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Super Milk Boy +
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Russian Imperial Stout
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2000 Litres |
1.108 |
1.027 |
10.64 |
80.14 |
38.44 °L
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874 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 2200 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.098 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: 2.3 |
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: 5/4/2018 8:48 PM |
| Notes: |
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West Coast Pale Ale
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American Pale Ale
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42 Litres |
1.046 |
1.008 |
4.96 |
45.55 |
8.73 °L
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874 |
2 |
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| Boil
Size: 45.81 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 3 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 3.56 bar |
Creation
Date: 11/17/2021 9:02 PM |
| Notes: |
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Quickchange XPA 300L
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American Pale Ale
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300 Litres |
1.053 |
1.01 |
5.72 |
49.81 |
3.9 °L
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874 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 307 Litres |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.052 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: 3 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.5 |
Primary
Temp: 18 ° C |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 3.52 bar |
Creation
Date: 7/28/2021 11:44 PM |
| Notes: |
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Belhaven Scottish Ale
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Scottish Light 60/-
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19 Litres |
1.038 |
1.011 |
3.5 |
28.3 |
22.45 °L
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874 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 25.18 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.029 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 7.2 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 15 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 7/20/2021 9:15 AM |
| Notes: |
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Rob's Twisted Stout
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Dry Stout
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21 Litres |
1.048 |
1.016 |
4.26 |
55.72 |
25.09 °L
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874 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 28 Litres |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.04 |
Efficiency: 70 |
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: 3/17/2021 7:38 PM |
| Notes: |
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Oatmeal Stout
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Oatmeal Stout
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5 Gallons |
1.065 |
1.017 |
6.31 |
664.2 |
39.47 °L
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874 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.059 |
Efficiency: 68 |
Mash Thickness: 2.277 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: dextrose |
Priming Amount: 4 oz |
Creation
Date: 11/19/2020 11:54 PM |
| Notes: |
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Baltic Porter
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Baltic Porter
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40 Litres |
1.078 |
1.022 |
7.43 |
19.03 |
50 °L
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874 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 49 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.064 |
Efficiency: 59 |
Mash Thickness: 2.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.5 |
Primary
Temp: 10 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 6/14/2020 4:46 AM |
Notes: Strike water 27.5 litres in the mash tun at 73C should give 65C mash temp
Hot water heated to 75C to compensate for 2C loss into tun
27.5 litres at 73C pre grains gave 65C in the tun
60 minute mash
36l in boil
Strong rolling boil
27l at 1.078 in the fermentor
Ferment at 10C till pressure builds to 15psi
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Keezer Malteser
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Sweet Stout
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5.5 Gallons |
1.067 |
1.019 |
6.31 |
27.9 |
34.22 °L
|
874 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.049 |
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: 6/26/2019 1:38 PM |
Notes: 26 oz Carnation Malted Milk Powder (unflavored)
13 oz Carnation Malted Milk Powder (chocolate)
<added at flameout>
4oz Cocoa nibs
2 vanilla beans
<added at 5-6 days>
Set cereal killer to .030.
Heat strike water to 166 (it should drop to 154 when grain is added)
Add strike water to bagged mash tun-stir in grains for 5 mins
Screw on lid and let sit for 1 hour.
Heat sparge water to 170
Using pulley, pull grain bag from mash tun to drain-squeeze bag w/ gloves
lower bag into sparge bucket-stir for 5 mins, then let soak for 30 mins. Repeat pulley process.
Add first and second runnings to kettle-heat to boiling. Make note of pre-boil water level.
Add hops according to schedule. When boil is complete, make note of post-boil water level. |
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Maple Stout
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Sweet Stout
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5.5 Gallons |
1.077 |
1.024 |
7.06 |
28.06 |
41 °L
|
874 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.065 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 2 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/18/2019 4:28 PM |
| Notes: |
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California Common
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California Common Beer
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46 Gallons |
1.053 |
1.011 |
5.55 |
39.01 |
11.42 °L
|
874 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 50 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.049 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.15 |
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: 8/29/2018 5:05 AM |
| Notes: |
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ESB 01
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Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB)
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22 Litres |
1.054 |
1.015 |
5.13 |
40.71 |
10.79 °L
|
874 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 28.4 Litres |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
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: 1/29/2015 11:56 AM |
| Notes: |
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English Pale Ale (ESB)
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Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB)
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33 Gallons |
1.054 |
1.013 |
5.43 |
49.32 |
13.09 °L
|
874 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 35 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.051 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
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: 3/12/2018 11:54 AM |
| Notes: |
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Northern Brown (brown Ale Book)
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Northern English Brown
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5 Gallons |
1.046 |
1.011 |
4.59 |
30.98 |
8.05 °L
|
874 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.033 |
Efficiency: 76 |
Mash Thickness: 1 |
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: 10/24/2017 2:08 PM |
| Notes: |
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John's Dry Irish Stout
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Dry Stout
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11 Gallons |
1.043 |
1.01 |
4.28 |
33.52 |
36.49 °L
|
874 |
0 |
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| 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! |
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My Worst Fear #1
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Russian Imperial Stout
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5 Gallons |
1.093 |
1.026 |
8.73 |
53.59 |
50 °L
|
874 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.062 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 2.7 |
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: 11/1/2016 5:36 PM |
Notes: MASH WATER (Gal)5.61
SPARGE WATER (Gal)2.34@165
Mash in, mash out, sparge. 60 minute boil. Add syrup at flameout. Chill to 65F. Oxygenate for 60 seconds. Pitch yeast. Primary for 10-12 days at 68F. Secondary 21 days at 60F. Chill condition at 50F for 5 weeks. Carbonate to 2.5 volumes or bottle prime with a 4g re-pitch of US05 and 30g/gal Simplicity.
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Chocolate Porter 01
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Brown Porter
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3 Gallons |
1.057 |
1.015 |
5.65 |
47.99 |
28.66 °L
|
874 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 4 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.043 |
Efficiency: 74 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
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: 10/5/2016 3:06 PM |
| Notes: |
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American Blonde Ale
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American Pale Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.064 |
1.018 |
5.96 |
16.61 |
5.53 °L
|
874 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.046 |
Efficiency: 73 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 72 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/4/2015 8:52 PM |
Notes: I'm going for a simple, light, dry, clean beer thats easy to drink. I've had a lot of heavier beers and IPA's lately and I want something that's easy to drink. I would do a lager but i don't think I want to wait that long. It's also starting to feel like fall outside so I want to bump the ABV up from the amber and pale ale I made earlier. I'm looking to hit about 6% ABV which should also help the beer keep a little longer as well. The amber started to lose it's fresh taste around 2.5-3 months.
FG was 1.012
The final product had a off note that tasted sterile or band aid like. I think it came from the white sugar which is white because it has been bleached white. The chlorine content caused the phenolic off flavor. So use better sugar next! |
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Kona Karlsbad
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Russian Imperial Stout
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5.5 Gallons |
17.39 |
3.852 |
7.4 |
65.94 |
50 °L
|
874 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 13 |
Efficiency: 60 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Plato |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 69 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/29/2015 8:25 PM |
| Notes: |
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Awesome Recipe
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American Stout
|
5.5 Gallons |
1.06 |
1.015 |
5.94 |
47.29 |
42.36 °L
|
874 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.044 |
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: 4/25/2015 10:38 PM |
| Notes: |
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One Wheaty American
|
American Pale Ale
|
35 Litres |
1.056 |
1.009 |
6.11 |
47.7 |
10.96 °L
|
874 |
0 |
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Author:
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Oazifirkin
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| Boil
Size: 40 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.049 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: 2.5 |
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: 3/8/2015 5:39 PM |
| Notes: |
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