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The Blackness
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Imperial Stout
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6 Gallons |
1.103 |
1.025 |
10.26 |
70.92 |
50 °L
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992 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 9 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.069 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.25 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 66 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 3/28/2016 5:09 AM |
Notes: The goal is to brew an imperial stout that will improve with age so I can brew it every year and start piling up a few years worth.
Things I've tried to far:
1. 2# roasted barley and 2# of chocolate malt: this ended up being a little too roasty. Like badly burnt coffee. I decided to drop it down to 1.5# each.
2. Vanilla: this was good, took the edge off of the aggressive roastiness.
3. Tanka Beans: interesting flavor, but not great in an imperial stout. I'm thinking it would be good in a nut brown ale. It just seemed out of place with the roastiness.
4. Cocoa nibs: good but I did not use enough.
5. Malted oats as part of the base: did not come through in the flavor at all. going to skip this moving forward.
6. Add enough corn sugar to get it up to 13% abv: doesn't seem to have improved it. going to skip this moving forward.
Next time:
- otter base malt, 1.5# each roasted barley and chocolate malt, special b instead of normal crystal malt, vanilla and cocoa nibs in half of it.
random ideas of stuff to try:
-I'd like to try a mexican chocolate version where I use some kind of chili pepper, some cinnamon, anise etc...
-A beligan version might be good. Back the roasted malt off some, add some candi syrup and use belgian yeast. maybe throw in some plums or berries etc... for good measure.
-It would be interesting to see what happens with like a year on oak. I might brew this twice in a row and stick one of them in the back of my closet with some oak cubes for a year. |
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IPA Famous Sinaloa
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American IPA
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5 Litres |
1.192 |
1.038 |
20.22 |
80.92 |
34.76 °L
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992 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 22 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.044 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
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: 9/10/2016 10:38 PM |
| Notes: |
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Brewdog Black Tokyo Horizon
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Imperial Stout
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20 Litres |
1.159 |
1.028 |
17.24 |
74.34 |
50 °L
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992 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 25 Litres |
Boil Time: 120 |
Boil Gravity: 1.128 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 21 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/1/2017 5:58 AM |
| Notes: |
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RIS Repair
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English Barleywine
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3 Gallons |
1.126 |
1.04 |
11.27 |
55.84 |
28.04 °L
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992 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 4.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.084 |
Efficiency: 77 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 2.0 |
Primary
Temp: 53 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 9/1/2017 4:03 PM |
Notes: This to be blended into the beer Big Lake Finest Motor Oil to reduce the roast flavor and bring up the sweetness.
Pitch 3 packs of rehydrated yeast. |
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GIBCS 11 (Blended With #12)
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Wood-Aged Beer
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3 Gallons |
1.146 |
1.032 |
14.99 |
49.47 |
50 °L
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992 |
1 |
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Author:
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AGbrewer
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| Boil
Size: 6.6 Gallons |
Boil Time: 180 |
Boil Gravity: 1.071 |
Efficiency: 77 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 62 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 11/21/2020 9:13 PM |
Notes: 4 liter starter. Decant the day of brewing and make a 500 mL starter just to wake the yeast up and dump it all into the fermenter.
Let it sit on the yeast cake for about three weeks before cold crashing for 5 days with gelatin.
Transfer to secondary after the cold crash and add whiskey soaked barrel chips or #3 char oak spirals.
Give it a taste after a couple of weeks and if it's good proceed to bottling with a pinch of CBC yeast in each bottle. Do not try to add the yeast into the bottling bucket, it does not typically make it into the bottles when you do that. |
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Rochefort 10 Clone
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Belgian Dark Strong Ale
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19 Litres |
1.089 |
1.009 |
10.43 |
27.69 |
21.14 °L
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992 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 22 Litres |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.059 |
Efficiency: 74 |
Mash Thickness: 2.75 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 22 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 11/24/2018 12:25 PM |
Notes: The FG of Rochefort 10 is no higher than 1.011.
The OG provided by malt/starch should be around 1.07.
This can only be reached by using high amounts of sugar.
Add nutrients for the yeast given the proportion of sugar. |
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Hoppy Pilsner
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International Pale Lager
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25 Litres |
1.046 |
1.009 |
4.8 |
36.86 |
3.31 °L
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991 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 30 Litres |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.038 |
Efficiency: 78 |
Mash Thickness: 3.3 |
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: 10/10/2018 1:04 PM |
| Notes: |
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Lite Lager (Miller Lite Clone)
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American Light Lager
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10 Gallons |
1.039 |
1.008 |
4.13 |
9.55 |
2.53 °L
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991 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 14 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.028 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.25 |
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: 6/22/2023 3:52 PM |
| Notes: |
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Alstadt Lager
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Munich Helles
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5.5 Gallons |
1.047 |
1.01 |
4.8 |
20.69 |
3.48 °L
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991 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.086 |
Efficiency: 77 |
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: 9.92 psi |
Creation
Date: 4/10/2023 7:32 PM |
Notes: Batch size: 5 gallons (19 liters)
Brewhouse efficiency: 72%
OG: 1.045
FG: 1.008
IBUs: 20
ABV: 4.8%
MALT/GRAIN BILL (Adjusted in this recipe to hit target ABV and IBU
7.1 lb (3.2 kg) Weyermann Pilsner
13 oz (369 g) Weyermann Carafoam
7 oz (198 g) Weyermann Carahell
HOPS SCHEDULE
0.23 oz (7 g) of Hallertauer Magnum at 60 minutes [12 IBUs]
0.3 oz (9 g) Tettnanger at 45 minutes [4 IBUs]
0.2 oz (6 g) Hallertauer Mittelfrüh at 45 minutes [2 IBUs]
0.2 oz (6 g) Tettnanger at 10 minutes [1 IBU]
0.2 oz (6 g) Hallertauer Mittelfrüh at 10 minutes [1 IBU]
YEAST
Wyeast 2124 Bohemian Lager
DIRECTIONS
Mill the grains and conduct a multistep mash: Mash in at 122°F (50°C), rest 10 minutes; raise to 144°F (62°C), rest 40 minutes; raise to 154°F (68°C), rest 10 minutes; raise to 170°F (77°C) and mash out.
Recirculate until your runnings are clear, then run off into the kettle. Sparge and top up as necessary to get about 6 gallons (23 liters) of wort—or more, depending on your evaporation rate. Boil for 90 minutes, adding hops according to the schedule.
After the boil, chill the wort to slightly below fermentation temperature, about 48°F (9°C). Aerate well and pitch plenty of healthy yeast. Ferment at 50°F (10°C). When primary fermentation is complete and the gravity has stabilized, allow the temperature to rise to 55°F (13°C) and hold for a 72-hour diacetyl rest, then crash to 32°F (0°C) and lager for 5 weeks. Package and carbonate to about 2.7 volumes of CO2.
BREWER’S NOTES
Water: Choose calcium chloride over gypsum and target a mash pH of 5.4.
Ingredients: If German malt is hard to get, the American counterparts—though not authentic to the style—can fill in beautifully. For the bittering addition, any high-alpha German hop variety will do.
Mash: If a multistep mash is not an option, mash in at 144°F (62°C) and rest 50 minutes for a lighter body and drier finish, or mash in at 152°F (67°C) and rest 50 minutes for a slightly rounder body and finish. |
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Moston Dragon
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Best Bitter
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23 Litres |
1.04 |
1.01 |
3.95 |
32.28 |
7.99 °L
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991 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 28.69 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.035 |
Efficiency: 75 |
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: 10/30/2022 9:45 PM |
| Notes: |
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Czech Dark Lager
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Czech Dark Lager
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17 Litres |
1.049 |
1.014 |
4.56 |
28.5537 |
26.37 °L
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991 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 23 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: N/A |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: 2.5 |
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: 9/13/2022 11:12 AM |
| Notes: |
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Akorn Pale Ale
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American Pale Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.054 |
1.016 |
5.04 |
32.13 |
3.83 °L
|
991 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.25 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.043 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: sucrose |
Priming Amount: 4.8 oz |
Creation
Date: 4/22/2021 2:24 AM |
| Notes: |
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Early Riser Sour
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Fruit Beer
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2.5 Gallons |
1.044 |
1.013 |
4.11 |
0 |
3.76 °L
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991 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 3.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.034 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.25 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 74 ° F |
Priming Method: dextrose |
Priming Amount: 3.5 oz |
Creation
Date: 10/26/2020 12:47 PM |
Notes: After sparge boil 5 minutes then drop to 90 degrees, add lactic to hit PH 4.5 - 5
Pitch Goodbelly and cover - Hold at 80 degrees 12-24 hours till PH is 3.2 / 3.6
Once PH is reached boil 60 minutes
Fruit additions
Pineapple 16 oz
Blueberries 10 oz
Blended and thrown in pressure cooker for 5 minutes
Condition on fruit 5 days after FG is reached
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Pookie's English Porter
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English Porter
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4.25 Gallons |
1.048 |
1.013 |
4.64 |
29.26 |
23.03 °L
|
991 |
0 |
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Author:
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| Boil
Size: 4.8 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 78.8 |
Mash Thickness: 2 |
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: 12/16/2018 8:44 PM |
| Notes: |
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Two-Bit Pale Ale
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Blonde Ale
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3.5 Gallons |
1.035 |
1.007 |
3.64 |
31.43 |
5.64 °L
|
991 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 4.29 Gallons |
Boil Time: 30 |
Boil Gravity: 1.028 |
Efficiency: 69 |
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: 7/29/2015 3:49 AM |
| Notes: Simple but tasty APA. Was designed as a brew my family could enjoy. Can brew this for about a quarter a bottle. |
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Mama's Milk
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Sweet Stout
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7 Gallons |
1.064 |
1.03 |
4.45 |
42.5 |
35.06 °L
|
991 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 9 Gallons |
Boil Time: 85 |
Boil Gravity: 1.05 |
Efficiency: 75 |
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: 9/12/2018 6:21 AM |
| Notes: |
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Belgian Table Beer
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No Profile Selected |
5 Gallons |
1.038 |
1.007 |
4.07 |
18.47 |
3.61 °L
|
991 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.027 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 2/9/2017 8:50 PM |
| Notes: |
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Kiwi Berry Wheat Ale
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Witbier
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5.7 Gallons |
1.046 |
1.011 |
4.58 |
13.3 |
3.58 °L
|
991 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 4 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.061 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/11/2016 8:56 PM |
| Notes: "One man's extreme fermentation is another man's afternoon snack" ~ Garfield Brewery |
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Galaxy Hopped Pale Ale
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British Golden Ale
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23 Litres |
1.044 |
1.01 |
4.5 |
50.19 |
4.06 °L
|
991 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 28.5 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.036 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: bulk |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/27/2016 12:38 AM |
| Notes: |
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Blue Falcon American IPA
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American Pale Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.027 |
1.006 |
2.69 |
89.72 |
9.6 °L
|
991 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.02 |
Efficiency: 35 |
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: 12/4/2015 8:54 PM |
| Notes: |
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