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Author:

srfkatz

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.098

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 64 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/15/2015 1:12 AM

Notes: ONE MONTH PRIMARY
THREE MONTHS SECONDARY WITH BOURBON CHIPS
TREAT WORT WITH YEAST NUTRIENT
AIREATE

Author:

Boil Size: 4.82 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.75

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 64 ° F

Priming Method: dextrose

Priming Amount: 136 g

Creation Date: 1/8/2025 11:48 PM

Notes: Specifications: (from the original 5.5 gal recipe)

Yield: 5.5 U.S gallons (20.82 L)
Original Gravity: 1.059 (14.5° P)*
Final Gravity: 1.006 (1.5° P)
ABV: 8.5 , IBU: 30 , SRM: 3 , Boil Time: 60 minutes, Efficiency: 75%

Directions: (from the original 5.5 gal recipe)

*Note on the Original Gravity: 1.059 (14.5° P) with kettle addition of sugar, 1.066 (16.25° P) with primary addition of sugar, 1.070 (17° P) with priming sugar. Using reverse osmosis water treated with 1 gram calcium sulfate per gallon (0.26 g/liter), mash grains at 147° F (64° C) for 60 minutes. Raise to 151° F (66° C) and hold another 30 minutes. Mash out at 168° F (76° C) for 10 minutes. Collect wort and boil for 60 minutes, adding 1 lb. dextrose to kettle for 15 minutes before knockout. Chill to 64° F (18° C) and oxygenate wort. Pitch active yeast starter. A day after high kräusen is reached (usually 3 to 4 days from pitching) add 12 oz (340 g) dextrose to just enough water to dissolve. Boil the solution 10 minutes, cool briefly and add it directly to primary. Allow primary temperature to rise from 64° F to 78°F (26° C), applying heat if necessary. When final gravity is reached, usually after about 8 days, add (or rack onto) gelatin fining solution and crash to 32° F (0° C). Hold at this temperature for 21 days. Rack clear beer and blend thoroughly with a solution of 8 oz (227 g) dextrose and a dose of fresh yeast (an active starter of the Belgian Golden strain, or properly rehydrated Champagne dry yeast). Bottle in sturdy brown bottles. Keep bottles at 75° F (24° C) for two weeks to allow for carbonation. Chill a bottle and verify carbonation has reached around 4 volumes. If this is the case, cold-store remaining bottles for six weeks at 40° F (4° C) to allow beer to smooth out and mellow.

EDIT:
Adjusted grain bill for reduced brewhouse efficiency of 70%.

Author:

brewer@home

Boil Size: 60 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 2.2

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/21/2024 1:50 AM

Notes: The corn addition was actually cornflour (cornstarch) which is flavourless but dries the beer out very nicely for a super dry finish.

Author:

Zbychu

Boil Size: 26.77 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 11.3

Efficiency: 77

Mash Thickness: 3.65

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: sucrose

Priming Amount: 95.6 g

Creation Date: 9/8/2022 1:09 PM

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Author:

Borthbrew

Boil Size: 9.25 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/18/2017 3:47 PM

Notes: 4 packs Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale liquid yeast (or an appropriate starter*)

Add 500mg potassium metabisulphite to 20 gallons water to remove chlorine/chloramine (as required).
Water treated with brewing salts to: Ca=51, Mg=10, Na=16, Cl=71, S04=71
(Keeping the Cl:S04 ratio even for a balance between malt and bitterness, hitting the minimums on Ca and Mg).

Grind the roasted barley fine (I use a setting of 10) and add it after the 90 minute mash rest is complete. This avoids lowering the mash pH too far and reduces the chance of astringency which can occur from over-steeping highly roasted grains. Once the 90 minute mash is over, stop the mash pump, add the roasted barley, and give it a good stir to mix it into the existing grain bed. You need to stir well as otherwise the fine layer of powdery roasted barley on top may stop the flow. Start the mash pump again and continue with your mashout. The wort will be cloudy again but it will clear as the grain bed rises to mashout temperature over 20-30 minutes.

Try and use the recommended White Labs WLP-004 or Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale yeasts. While something like Fermentis Safale US-05 (American Ale / Chico) yeast can be substituted and works well, it's just not the same as it's a bit too clean fermenting and lacks some of the complexity.

Serve this beer with fairly low carbonation (the lower the better in my humble opinion, or even better, as a cask ale). If you have the means to serve it through a beer engine with no extra carbonation at all other than residuals left over from fermentation, do it! I think you'll really enjoy the difference. I serve mine on a stout faucet pushed by 30/70 C02/Nitrogen blend to get a nice creamy head and close to flat beer, exactly how Guinness is served on tap. One cheap and inexpensive way to (sort of) mimic this is to use a syringe. Pour the beer as you would normally and then suck up a syringe full and force it back into the beer, hard. Repeat 2-3 times and you'll knock most of the C02 out of solution leaving a nearly flat beer with a creamy head. Over carbonation destroys a lot of the subtleties of this beer. Don't over carbonate!

add 88% lactic acid to the beer after fermentation is done, before kegging. This is said to be what Guinness does today because it's cheaper, easier, and more efficient than relying on bacteria. All is takes is around 3-4 ml per 5 gallon keg. Go sparingly adding 0.5 ml at a time until the taste is to your liking. You can also use this method to do a trial run to see if you like the results: Once the beer is kegged and on tap, add 1-2 drops with an eye dropper to a 16 oz glass of beer and see what you think. 1 drop per 16 oz is equivalent to 2 ml in 5 gallons. Careful not to overdo it!

Author:

Caoimhin

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 68.2

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: 5/7/2017 1:27 AM

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Author:

kiwifirst

Boil Size: 30 Litres

Boil Time: 40

Boil Gravity: 1.037

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 3.46

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/21/2017 6:16 AM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.08

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 64 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/11/2016 7:48 PM

Notes:

Author:

Fiftyohm

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.062

Efficiency: 78

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: dextrose

Priming Amount: 4.5 oz

Creation Date: 10/25/2016 11:38 PM

Notes: This is a single-hopped double IPA. (It's pretty much a SMASH ale.) I love single-hopped IPAs where you can really get the character of the hop - and Challenger is an excellent dual-purpose hop. It's a big beer, obviously, and after many, many brews and experimentation now, it's become a neighborhood favorite.

I cask-condition it, and serve it through an Angram engine at about 55 degrees F cellar temp.

The HMS Challenger is one of my best beers. (And when my buds come by expecting to quaff four or five 20 oz. pints, they only try once!)

All the malt carries the bitterness very well. There is some residual sweetness on the palate, with a creamy mouth-feel from service through the beer engine. Only a relatively small amount of crystal is used, (it is an IPA after all), with just a touch of wheat for head retention.

Author:

lukenukem

Boil Size: 18 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 80

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: 4/29/2016 8:01 PM

Notes:

Author:

Brian_T_Shako

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.056

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.2

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: 5.6 oz

Creation Date: 2/21/2015 3:09 PM

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Author:

FloydGondoli

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.055

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.3

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: 11/24/2015 9:52 PM

Notes:

Author:

HoffNZ

Boil Size: 30 Litres

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: 22 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/8/2015 3:08 AM

Notes:

Author:

pointofview

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 69

Mash Thickness: 1

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: 8/3/2015 12:26 PM

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Author:

Artisan Brewers

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.038

Efficiency: 78

Mash Thickness: 2.7

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: 7/29/2015 8:18 AM

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Author:

caribbeanbrewing

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.057

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: 7/14/2015 3:14 PM

Notes:

Author:

kossak

Boil Size: 120 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 21 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/2/2015 5:27 PM

Notes:

Author:

McHugh and Rogers brewers

Boil Size: 30 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 70

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: 5/9/2015 7:37 AM

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Author:

SF

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.084

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.3

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: 4/23/2015 2:30 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.065

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/28/2015 3:47 PM

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