Mango Ipa
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American IPA
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5.5 Gallons |
1.088 |
1.029 |
7.73 |
102.64 |
5.76 °L
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724 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.065 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.5 |
Primary
Temp: 67 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/12/2017 12:57 AM |
Notes: At day 9 transfer onto 6 lbs mangoes. Let sit on fruit for 5 days
Add 4 granny Smith apples to the boil at 30 minute mark
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Blood Orange Gose
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Gueuze
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5.75 Gallons |
1.046 |
1.01 |
4.61 |
10.97 |
3 °L
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724 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 6.25 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 88 |
Mash Thickness: 2 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 69 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 11.66 psi |
Creation
Date: 11/6/2021 2:08 AM |
Notes: Kettle sour to aprox pH 3.4
Add blood orange juice near end of active fermentation
Add sea salt at kegging
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Cab Sauv 2
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Roggenbier
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6 Gallons |
1.08 |
1.017 |
8.27 |
27.13 |
24.4 °L
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724 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 8 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.06 |
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: 10/7/2021 1:22 AM |
Notes: |
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Firestone Union Jack - WC IPA W/ EC Twist (V-Day)
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American IPA
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6 Gallons |
1.066 |
1.013 |
6.99 |
40.5 |
6.27 °L
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724 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 7.18 Gallons |
Boil Time: 40 |
Boil Gravity: 1.061 |
Efficiency: 72 |
Mash Thickness: 1.55 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: sucrose |
Priming Amount: 3.3 oz |
Creation
Date: 3/26/2021 3:29 PM |
Notes: Trying to use the Hoprocket one more time with leaf hops to see if I have better luck. Not impressed so far with pellet hops and rice hulls. Maybe running it backwards like David Heath will actually make it more effective for pellets.
The number of people who really liked this one surprised me. |
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The Sustenance (BBB "The Substance" Clone)
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American IPA
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5.5 Gallons |
1.06 |
1.009 |
6.63 |
62.79 |
3.81 °L
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724 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.053 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.0 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/27/2020 12:58 AM |
Notes: What is First Wort Hopping?
First wort hopping (FWH) is when you add a large portion of the finishing hops to the boil kettle as the wort is transferred from the mash or lauter tun. As the boil kettle fills up, the hops steep in the wort and release those important oils and resins.
Normally, the aromatic oils are insoluble and evaporate during the boil. However, by letting the hops steep in the wort before the boil, the oils have more time to oxidize to more soluble compounds, which means there’s a greater chance those oils are kept in the beer during the boil and deliver additional hop complexity in the finished product.
Who Discovered First Wort Hopping?
It’s entirely possible FWH was discovered by accident. A brewer wanted to try something new and tossed hops into the kettle before the boil later realizing there was a flavor change in the finished beer. Even if this isn’t the case, isn’t it more interesting to believe in the myth?
First wort hopping was common practice around the turn of the 20th century to increase hop utilization. At some point in the mid-20th century, the practice was more or less discontinued. However, in 1995 Brauwelt magazine (Germany) reported on the “rediscovery of first wort hopping” research focusing on pilsner style beer and finding the process resulted in beers with finer hop aroma.
The report documented many German breweries that implemented FWH. In the past, brewers in England and Belgium also added hops before boiling. The research experiment was carried out in two German production lager breweries. Both breweries made two versions of Pilsner in very similar manners, including yeast pitching rates, brewing water, malt lots and using Type 45 pellets.
The Experiment
A portion of the late kettle hops (Tettnanger and Saaz) were added to first runnings in the kettle and were allowed to stay with the brew throughout the entire boil. The late hop/aroma addition was omitted.
At Brewery A, the first wort hopping addition of Tettnanger and Saaz hops amounted to 34% of the total hop weight. At Brewery B, which used only Tettnanger, it was 53% of the total hop weight. In both resulting beers the first wort hopped beer had more IBUs than the non-first wort hopped beer, 39.6 to 37.9 at Brewery A and 32.8 to 27.2 at Brewery B.
Lager Brewery IBU of FWH Beer IBU of Non-FWH Beer
Brewery A 39.6 IBUs 37.9 IBUs
Brewery B 32.8 IBUs 27.2 IBUs
Despite increased bitterness, the panelists described the first wort hopped beers as more pleasant tasting and overwhelmingly preferred them, creating a more harmonic beer and uniform bitterness when compared to the conventionally hopped beer. Further analysis indicated the conventionally hopped beers contained a higher level of hop aroma substances, but panelists nonetheless described the FWH beers as having a very fine and rounded hop aroma and rounded hop flavor.
The authors of the study recommended that first wort hopping contain at least 30% of the total hop addition, preferably using the later aroma additions. The overall alpha acid quantity shouldn’t be reduced because the results of the tasting showed that the bitterness of the first wort hopped beers is regarded as very good and very mild. A reduction of the hop quantity could result in weakened bitterness, too.
How To Do First Wort Hopping
First wort hopping is practiced by a number of craft brewers and homebrewers and is applied to a full range of styles both ales and lagers. It’s best suited for beers that call for noble hops and isn’t suited for beers that want volatile hop oil presence or fruity hop aroma; in fact, first wort hopping actually works against developing those hop characteristics.
Mash Hopping
Many people confuse ‘First Wort Hopping’ and ‘Mash Hopping’ as one in the same. Mash hopping is actually the process of adding hops to your mash tun during the mash rest.
Unlike FWH, hops added to the mash undergo little to no hop isomerization in the tun.
To do first wort hopping, add a substantial portion of the hop bill (30-50%) to the kettle as you transfer wort from the lauter tun. The hops steep in the wort for the entire runoff and remain in the wort for the duration of the boil.
Make sure to use low alpha acid hops that are normally scheduled as the final aroma/flavor additions because isomerization begins at temperatures below boiling; more hops in the wort longer during the boil causes the total bitterness of the beer to increase, although the amount is subtle because the hops are low in alpha acid. First wort hopping takes advantage of higher pre-boiled wort pH levels, which allows for higher isomerization.
The reason craft brewers and homebrewers use first wort hopping is because it can change your beer’s hop profile, which is more easily noticed in moderately hopped beers. However, many brewers will tell you those pre-boil additions result in subtle notes that will be noticed in even hop-intense beers. The new hop flavors aren’t easily defined, and the chemistry behind first wort hopping isn’t fully understood, but normally an adjustment of 10% is added to the calculated bitterness in IBUs. |
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Batch 89 Rauchbier
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Classic Style Smoked Beer
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5 Gallons |
1.052 |
1.013 |
5.14 |
72.17 |
5.78 °L
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724 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 6.25 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 59 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 58 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 12/29/2019 12:53 AM |
Notes: I used the yeast from a prior batch of beer. I pitched the yeast slurry in from a primary rather than just putting this beer on top of all the trub and old yeast cells.
I brought the temperature up to 154 degrees and then added grain. I mashed it for 55 minutes with the recirculation pump going and stirred it once during the mash. I went 10 minutes long as I had to bring strike water up a little.
I used 2.5 gallons of sparge water. It was 178.0 degrees when I started. This brought it to 6 gallons in the brewer so I lost about 1 gallon of water to the grain.
Reading at the start of boil was 1.042 in refractometer. It jumped up to 1.050 when it cooled in the pipet. According to website, 1.042 at 159 degrees should be 1.060. https://www.brewersfriend.com/hydrometer-temp/
I added some fermcap to the Robobrew. 1st edition of hops was 30 minutes into boil and was a 1.5 packs of Hallertau Blanc Aroma hops. I used my Hop Spider for the hops. I read online to dip it up and down a few times during the boil so I did that.
Second addition of hops was 75 minutes in. I also added a teaspoon of Irish Moss to the hop spider and put in my chiller.
Looks like about 5 gallons in the RoboBrew after boiling. When I added it to the yeast in the fermenter, it was close to 5 gallons and I only added 1 quart of water and shook it up and took a reading.
Initial Gravity is 1.052 @ 72 degrees F. Potential Alcohol is 6.4%.
29 December 2019, 1230 – Temperature is down to 60 degrees and some sign of fermentation going on. A small krausen forming on top.
30 December 2019, 0730 – Temperature is 58 degrees. Rapid fermentation and krausen on top.
23 January 2020 – temperature is 56 degrees. I am putting it in a keg and putting the keg in the refrigerator. I did bleed off the air on top with a little CO2, but pulled the pressure relief valve before putting it in the refrigerator. I will force carbonate it after I wake up to give it a diacetyl rest. I read that carbonating too soon after moving to a keg can give a flavor of buttered popcorn. https://www.brewcabin.com/force-carbonation/
Final Gravity is 1.016 @ 56 degrees F. Potential Alcohol is 2%. Total alcohol is 6.4-2.0=4.4%.
I force carbonated with CO2 at 20 psi for 3 days at a temperature of 38 degrees. The beer is good and has a smokey, bacon flavor to it. |
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Resilience IPA
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American IPA
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5.5 Gallons |
1.064 |
1.011 |
6.88 |
73.7 |
10.52 °L
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724 |
1 |
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Author:
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thunderwagn
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Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.047 |
Efficiency: 78 |
Mash Thickness: 1.75 |
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: 11/30/2018 3:14 AM |
Notes: |
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Pliny The Toddler
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American IPA
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20.8 Litres |
1.043 |
1.01 |
4.38 |
68.75 |
3.81 °L
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724 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 28.4 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.031 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 3.1 |
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: 10/20/2018 6:05 AM |
Notes: |
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BF American IPA #1
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American IPA
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20 Litres |
1.067 |
1.012 |
7.16 |
52.22 |
7.69 °L
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724 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 24 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.056 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 3 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 19 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/29/2018 12:03 PM |
Notes: |
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Janet's Brew
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American IPA
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4 Gallons |
1.057 |
1.003 |
7.1 |
98.48 |
9.91 °L
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724 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 6 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.043 |
Efficiency: 48 |
Mash Thickness: 5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 64 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 3/7/2018 9:24 PM |
Notes: 2 oz citra
1oz galaxy dry hop |
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Pogonip Saison
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Witbier
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17 Gallons |
1.054 |
1.01 |
5.88 |
29.58 |
4.8 °L
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724 |
1 |
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Author:
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Neven Brewhouse
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Boil
Size: 19.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.047 |
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: 3/8/2016 4:07 AM |
Notes: Heat strike water to 154 F.
Rest the mash at 148 F for 60 minutes. Heat the mash to
170 F over the next 30 mins. Total mash time should be roughly 90 minutes.
Rinse the grain with 170 F water from the HLT.
Boil 60 minutes and follow the scheduled hop additions.
Carbonate between 2 and 3 volumes. |
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Black Rye IPA
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Specialty IPA: Black IPA
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5.5 Gallons |
1.086 |
1.015 |
9.24 |
54.74 |
36.25 °L
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724 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.063 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: 1.25 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.5 |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/2/2017 5:57 PM |
Notes: |
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House IPA (always On)
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American IPA
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5.5 Gallons |
1.063 |
1.01 |
6.88 |
60.2 |
9.82 °L
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724 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 75 |
Boil Gravity: 1.046 |
Efficiency: 70 |
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: 6/17/2017 4:30 AM |
Notes: Ferment for 18 days at 66 degrees. Diecytl rest at 170 after high krausen subsides. Dry hop for 14 days then crash to 34 degrees, add biotin and rack to keg.
*UPDATE: made this twice now, and it is officially my go-to standard IPA. Great body, hops add a citrus and mild herbiness, nice malt sweetness from the crystal. |
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The Big Boy IPA
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American IPA
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10 Gallons |
1.071 |
1.012 |
7.72 |
75.37 |
8.7 °L
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724 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 12 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.059 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 72 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 11/7/2016 1:04 AM |
Notes: The first hops at 90 min where FWH and boiled for 60 mins. But i put at 90 min based on what i have read so that it would give me the IBUs that it would be close to.
O min hops are flame out and hopped for 10 mins.
Yeast is washed SO5 from another IPA. |
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Belgian Ipa
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Specialty IPA: Belgian IPA
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6.5 Gallons |
1.062 |
1.014 |
6.3 |
82.33 |
6.63 °L
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724 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 8 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.051 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.4 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 71 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/31/2016 2:52 AM |
Notes: |
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Red Rye Pale Ale
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Specialty IPA: Rye IPA
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6 Gallons |
1.059 |
1.017 |
5.45 |
55.95 |
9.4 °L
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724 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.047 |
Efficiency: 53 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 6/14/2016 5:17 PM |
Notes: |
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Sageson
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Saison
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5.5 Gallons |
1.055 |
1.013 |
5.52 |
31.59 |
9.66 °L
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724 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 6.75 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.044 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.4 |
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: 5/16/2016 3:28 PM |
Notes: |
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IPA
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American IPA
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400 Litres |
1.058 |
1.011 |
6.11 |
55.3 |
7.3 °L
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724 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 473.5 Litres |
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: 19 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/7/2016 8:00 PM |
Notes: |
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Hoppy Wheat
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Specialty IPA: White IPA
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5.5 Gallons |
1.052 |
1.013 |
5.08 |
44.25 |
4.66 °L
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724 |
1 |
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Author:
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herrmannbrau@gmail.com
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Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.038 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.25 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/5/2016 1:27 AM |
Notes: |
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Big McLargeHuge
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American Barleywine
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5.5 Gallons |
1.101 |
1.021 |
10.51 |
96.81 |
9.25 °L
|
724 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 9 Gallons |
Boil Time: 180 |
Boil Gravity: 1.062 |
Efficiency: 76 |
Mash Thickness: 1.25 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.0 |
Primary
Temp: 66 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/16/2016 1:28 AM |
Notes: |
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