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New Guy's Test
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American Light Lager
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5.3 Litres |
1.451 |
1.073 |
49.56 |
21.76 |
27.69 °L
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856 |
2 |
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| Boil
Size: 11.6 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.291 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 2.96 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: sucrose |
Priming Amount: 37.9 g |
Creation
Date: 7/11/2022 5:10 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
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855 |
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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Purple Corn Kolsch
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Kölsch
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5.5 Gallons |
1.045 |
1.011 |
4.4 |
22 |
3.59 °L
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855 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 75 |
Boil Gravity: 1.038 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: 3.24 |
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: 4/21/2022 8:09 PM |
Notes: Uses a decoction mash to extract fermentables from the corn. No real rhyme or reason to the remaining grain bill--mostly just leftovers--but I'm pleased with the result. For enzymes I have used both Termamyl and Ceremix Flex from Novozymes, and both do the trick.
I do this one in a Grainfather so I have pretty good temperature control. It would be a lot more complicated with hot liquor infusions, but not impossible.
This is really nice stuff. Dry, with lots of berry flavor. A deep red-brown hue. The Hallertau is very present, but not unpleasantly. Might play with a different aroma hop in future versions, maybe Willamette. Great everyday ale. |
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Dark Mild - Dai Kide X Megobrebi
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Dark Mild
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30 Litres |
1.039 |
1.008 |
4.03 |
20.6 |
25.96 °L
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855 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 42.25 Litres |
Boil Time: 40 |
Boil Gravity: 1.035 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 21 ° C |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 0.6 bar |
Creation
Date: 8/8/2021 8:06 AM |
Notes: Raise the temperature of the fermenter up to 23C at the end of the fermentation to clean up diacetyl.
CO2 or Beer gas? |
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GD Boddingtons
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Ordinary Bitter
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5 Gallons |
1.038 |
1.01 |
3.64 |
36.79 |
6.39 °L
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855 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.032 |
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: 4/12/2020 12:19 PM |
| Notes: |
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Pšenka První
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Weissbier
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55 Litres |
1.044 |
1.011 |
4.3 |
15.39 |
11.4 °L
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855 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 55 Litres |
Boil Time: 120 |
Boil Gravity: 1.044 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 3.14 |
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: 1/6/2020 9:36 AM |
| Notes: |
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Soda Water
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No Profile Selected |
5 Gallons |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 °L
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855 |
3 |
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| Boil
Size: 5 Gallons |
Boil Time: N/A |
Boil Gravity: 1 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 30.01 psi |
Creation
Date: 9/5/2019 3:34 AM |
| Notes: |
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Whispers Loudly
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Standard American Lager
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6 Gallons |
1.041 |
1.01 |
4.09 |
15.53 |
2.2 °L
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855 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 75 |
Boil Gravity: 1.035 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: 1.8 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 2.0 |
Primary
Temp: 42 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 6/20/2019 12:28 PM |
| Notes: |
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Red Shed Red Ale
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American Amber Ale
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21 Litres |
1.045 |
1.01 |
4.52 |
25.44 |
15.89 °L
|
855 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 29 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.035 |
Efficiency: 72 |
Mash Thickness: 4 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/5/2019 10:28 PM |
Notes: !st batch unreal but too dark for a red. Next batch use 1% black wheat.
2nd batch used 500g biscuit 500 g amber 1.042 og
Very good
3rd batch 250g biscuit, 500 amber |
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Sour Braggot
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Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer
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24 Gallons |
1.046 |
1.012 |
4.55 |
8.79 |
3.16 °L
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855 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 28 Gallons |
Boil Time: 120 |
Boil Gravity: 1.04 |
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: 12/16/2018 3:07 AM |
Notes: buckwheat sage honey from sierra honey farms:
90g r.o H2O and 10g honey yields 8.5P
so...85P OG on the honey
5 gal or 60# honey
36 gal brew water:
20g Cal Chlroide
13g Gypsum
2g Salt
turbid mash schedule:
mash in @ 0.37 qts/# (3.75gal)
3.75 gal of h20 @ 142F targeting 113F
mix 10 min
rest 10 min @113F
target 0.54qts/# (5.5 gal) by adding 1.75 gal @212F
mix 5 min
rest 5 min @ 136F
draw off all available liquid to 16 gal pot (K1)
heat K1 to 180F and hold at or just below
target 0.75qts/# (7.6gal) by adding 2.1 gal h20 @ 212F
mix 5 min
rest 30 min @ 149F
draw off all available liquid to K1
hold k1 at or just below 180F
target 1.1qt/# (11.1 gal) by adding 3.5gal @ 212F
mix 5 min
rest 20 min @162F
Re-heat K1 to 180F and remove from heat
vorlauf and free run to stout kettle (K2)
Return K1 (@ 176F) to mash tun
stir 5 min
rest 5 min @167F
recirc using HERMS and maintain 168F for 20 min
run off to K2 while sparging with 2.5qts/# (25.3 gal) @ 190F
Boil 90 min
add 30# honey after cooling to 140F
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Mild Ale 2
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Mild
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23 Litres |
1.038 |
1.011 |
3.57 |
24.32 |
21.61 °L
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855 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 28.5 Litres |
Boil Time: 70 |
Boil Gravity: 1.03 |
Efficiency: 60 |
Mash Thickness: 2.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/16/2015 4:24 PM |
| Notes: |
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Irish Stout (orig)
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Irish Stout
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25 Litres |
1.036 |
1.009 |
3.56 |
40.05 |
36.61 °L
|
855 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 30 Litres |
Boil Time: 75 |
Boil Gravity: 1.025 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 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: 8/25/2017 4:44 PM |
Notes: Not all Irish Stout is like Guinness Draught. While it is certainly a classic, it’s also fairly different than other stouts from Ireland. Most have more complexity to them than the simple pale malt, flaked barley, roasted barley recipe of Guinness. This recipe is more representative of some of the other versions.
Style: Irish Stout (Classic BJCP Style)
Description: More in the style of some of the stouts from Cork or Carlow than those from Dublin.
Batch Size: 6.5 gallons (25 L) OG: 1.046 FG: 1.013 Efficiency: 75% ABV: 4.4% IBU: 33 SRM: 39
Ingredients:
7.25 lb (2.3 kg) UK Pale Ale malt Mash
1.75 lb (794 g) UK Flaked Barley Mash
6 oz (170 g) Carapils Mash
12 oz (340 g) UK Crystal 80 Vorlauf
12 oz (340 g) UK Roasted Barley Vorlauf
6 oz (170 g) Debittered black malt Vorlauf
1.3 oz (37 g) UK challenger 8.5% pellets @ 60
Wyeast 1028 London Ale yeast
Water treatment: RO water treated with ¼ tsp 10% phosphoric acid per 5 gallons
1 tsp CaCl2 in mash
Mash technique: Infusion, mashout, dark grains added at vorlauf
Mash rests: 154°F (68°C) 70 minutes 168°F (76°C) 15 minutes
Kettle volume: 8 gallons (30 L) Boil length: 75 minutes
Final volume: 6.5 gallons (25 L)
Fermentation temp: 64°F (18°C)
Sensory description: A clean coffee-like roast flavor with moderate bitterness. The flavors are clean and distinct, but don’t taste excessively roasted or aggressively bitter. The crystal malt gives it a bit of residual sweetness that helps smooth the finish as well but the roasted barley does lend dryness to the aftertaste. Formulation notes: Because it uses crystal malt and black malt, this beer differs from Guinness. It’s also less bitter, which adds to the drinkability.
Variations: Try a little English chocolate malt for even more complexity. Push the beer up to the 6–6.5% range to make an extra stout. If you want more of roast bite, use regular black malt, not the debittered type.
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SMASH AMARILLO
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Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB)
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22 Litres |
1.048 |
1.013 |
4.64 |
43.74 |
5.49 °L
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855 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 26 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.041 |
Efficiency: 71 |
Mash Thickness: 3.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 24 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 3/7/2017 2:09 PM |
| Notes: |
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Simcoe IPA
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American IPA
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6.5 Gallons |
1.045 |
1.009 |
4.67 |
24.52 |
9.69 °L
|
855 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.058 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 75 ° F |
Priming Method: Dextrose |
Priming Amount: 1 cup |
Creation
Date: 2/12/2017 9:57 PM |
| Notes: |
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ONE EYED PILSNER
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German Pilsner (Pils)
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11 Gallons |
1.044 |
1.012 |
4.13 |
26.26 |
5.51 °L
|
855 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 13 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.037 |
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: 8/5/2016 10:49 PM |
| Notes: |
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Lucky Jack APA Clone
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American Pale Ale
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52 Litres |
1.04 |
1.007 |
4.27 |
41.01 |
6.09 °L
|
855 |
0 |
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Author:
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Ølbrygger
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| Boil
Size: 60 Litres |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.034 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 4.5 |
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: 5/9/2016 9:59 AM |
Notes: Based on the recipe "Lucky Jack", as sold by BryggSelv.no. Original recipe Lervig Bryggeri, Stavanger.
5g/l sugar added before bottling. |
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SMaSH Bro!
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American Light Lager
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5.5 Gallons |
1.042 |
1.012 |
3.97 |
8.2 |
4.38 °L
|
855 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 2.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.092 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 3/31/2016 7:31 PM |
| Notes: |
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Mango Ipa
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American Light Lager
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5 Gallons |
1.006 |
1.001 |
0.58 |
0 |
0.31 °L
|
855 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.005 |
Efficiency: 74 |
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: 2/14/2016 9:11 PM |
| Notes: |
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Centennial Blonde
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Blonde Ale
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25 Litres |
1.041 |
1.007 |
4.47 |
23.03 |
3.84 °L
|
855 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 29.1 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.036 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 19 ° C |
Priming Method: Sugar |
Priming Amount: 6,2 g/l |
Creation
Date: 10/12/2015 3:00 PM |
Notes: 14-21 dager gjæring ved 19C
Tørrhumling dag 7
FG kan bli veldig lavt med denne gjæren, så forvent gjerne 1.004 |
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Mon
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California Common Beer
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5.5 Gallons |
1.013 |
1.003 |
1.25 |
0 |
1.2 °L
|
855 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.023 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 6/8/2015 5:40 AM |
| Notes: |
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