts and correct for pH already so the first of three decoctions is unnecessary. The decoction measurements below are ones I developed for an electric system and err on the side of caution, so they are the lower amounts needed to potentially reach the next temperature step and direct heat can be applied to compensate.*

Perform a protein rest at 125F for 15min, then pull off slightly less than 1/3 (1.16gal/4.4L) of the thickest mash and place it in a separate pot. Bring the pot slowly up to 158F and hold for 15min, then slowly bring it up to a boil and proceed to boil for 10min. Stir often so the grains do not burn, but try to allow some 'browning' to help darken the colour and enhance the flavour/aroma profiles. Add the decoction back to the 125F mash, little by little, aiming for a beta rest temperature of 148F. Hold this temperature for 30min while adding back any leftover decoction (if any) as it cools. After this has finished, pull off roughly 1/6 (0.7gal/2.6L) of the thickest mash a second time and place it in the separate pot. Slowly bring the pot up to a boil and continue to boil for 10min. Add the second decoction back to the mash, little by little, aiming for an alpha rest temperature of 158F. Hold this temperature for 30min while adding back any leftover decoction (if any) as it cools. Once this rest has finished, raise the temperature up to a mash out rest of 167F and hold for 10min. After the decoctions and mash out are finished proceed to sparge/lauter as usual.

No Decoction:

Instead of the labour intensive double decoction mash schedule you could:

- Substitute some of the pilsner malt for vienna and/or munich to add colour and depth.
- Include some melanoidin malt for a slight decoction 'feel'.
- Add some carapils malt (or your preferred alternative) for improved head retention.
- After which, just carry out a temperature/infusion mash schedule based on your preferences.

**This beer won a national silver medal at the Saskatoon Headhunters Competition (2017) and has consistently scored 40's at other national competitions.

***With the regular 3.5%AA Saaz the hop additions are 1.5oz @ 90min, 2oz @ 20min, 1oz @ 10min, 1oz @ 0min.

Author:

AnokaBrewer

Boil Size: 24.24 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 14.4 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/18/2021 7:07 PM

Notes: This was my first all grain that I did and then I repeated it with my neighbor's hops. It came out great and he wanted me to brew him a batch, so that is when I entered this into Brewers Friend.

This is my fifth time using this basic recipe. I only changed the recipe today to update the brand of the malt that I purchased.

The recipe is for 45 minute infusion mash at 154, but I ended up doing 60 minutes as well as a mash out for 10 minutes at 170 degrees. Hops are from a friend and a 50/50 blend of Centennial (9.5% aa) and Cascade (6% aa) estimated. These are leaf hops and each jar contains about 1.7 ounces of hops. Average 7.75% aa. I am also going to do a 60 minute boil rather than 90 minute.

Author:

prospero

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.2

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 50 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: 4.1 oz

Creation Date: 6/4/2019 2:51 PM

Notes: Keep mash pH at 5.6 and sparge water pH at 6.0.

Finalize water profile with Gypsum, Calcium Chloride, and Chalk, split between mash and boil, to take city water to desired water profile (Ca: 66; Mg: 30; Na: 48; S04: 56; Cl: 72; HCO3: 112).

Mash at 152° F for 90 minutes. Raise mash to 168° F and sparge out.

Fermentation:
Start cool at about 50°F, and hold there for the first forty-eight hours. For every day thereafter, increase your temperature by 1°F for ten days. After it’s been in the fermentor for twelve days, it should be at a steady 60°F. Activity in the airlock should be low (but not absent). Raise to 65'F for diacetyl cleanup for 3 days. After fermentation is complete (estimate 3 weeks) cold-crash to begin the clearing process.

Bottle conditioning:
Raise the temperature after bottling back to room temperature to encourage appropriate bottle fermentation, then place it in a dark, cold corner for at least six weeks.

Carb at 2.4 vols and let sit for another 4+ weeks to lager.

Author:

Reverence Barrel Works

Boil Size: 410 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 14.9

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 2.25

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/17/2019 3:28 AM

Notes:

Author:

Uncle Joe's Brewing

Boil Size: 12 Gallons

Boil Time: 30

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 62

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 62 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/30/2018 4:08 PM

Notes: This is a great Kolsch. I put it up against Love Street's Kolsch yesterday and both my wife and I prefer mine. I direct pitched with no starter. It took it's time getting started, but fully attenuated. I've already ordered a new kit, but plan to try a different yeast.

Author:

birankara

Boil Size: 24 Litres

Boil Time: 30

Boil Gravity: 1.034

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/13/2017 8:44 AM

Notes: Henüz denenmedi.

Author:

Zellner

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.33

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 52 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/21/2017 6:19 AM

Notes:

Author:

Norsk Malt

Boil Size: 2200 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.038

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 25 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/10/2016 9:54 AM

Notes: Tilsett gjærnæring i hht behov.

Author:

Outlaw Brews

Boil Size: 1 Litres

Boil Time: N/A

Boil Gravity: 1

Efficiency: 68

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: 3/29/2017 9:55 AM

Notes:

Author:

SonnyK85

Boil Size: 7.75 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 78

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 64 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/24/2017 6:45 PM

Notes: ** YEAST STARTER **

1. Approximately 3 days prior to Brewing, make 10% DME solution in Erlenmeyer Flask.

MFG Date: ___/___/______
Starter: _____ gm DME / _____ L (per MrMalty.com)

2. Apply Ice Bath until Temperature reaches ~70F.
3. Squeeze 1 packet of WLP300 into DME Solution.
4. Cover with Aluminum Foil + allow to "Ferment" for 18 hours.
5. Refrigerate for 48 hours prior to brewing.

** MASH **

PRE-HEAT MASH - 2 gal of Boiling Water
PRE-HEAT SPARGE - 2 gal of Boiling Water
(conduct Simultaneously)

Water Volume: 4.1 gallons for 1.5 lb/qt ratio.

1. Prior to heating HLT, check pH of tap water

pH: __________

2. STRIKE WATER: 165F.
3. Add Grains @ 163F.
4. Add 1mL of LA
5. Allow Temperature to fall to 152F prior to closing lid.
6. Check Mash pH ~15 minutes into Mash.

pH: __________

7. Total Mash Time: 60 minutes

FINAL MASH TEMP: __________F
FINAL MASH pH: __________

8. Add 1.3gal of Boiling Water at the end of Mash and stir into solution.
9. Begin Vorlauf!

** SPARGE **

1. Add 6gal of water + Kettle salts to Pot. Prior to heating, adjust pH to </= 6.0 with Lactic Acid

Lactic Acid addition: __________ mL
Final pH measurement: __________

2. Heat 5gal of Water to 175F. Add to Sparge Vessel.
3. Recirculate 4 times prior to collecting wort.
4. Attempt to Sparge over 30-40 minutes.

** BOIL **

1. Check Pre-Boil Gravity (goal: 1.041) + pH
** NOTE: Make sure to adjust for TEMPERATURE **

PRE-BOIL GRAVITY: __________ @ __________F

2. Adjust Gravity to Goal (1.041)

Adjusted Gravity: __________ (__________ @ __________ F)

PRE-BOIL pH: __________

3. Adjust Pre-Boil pH to: ~5.4 (+/- 0.1)

Final pH measurement: __________
Lactic Acid addition: __________ mL

3. Boil for 90 minutes (goal OG: 1.055)
4. Add Hallertau Hops @ 60 minutes.
5. Chill wort to ~70F after completion of Boil, then allow Ranco to adjust temp to goal Fermentation Temp.
6. Oxygenate Wort for 60s.
7. Pitch yeast after oxygenation.

ORIGINAL GRAVITY: ______________ (goal: 1.052)

** FERMENTATION **

1. Fermentation Temp: 65F
2. Ferment for ~7-10.

** PRIMING **
"carbonate to approximately 2.5-3 volumes CO2"

Author:

Sáez & Son

Boil Size: 22 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 10.8

Efficiency: 63

Mash Thickness: 4

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/28/2017 4:34 PM

Notes: Same recipe as P4#1 with Carafa III Special instead of Carafa II
Garafa III grined finer than rest
Firstwort hopping (removed 0.5L before boil for yeast dehydration. Removing during boil means removing some hops. Wort was boiled separately).
Preboil: 21.5l 12ºP
Beer apears almost black. Darker than #1. More than expected
Underpitched with dry yeast: 0.45M/ml/P (1 package, 11g)
Postboil: 18.5lit. 13ºP
Final volume in fermenter 16L
Final gravity 2.2-2.3P -> ABV 5.7%

-- P4 #1
Carafa II grind finer than CaraMunich & Pale Ale.
Firstwort hopping
Preboil: 22lit. 12ºP
Beer appears to be darker than recipe.
Postboil: 19lit. 13ºP
Bitterness: slightly above average (3.5/5bitterness)
Color: Dark, almost black
Underpitched with dry yeast: 0.45M/ml/P
Final Gravity: about 2.5ºP (picture) -> 5.7%
End of fermentation: Very light in aroma and a smooth bitterness (3/5biterness)

Author:

JohnnyAH

Boil Size: 26 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

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: 11/30/2016 5:26 PM

Notes:

Author:

gm

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: 1.25

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: 8/10/2016 2:46 PM

Notes:

Author:

Kev

Boil Size: 9.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: 1.6

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 62 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/26/2016 10:04 PM

Notes:

Author:

TimMillerHsv

Boil Size: 5.3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.063

Efficiency: 84

Mash Thickness: 1.4

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/15/2016 8:17 PM

Notes: The calculator says use a large (3 L, 11 oz light DME) starter, or 2 packs with a 2 L starter. Careful, these will blow off!

Not much Belgian yeast flavor/aroma character with WLP530. Alternative yeasts are WLP510, 550, etc.

Attenuation was 87%, ABV 9%. This gets lost in the syncing with the smartphone app.

Author:

Bottom Shelf

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 55

Mash Thickness: 2.4

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: 4/8/2016 4:20 PM

Notes:

Author:

supercasi

Boil Size: 70 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 85

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 12 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/3/2016 6:02 PM

Notes:
brewed 4.3.2016
OG: 1055 spot on