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Author:

barrooze

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: N/A

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: 10/21/2012 1:24 PM

Notes:

Author:

CZs

Boil Size: 3.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.026

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

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: 5/2/2016 12:15 AM

Notes: Fermentation started on 9/11/16

Author:

James Kew

Boil Size: 1.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.06

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: Corn sugar

Priming Amount: 0.8

Creation Date: 3/19/2016 11:24 PM

Notes: Strike water 2.5 qt at 134F
Infusion to beta rest

Add honey into primary, after initial fermentation has subsided.

Based on Orange Blossom Tripel, http://growlermag.com/orange-blossom-honey-tripel/

Mash schedule from Northern Brewer, http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/allgrain/AG-BelgianTripel.pdf

Belgian Pale malt was a subtitution for Munich.

Author:

Spesme

Boil Size: 4.7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.055

Efficiency: 77

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: 10/11/2014 5:46 PM

Notes: Batch size: 3.4G
Grain Bill: 8lbs
Boil time: 60 mins
Trub Loss: 0.2G
Mash Thickness: 1.5 qts/lbs
Target mash temp: 152

Wort Shrinkage: 4%
Grain Absorption: 0.13 gal/lbs
% Boiloff: 10%

Total water needed: 5.14G
Mash: 2.66G
Sparge: 2.55G
Strike temp: 164.33F
Pre-boil wort: 4.17G

1. Start with strike water of 10.1L (2.66G) @ 164.33F.
2. Put in 8 lbs of grains.
3. Rest at 152F for 60 mins.
4. Assuming grain absorption of 0.13G/lb, should end up with 1.62G in brew kettle.
5. Prepare for dunk sparge by adding 9.7L (2.55G) to secondary brew kettle. Add grain bag for 15 minutes @ 170F. Squeeze.
6. Begin partial mash out in primary brew kettle for 15 minutes @ 170F.
7. Add sparge water to primary brew kettle. This should result in 4.51G of pre-boil wort.

Took twenty minutes to get to 164F. Didn't drop below 160. 158 after 5 minutes. 155 after 10 minutes. 150 after 50 minutes.

Shit, forgot to add 0.25 lbs of flaked wheats.

Hydrometer is reading 1.04 in water.

Took 25 minutes to boil.

Ended up with 4.6 gallons of pre-boil wort... Hydrometer reads 1.04 @ 118F = 1.048...way below my target OG. If I drop 4 points, its actually 1.044. If 1.044 with 4.7 gallons of PB wort, then efficiency is 75.5%, not bad. Will add 0.75 lbs of corn sugar @ 15 minutes to bump OG.

52 minutes after boil to get to 80F with ice bath.

Now have 1.070 OG with 4.0 gallons of beer! I guess its more like 1.066 based on calibration... That is 77% efficiency!

6 days after pitching, FG is at 1.020 - two gravity points higher than expected. 72% attenuation versus 70%, not so bad. Started to dry hop with 2 oz.

Bottle Carbonation: 2.4 Volumes of C02. 2.9 oz of corn sugar with a cup of boiled water for 3.5 gallons.

First taste on November 13, 2014 - 15 days after bottling. App: completely opaque. Decent head if poured right into clean glass. Aroma: fruity and grassy notes. Taste: Bitter and dry. Fruity. MF: high carbonation. Light-medium body. Overall: really good! even after two weeks in the bottles.

Description: Find the lightness in this deep, dark beer. While it may be completely opaque, reminiscent of a black hole, the aroma and taste will remind you a beautiful nebula, similar to that of an IPA with a dry bitterness coupled with fruity and grassy hoppy notes. Not for the faint of heart. Drink if you dare. 6.1% abv, 50 IBUs.

Tasting on november 25: off-white head that fades quickly. Extremely black with hoppy, dry taste and bitter aftertaste.

Author:

Pumpkin Hill

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.054

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/17/2018 6:16 PM

Notes: Smoked malt is Briess Mesquite smoked malt

Author:

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.038

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 7.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 75 ° F

Priming Method: Corn Sugar

Priming Amount: 4.2

Creation Date: 4/30/2018 5:54 PM

Notes:

Author:

PaddyO

Boil Size: 13 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 50

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: 7/29/2017 5:26 AM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 85

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/25/2015 6:12 PM

Notes:

Author:

Tjcollins1455@gmail.com

Boil Size: 12.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.063

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.75

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 2.0

Primary Temp: 50 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/24/2017 7:59 AM

Notes:

Author:

Ricardo Hahn

Boil Size: 78 Litres

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 1.06

Efficiency: 73

Mash Thickness: 3

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: 11/18/2016 1:21 AM

Notes:

Author:

ajohns85

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 75

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: 1/18/2012 9:38 PM

Notes:

Author:

kaspar&piet

Boil Size: 28.9 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 8.8

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 3.6

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 16 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/27/2018 8:24 PM

Notes: Add Carafa II 15 min before end of mashing

Author:

SlavojIPA

Boil Size: 10 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.026

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: 2.9

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: 10/11/2016 8:01 PM

Notes:

Author:

mr_fil

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.4

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: 3/2/2015 4:46 PM

Notes:

Author:

WAWooldridge

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.031

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 2.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 2.0

Primary Temp: 52 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/22/2017 11:47 PM

Notes: Overall Impression:
A dark German lager that balances roasted yet smooth malt flavors with moderate hop bitterness. The lighter body, dryness, and lack of a harsh, burnt, or heavy aftertaste helps make this beer quite drinkable.

Aroma:
Low to moderate malt, with low aromatic malty sweetness and/or hints of roast malt often apparent. The malt can be clean and neutral or moderately rich and bready, and may have a hint of dark caramel. The roast character can be somewhat dark chocolate- or coffee-like but should never be burnt. A low spicy, floral, or herbal hop aroma is optional. Clean lager yeast character, although a light sulfur is possible.

Appearance:
Medium to very dark brown in color, often with deep ruby to garnet highlights, yet almost never truly black. Very clear. Large, persistent, tan-colored head.

Flavor:
Light to moderate malt flavor, which can have a clean, neutral character to a moderately rich, bread-malty quality. Light to moderate roasted malt flavors can give a bitter-chocolate palate that lasts into the finish, but which are never burnt. Medium-low to medium bitterness, which can last into the finish. Light to moderate spicy, floral, or herbal hop flavor. Clean lager character. Aftertaste tends to dry out slowly and linger, featuring hop bitterness with a complementary but subtle roastiness in the background. Some residual sweetness is acceptable but not required.

Mouthfeel:
Medium-light to medium body. Moderate to moderately-high carbonation. Smooth. No harshness or astringency, despite the use of dark, roasted malts.

Comments:
Literally means “black beer” in German. While sometimes called a “black Pils,” the beer is rarely as dark as black or as bitter as a Pils; don’t expect strongly roasted, porter-like flavors.

History:
A regional specialty from Thuringia, Saxony and Franconia in Germany. History is a bit sketchy, but is suspected of being originally a top-fermented beer. Popularity grew after German reunification. Served as the inspiration for black lagers brewed in Japan.
Characteristic Ingredients: German Munich malt and/or Pilsner malts for the base, supplemented by a judicious use of roasted malts (such as Carafa types) for the dark color and subtle roast flavors. Huskless dark roasted malts can add roast flavors without burnt flavors. German hop varieties and clean German lager yeasts are traditional.

Style Comparison:
In comparison with a Munich Dunkel, usually darker in color, drier on the palate, lighter in body, and with a noticeable (but not high) roasted malt edge to balance the malt base. Should not taste like an American Porter made with lager yeast. Drier, less malty, with less hop character than a Czech Dark Lager.

Vital Statistics:
OG: 1.046 – 1.052
FG: 1.010 – 1.016
ABV: 4.4 – 5.4%
IBUs: 20 – 30
SRM: 17 – 30

Commercial Examples:
Devils Backbone Schwartz Bier, Einbecker Schwarzbier, Eisenbahn Dunkel, Köstritzer Schwarzbier, Mönchshof Schwarzbier, Nuezeller Original Badebier

Tags:
standard-strength, dark-color, bottom-fermented, lagered, central-Europe, traditional-style, balanced, dark-lager-family

Author:

Trekker23

Boil Size: 7.25 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.056

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: Dextrose

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/28/2015 6:33 AM

Notes:

Author:

Gaukar

Boil Size: 27 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 78

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 22 ° C

Priming Method: 120g

Priming Amount: sukker

Creation Date: 3/30/2013 5:00 PM

Notes: 1.5 liter starter, 150g dme.
Starter sto fra 17:30 til 12:00

Author:

Shiny Head Brewer

Boil Size: 7.25 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.054

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 64 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/12/2013 1:38 AM

Notes: 1 pk 1.5ltr starter

Author:

Belgian Samurai

Boil Size: 1.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 30

Boil Gravity: 1.152

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 69 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/15/2014 1:23 AM

Notes: I have the liquid extract can size set at 3.3lb's, because that's the only number I could find on the net. I guess it's correct.

This recipe does equal the actual abv according to the hydrometer reading.
OG: 1.154
(post wort [aka post yeast-pitch] day-#2 in carboy: 1.024)
FG: 1.014
Supposedly, that should equal 18.3% abv., but this recipe calculator suggests 3.9%. I'm not convinced it's 18%, but it's sure not 3.9% either! Perhaps it is stronger than I think, b/c I usually have a bit of a head-pounding afterward.

Is priming sugar not included in this form?