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Willie- Take Me To The River(black Double IPA)
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Specialty IPA: Black IPA
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36 Gallons |
19.216 |
4.812 |
7.95 |
63.1 |
34.7 °L
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925 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 40 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 17.4 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: 1.25 |
Sugar
Scale: Plato |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.25 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 11/8/2017 3:04 PM |
| Notes: |
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Saxo Blond
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Belgian Pale Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.062 |
1.012 |
6.61 |
18.76 |
4.46 °L
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925 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.056 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 2.7 |
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: 3/7/2022 4:43 PM |
| Notes: |
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West Of The Nest 12
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Belgian Dark Strong Ale
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90 Gallons |
1.087 |
1.021 |
8.73 |
31.39 |
13.23 °L
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925 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 92.85 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.085 |
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: 8/25/2021 6:08 AM |
Notes: Yeast:
Slurry from bottom of Westveteren 8 bottle grown up to slurry from 15 gallon batch.
Special Instructions / Notes:
Start inverting sugar right away. Afterwards, bring sugar and water to boil and boil down to thick dark syrup over course of 4 hours. Take first runnings of wort and boil to dark caramel. Add both back to main boil at 60 minute mark. |
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Chocolate Porter V2
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American Porter
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6 Gallons |
1.067 |
1.017 |
6.56 |
32.27 |
33.46 °L
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925 |
3 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.86 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.051 |
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: 2/9/2021 2:00 PM |
| Notes: |
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Sour Milkshake Ipa
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American IPA
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65 Gallons |
1.056 |
1.019 |
4.91 |
58.52 |
3.44 °L
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925 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 69.55 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.055 |
Efficiency: 75 |
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: 12/14/2020 7:08 PM |
| Notes: |
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Belgian Wit
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Witbier
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11 Gallons |
1.049 |
1.014 |
4.68 |
16.49 |
3.76 °L
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925 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 12.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.043 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 2 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 12.71 psi |
Creation
Date: 1/31/2020 9:27 PM |
| Notes: |
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Maryland Pete's Smoked Chipotle Porter
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American Porter
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5.5 Gallons |
1.065 |
1.016 |
6.38 |
46.59 |
32.56 °L
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925 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.059 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.81 |
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: 12/30/2019 11:48 PM |
Notes: Mash grains at 152° F for an hour or so. Bring up to 170 for 10 minutes and mash out.
Boil for 60 minutes.
Cut .5 oz dried chili peppers and soak in alcohol tincture for a few days. Pour into fermenter towards the end of the fermentation. |
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Alter Ego Session
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American IPA
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200 Litres |
1.046 |
1.015 |
4.08 |
26.58 |
5.3 °L
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925 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 215 Litres |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.043 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 2.4 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/1/2019 9:28 PM |
| Notes: |
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Jade IPA
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American IPA
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6.5 Gallons |
1.065 |
1.01 |
7.14 |
67.96 |
4.93 °L
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925 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 8 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.052 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 66 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 10.74 psi |
Creation
Date: 7/31/2019 1:10 AM |
| Notes: |
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Imperial Milk Stout
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American Stout
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5.25 Gallons |
1.074 |
1.018 |
7.28 |
43.7 |
43.02 °L
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925 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.06 |
Efficiency: 70 |
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: 4/3/2018 9:02 PM |
| Notes: |
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Poozy Porter
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American Porter
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23 Litres |
1.058 |
1.015 |
5.61 |
35.12 |
29.53 °L
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925 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 26 Litres |
Boil Time: 70 |
Boil Gravity: 1.051 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 3.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.0 |
Primary
Temp: 19 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 6/29/2016 10:44 AM |
| Notes: |
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Hop Your Life
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American IPA
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14.5 Gallons |
1.061 |
1.018 |
5.7 |
69.7 |
6.01 °L
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925 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 17 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.052 |
Efficiency: 70 |
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: 9/14/2017 12:43 PM |
| Notes: |
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Pumpkilla! Pumpkin Ale
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Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
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5.5 Gallons |
1.069 |
1.017 |
6.74 |
17.31 |
13.74 °L
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925 |
3 |
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| Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.054 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 75 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/27/2017 5:28 PM |
Notes: 2017:
Mash temp was 154º.
Boil was 90 minutes.
Spread one can of 100% pumpkin onto a pan lined with tin foil and baked for an hour at 350º.
Added 3 teaspoons of McCormick's pumpkin spice and half the baked pumpkin to the boil at knockout. Forgot to add the half pound of brown sugar. Cooled wort to 10º above pitching temp, and racked to primary. Left for a few hours, and pitched yeast when I got home.
Yeast used was Lallemand London ESB dry yeast.
Fermentation in the closet between 75-73º.
Fermentation began within a few hours of pitching yeast. 12 hours into pitching, fermentation was so strong I couldn't keep a stopper and blowoff tube on the fermenter.
By 48 hours, it appears that all fermentation has stopped, which is normal for this brand of yeast. It's best to add sugar to the kettle with this strain, which I forgot to do, so I'm hoping that it comes out okay.
Taste:
It tastes great! I'd like to tweak the recipe for 2018. Here's the feedback I've gotten so far: One friend said that it's the first pumpkin ale he's had where he can actually taste the pumpkin. It's a bit on the vegetabley side. Another friend said it's got a slight bit of a cider thing going on. My opinion is that it needs less pumpkin, and more body. Need to change the malt bill a little bit. Also I should consider sweetening it with a small amount of sugar in the keg before cold crashing.
Overall I'm happy with it. Friends enjoyed it and were coming back for seconds. I'm definitely in the ballpark with this one, but I'd like to continue to tweak the recipe.
Note: Add flaked oats next time. It needs more body
******************2018********************
By far the best Pumpkilla! yet. Nearly exactly what I wanted it to be. perfectly balanced, a good amount of sweetness, and a delicious taste with just the right amount of spices. The color was exactly what I think a pumpkin beer should look like.
This year, I changed the grain bill, the spices, and the pumpkin. The grain bill is as above. For the spices used 1 tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice that I got from a spice store in Sarasota while I was on vacation. Spice was added at knockout. Their website is: www.spiceandtea.com. In the interest of time, I thought this to be a good compromise between using McCormick's and making your own, and it worked out very well.
Instead of using canned pumpkin, this year I took a butternut squash and peeled it, cubed it, and drizzled it in molasses before baking it in the oven for an hour at 350º. I then added it to the mash.
The only things that can be improved with this recipe is to possibly add a touch more bittering hops, as it it slightly cloying (it is a pumpkin ale after all), and a touch of vanilla. Use beans, not extract. This was a very, very good beer. |
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The Blonde Doth Protest Too Much
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Belgian Blond Ale
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55 Litres |
1.062 |
1.008 |
7.05 |
26.64 |
6.05 °L
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925 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 46 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.074 |
Efficiency: 70 |
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: 7/21/2017 6:13 PM |
| Notes: |
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Cirtus Snape IPA (Lemon + Citra Dry Hop)
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American IPA
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8 Litres |
1.066 |
1.017 |
6.52 |
74.28 |
9.47 °L
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925 |
1 |
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Author:
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| Boil
Size: 11 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.048 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: 3.5 |
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: 2/5/2017 3:59 PM |
| Notes: |
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Split Belgian Abbey
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Belgian Dark Strong Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.069 |
1.012 |
7.56 |
32.33 |
20.3 °L
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925 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 75 |
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: 1/18/2017 2:20 AM |
| Notes: |
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Bruised Ego Black IPA
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Specialty IPA: Black IPA
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5.5 Gallons |
1.078 |
1.022 |
7.37 |
55.45 |
33.64 °L
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925 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.057 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 11/30/2016 1:43 AM |
| Notes: |
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Fezzik's Brute Squad Bier De Garde - V2
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Bière de Garde
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5.5 Gallons |
1.076 |
1.017 |
7.8 |
27.95 |
13 °L
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925 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.056 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 9/6/2016 7:43 PM |
| Notes: |
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Big Creek IPA
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American IPA
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5.5 Gallons |
1.065 |
1.012 |
6.97 |
65.39 |
9.37 °L
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925 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.055 |
Efficiency: 72 |
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: 8/28/2016 12:06 AM |
| Notes: |
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Red IPA
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Specialty IPA: Red IPA
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35 Litres |
1.047 |
1.008 |
5.14 |
10.69 |
15.08 °L
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925 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 40 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.041 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 2.5 |
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: 8/4/2016 3:19 PM |
| Notes: |
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