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Author:

SpencerG11

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.33

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/14/2015 3:49 PM

Notes: Made starter of WLP001 from pale ale brewed 2 months ago. Was in mason jar in sterile water in fridge. Starter only got going for ~16 hours.
Strike water was on the high end, shitty thermometer lead me to think I was mashing at 156-158F--not good.
OG was 1.060 at 80F
Pitched yeast at ~78F
First batch using temp controlled chest freezer. Set at 68F when it was supposed to be at 65F, started bubbling at 68F in ~4 hours, lowered to 65 12 hours after pitch...chugged along slowly for 1 day bubbling, lots of krausen but airlock activity stopped. Raised back up to 68F 48 hours after pitch to try and regain activity. SG 1.036 at this time.
Dry hopped with 1 oz of Falconer's Flight from Day 7 to Day 12.
Day 12, gravity down to 1.010 surprisingly.
Dry Hopped from day 12 to Day 14. Day 14 needed stainless steel boil kettle plug that I used to help weigh down the hop bag for the Crystal Wheat brew. Only dry hopped the 2oz FF for 2 days.

Author:

earlingy44

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.034

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: 4/5/2020 1:59 PM

Notes:

Author:

UnComfortablyNumb

Boil Size: 8.9 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/9/2018 9:05 PM

Notes:

Author:

HighVoltageMan!

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.036

Efficiency: 85

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 2.0

Primary Temp: 46 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/22/2017 4:41 PM

Notes: I found this yeast to be horrible. I will not be using it again. WLP840 is way better. Beer was rough and was just off.

Author:

gagelewi

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 69 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/25/2015 7:53 PM

Notes: Add Dextrose at end of boil.

Add 2 oz of citra hops to dry hop after two weeks in fermentor, for 7 days.

Starting Gravity 1.063

On vacation for a week and missed dry hopping by a week.
So really, it got three weeks in fermentor then dry hopped for an additional week.

Final Gravity 1.014

Made 40 beers

Author:

rknodel

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 30

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/30/2014 9:49 PM

Notes:

Author:

Steelie44

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.06

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

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: 4/18/2017 6:43 AM

Notes: Mash @ 152F for 1 hour

170 degree batch sparge.

Ferment @ 65 degrees

Primary for 7 days with dry hop addition

Rack to secondary and age for 2-4 weeks.

cold crash for 1 day

Author:

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 72

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/20/2016 8:42 PM

Notes:

Author:

Brafen

Boil Size: 24 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.036

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 0.58 bar

Creation Date: 8/12/2016 11:22 AM

Notes:

10 days in primary @ 20 c
Coldcrash 4 days @ 0c
Kegg and wait 1week

Author:

bhive01

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 64 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/15/2023 12:25 PM

Notes: 2024-02-09
Bought a sack of Avangard Pils so subbing Weyermann Barke for that. Also picked up WLP029 for the first time in a while. And going to add some ascorbic acid in the mash for canning protection later. Also dialing back the magnum addition to 10 from 12 grams for bittering. 28 IBU to 24 IBU.

Oct '23 - After the Mustange I went back to OYL-044 and we oxygenated (1 min on setting 1 Blichmann oxygen regulator). It hasn't cleared as of typing, but it finished drier than before which makes the bitterness stand out a bit more. I think it tastes like a "weak" german Pils with some kolsch-like esters rather than a kolsch. Went shopping for kolsch to compare and could only find Reissdorf. Reissdorf has a lingering bitterness but comes across initially as sweet and fruity. I prefer the Gaffel that I've been able to find, it's a little more hoppy, but still has the strong white wine/grape notes that I enjoy in a kolsch.
Previous batches:
3.5 kg Pils (Barke, used to use BoPils)
250 g Vienna
125 g Wheat
100 g Melanoidin

60 min
28 Tettnang
14 Perle
10 min
14 each Tett & Perle

Sep 2023 Last batch was really good with the Mustange. It took about a month, maybe 6 weeks for it to clear and then for the banana notes to subdue. Switching back to OYL-044 for batch 3 of v3 and keeping everything else the same.

Last batch was good, but the melanoiden was too much. Haze was definitely more in control than before and it wasn't nearly bitter enough. I wonder if the bitterness is dropping over time because the hops I've been using were from 2018. Kept frozen and vacuum sealed, but still "older". I've also been using a chloride heavy water chemistry and I'm going to shift more towards balanced. Gaffel has some sweetness, but finishes dry on the tongue.
New Tett 21 4.5%

Contessa 8% 1oz - pear and tea-like notes could be good late addition in future batch

Switching from OYL-044/WLP-029 to Mustange from BB for a go. "Lagerlike" suggests it might be cleaner than my usual, which is not ideal so will ferment on higher end.

I've made the original recipe about 13 times and it's been good to me. The last batch had a DMS issue due to a process problem, but I bought some Gaffel and Reissdorf and realized I was off more than I realized in terms of recipe.
Going to cut the wheat and vienna a bit, add some melanoiden to fake decoction a bit. Using WLP029/OYL-044, perle and tettnang for now. Keeping the ABV on the lower end, hoping for more clarity. Subbing out Barke for BoPils and watching my process more (collecting drips from the hood back in the kettle was the issue).
--- Notes carried over from 2.1
Going back to the original recipe more. The Lida Kviek was nice, but it wasn't the same. I've drifted away on the Yeast and the hops a bit.
Updating with more recent ingredients I have on hand. Using OYL-044 more nowadays due to lesser WLP availability nearby Seems like the same yeast so far.

Author:

RobertE

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 52 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/10/2017 6:26 AM

Notes: Mashed with 5.5 gallons at 152 degrees for 60 minutes.
Sparged grains with 2 gallons of heated water to reach 7.5 gallons.
Pre-boil gravity was 10.51-1.052.
Increased boil time from 60 minutes to 90 minutes. Probably could have gotten away with around 75 minutes. My target fermenter volume should have been 5.5 gallons, but ended up being slightly less once the wort cooled.
Post-boil gravity was 1.066.
Cooled wort with immersion chiller down to 51 degrees in 24 minutes. Ambient temperature outside was roughly 41 degrees.
The color of the cooled wort is gorgeous.
The beer fermented for almost 7 days at a temperature ranging between 55-58 degrees. Days 2-6 were the most vigorous.
Sampled beer on day 7 and the gravity was 1.017!
Starting diacetyl rest on day 7 slowly taking beer up to 68 degrees.

Author:

KnotCurser

Boil Size: 4.25 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: Corn Sugar

Priming Amount: unk

Creation Date: 12/12/2012 5:15 PM

Notes:

Author:

DaveyBoy

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 85

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/21/2012 10:40 PM

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Author:

72chevelle

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/13/2016 3:41 PM

Notes: doubled recipe and split batch, 4 gallons to bottle at 1.080 OG and 4.5 gallons water down to 1.070 with 1/2 gallon of water 4.75 gallons to keg. pre-boil was 11 gallons at 1.056 post boil was 8.5 gallons

Author:

SJB Homebrew

Boil Size: 28.4 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.038

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/15/2015 12:02 AM

Notes:

Author:

Ridicule Brewing

Boil Size: 5.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/4/2013 12:46 PM

Notes:

Author:

Drunken Duck

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.075

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/10/2019 10:34 PM

Notes:

Author:

Shatinator

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 1.048

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: 3/18/2012 9:16 PM

Notes:

Author:

keifallen

Boil Size: 25.5 Litres

Boil Time: 15

Boil Gravity: 1.03

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 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: 4/5/2016 6:36 AM

Notes: Mash and boil for 30mins
Add lacto to the grainfather when temp gets to 50degrees
Cover the grainfather with cling film and leave for 3 days.
When PH has dropped down to 3.6ph boil up for 60mins to kill off the lacto and add hops
sanitise the counterflow by running boiling worth through it.
Finish with Lime zest at 5mins.
add to fermenter warm rather than recirculation.
Bleach the shit out of the grainfather
Ferment the beer with cider or champagne yeast
Once fermented out, add cucumber juice to the bottling bucket and bottle. Let it do it's thing in the bottle.
Cucumber has 1.7grams of sugar per 100grams so work that into the priming calculations

Alternatively.
Mash and boil.
Ferment as normal.
Split with half on Watermelon an Mint Half on cucumber
Add Lacto to each fermenter.
Check ph drops then bottle