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Author:

dkcollier@yahoo.com

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 82

Mash Thickness: 7

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 2.0

Primary Temp: 62 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/28/2015 9:22 PM

Notes: ♦ BREW DATES:
Date: Brew Day • 05/29/15
Gravity End of Sparge • 1.052
Gravity End of Boil (OG) • 1.074
Gravity (FG) • 1.022
Date: Pitch Yeast • 05/30/15
Date: Keg Day • 06.16.15
Drafted Who’s House • Dan's
14 Days Fermentation

♦ SESSION NOTES:
United Kingdom - Crystal 45L was changed out to US Crystal 40 (Phantom).
American Munich Light 10L was changed out to Best Malz (German) Munich Malt (Phantom).
Changed first addition hop from 0.9 to 1.0 oz.

Started with 8 gallons of water. Too much water. 13.5 pds of grain did not seem to absorb as much after sparging. had to boil extra half hours to get it down to 5.5 gals final amount. 7 gallons will be the max.

♦♦ Use 3 Vials of San Francisco Lager Yeast WLP810 @ 62°

WLP810 San Francisco Lager Yeast.
This yeast is used to produce the "California Common" style beer. A unique lager strain which has the ability to ferment up to 65 degrees while retaining lager characteristics. Can also be fermented down to 50 degrees for production of marzens, pilsners and other style lagers.
Optimum Ferment Temp. 58-65°F (14-18°C)

♦ STANDARD BREWING NOTES:
Created 8 gallons sparge water. NEVER AGAIN Bring to 154° strike temperature
Prime pump. Push water through hose.
60 minutes – Add tablespoon 5.2 pH balancer
Add grain – Sparge at 152° for ___ minutes (Minimum 60)
(One gallon loss during sparge process)
Water burn rate: 1-1/2 gallon per hour.
Drain GRAIN from kettle. Adjust water height of ___ (7 gallons)
Boil clean water for end of boil session adjustment
Mash Option dark beers – Add x tablespoon Calcium Carbonate
60 minutes – Add 2 drops Fermcap
60 minutes – Add 5 tablespoon Gypsum for IPA (Optional)
WAKE UP!!!!!!
15 minutes – Add immersion chiller
15 minutes - Add Whirlfloc
10 minutes – Add 1 teaspoon Yeast Nutrient last 10 minutes
♦ Check to see if nozzle is pointed upwards

♦ KEGGING NOTES:
Purge oxygen with CO2
Chill keg 24 hours before force carbonation.
Force Carbonation Calculator: 20 psi 4 days
Volumes of CO2 2.5 at 36°F = 10.2 psi American Ales

♥ DRINKABILITY: What did you like about it. 06.22.15 Perfect beer. Tested side by side with the original. Remarkable close.

♦ RECIPE NOTES:
Brewing Classic Styles - Jamil Zainasheff
Page 108. Modification to make it more like a Anchor Steam Ale - Style - California Common
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♦ Northern Brewer Hops - Origin and Description
Northern Brewer Hops is an England native who is seeing its days live out mainly in Germany and the U.S. There is a separate U.S. hops variety that was bred in the United States that has similar properties. This dual use hops had a higher alpha acid content for the time, however super alphas have doubled, even tripled the content since back in the day. With that said Northern Brewer hops grown in Germany, sometimes referred to as Hallertau Northern Brewer if grown in the region, has made its mark and is used throughout beer styles such as European Ales, Lagers, and Pilsners. It is also synonymous with steam beers as in Anchor Steam.

Northern Brewer hops is used for both bittering and aroma additions in the kettle. It has an alpha acid content of 7.0%-10.0% and is a well rounded variety. The bitterness is moderate and the aroma comes off as plump. As one of Germany's main high alpha hops, Northern Brewer is both versatile yet refined.

Author:

Jojo

Boil Size: 7.25 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 81

Mash Thickness: 1.15

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 11.77 psi

Creation Date: 8/16/2023 2:30 PM

Notes: this is the first attempt at somewhat of a clone of Mayflower Brewing's Thanksgiving Ale. Disclaimer, not from New England, have not tasted the beer before; just trying to target something similar.

mash additives are for adjusting my local water profile to match a "balanced profile", and for pH.

hoping to ferment at about 66F, and age for 4 weeks or so with oak chips, vanilla beans and roasted spicy mixed nuts.

then keg and carb in time for t-giving.

UPDATE: after brewing this beer, I ended up using 2oz of the oak chips, and let them age for the 4 weeks indicated. This seemed like way too much. In the end, it’s all I could taste. If I brewed this again, I would scale back the oak chips.

Author:

testingapril

Boil Size: 13 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.054

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.4

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/5/2015 6:07 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.25

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: 9/24/2015 2:55 PM

Notes:

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:

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?

Author:

McKnuckle

Boil Size: 4.13 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 76

Mash Thickness: 2.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/22/2014 3:07 PM

Notes: Volume of whiskey used was just enough to cover chips in a small sealed plastic container. Half tsp of spices were sprinkled on the mixture midway through soaking, which was done in a cold environment for 12 days. Entire mixture was placed in secondary and beer racked on top. Spent 2 days warm and 3 days cold, then packaged. Could have gone a little longer but didn't want to risk spoiling the excellent flavor.

Actual FG was much sweeter than predicted (1.025), likely due to lactose and high mash temp plus lack of fermentables in some of the grist.

Author:

klutchell

Boil Size: 12 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.031

Efficiency: 85

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: Dextrose

Priming Amount: 1 cup

Creation Date: 1/16/2015 1:49 PM

Notes: Saturday, Jan 17
- steep grains in 6L of 160-150 C water for 60 minutes
- sparge grains into 6L of cold water
- soak dry hops in vodka for 15 minutes
- pitch dry hops in fermenter after yeast

Friday, Jan 23
- siphon to bucket and cold crash at 5C

Saturday, Jan 24
- bottle in 750mL grumblers with 2 drops of Coopers carbonation drops

Alcohol By Volume: 5.12%
Apparent Attenuation: 66%
Calories: 194.0 per 12oz bottle
Original Gravity: 14.27 °P, 1.058
Final Gravity: 4.83 °P, 1.019

Author:

nRhinehart

Boil Size: 4 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.061

Efficiency: 60

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: 4/7/2015 7:31 PM

Notes: Mash at 154

Author:

markgibbons25

Boil Size: 26 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/1/2013 1:19 AM

Notes: Original took 1st Place in the 2013 QABC in the Wheat and Rye Category. Modified the bittering hops due to availability.

Author:

YoEric

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.038

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: 6/13/2019 7:22 PM

Notes:

Author:

kmacwilliam

Boil Size: 7.25 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.026

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 2

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 3.5 oz

Creation Date: 3/22/2019 8:56 PM

Notes: Add half the gypsum to 3.5 gal of water. Heat water to 145 degree F (62.5 C) water and mix well. The temperature will stabilize between 130 and 135 degrees F (54.5-57 C). Add heat if necessary and hold the temperature at about 133 degrees F (56 C) for 30 minutes. Don't worry about a 3- to 5-degree F (2- j C) temperature drop during this time.

Raise mash temperature to about or just below 155 degrees F (68 C). Hold at 149 to 155 degrees F (65-68 C) for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Complete conversion by raising the temperature to 158 degrees F (70 C) and holding for 10 to 20 minutes or until an iodine test indicates complete conversion. Then add more heat to raise the temperature to 167 degrees F (75 C).

Sparge with 3.5 gallons (131) of hot water at 170 degrees F (76 C) (add the other half of the gypsum to the sparge water). The volume of the wort before boiling should be about 7.5 gallons (21 I).

Bring the sweet wort to a boil and add the rapidura or invert sugar and boiling hops and boil for 50 minutes. Add the Irish moss and boil for 5 more minutes. Then add the aroma hops and boil a final 5 minutes. Cool the wort to about 70 to 75 degrees F (21-24 C).

The final primary batch size is 5.25 gallons (20 I). If necessary, add additional cold water to achieve this volume. Add yeast when the temperature of the wort is about 70-75 degrees F (21~24 C). Preferably ferment at 70-72-degree F (21-22 C) range for about 4 to 6 days or until fermentation is complete and appears to clear and darken. At this point, transfer the beer into a secondary fermenter and add the 1/2 ounce (14-gm) Kent Goldings hop pellets. Let the fermentation complete and settle in the secondary for 7 days. For best results, secondary "cellar" or age at 50 degrees F (l0 C) to help drop yeast out of suspension, but this is not at all crucial to the quality. Bottle with corn sugar. Age and carbonate/condition at about 70 degrees F (21 C).

Author:

bahrc

Boil Size: 10.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 85

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 82

Mash Thickness: 1.33

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

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

Notes:

Author:

Tobyjrn6

Boil Size: 6 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 2.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/9/2018 3:46 AM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 13.7 Gallons

Boil Time: 80

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.33

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/1/2016 2:10 PM

Notes: Set Boil Temp to 75%

Added too much strike water. Add 8.5 gallon next time.

Also increase grain to offset inefficiency. Maybe try increasing mash temp to help?

Author:

MeemoNZ

Boil Size: 28 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.057

Efficiency: 73

Mash Thickness: 3

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: 2/15/2020 1:07 AM

Notes: During primary fermentation, split 2-3 fresh vanilla pods add into a glass jar with bourbon oak chips, add 50-100ml bourbon. Ensure glass jar has air tight lid.

After fermentation has finished, move into secondary fermenter. Drain bourbon - retaining vanilla beans & oak chips. Put chips & beans into hop bag, place in secondary fermenter for 5-7 days.

Optional: When kegging, split another 1-3 vanilla pods and add to keg.

Keg condition for 7-10 days before serving.

Author:

Boil Size: 29.04 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/23/2017 5:10 AM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.078

Efficiency: 64

Mash Thickness: 1.1

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 75 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/2/2017 7:03 PM

Notes: 6 GALLONS STRIKE
3.85 SPARGE

Author:

Genus Brewing

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/1/2014 12:09 AM

Notes:

Author:

wizzle

Boil Size: 10 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.076

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 2

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: 9/11/2016 9:49 AM

Notes: