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Author:

stargazerbrewco

Boil Size: 5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

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: 1/14/2013 3:03 PM

Notes: This was my first all grain kit, purchased from Midwest Supplies. For ease of entry into all grain I decided to use the Brew In A Bag method. Since I decided to brew at more or less the last minute, I purchased a pair of 5 gal, nylon paint strainer bags and used those as my BIAB bags. They worked well, but it was a bit unwieldy wrangling 2 bags full of soaked grain out of my brew pot. I may try a larget bag next time, but have a feeling I may not be using the BIAB method for long, instead opting to make a mash tun.

Brewday actually went pretty smoothly. I used 3 gal of strike water at approximately 165* and surprisingly it gave me almost exactly 152* once everything was all mixed up in the brew pot. The brew pot did not hold temp very well, as I expected, but fortunately I had the foresight to immediately get a pot of water on the burner so that I could warm the mash as needed. I was able to keep it within a couple of degrees of the target mash temp the entire time and ended up using approximately 5 gallons of water total by the end of the mash.

One failing was that I did not tie off the tops of the bags, so I did get a small amount of grain spilled into the wort, but I was able to scoop it out with a small strainer as it was coming to the boil, along with some of the hot break.

The boil went well, but I think I had more evaporation than I expected, at the -15 min hop addition I checked my level and found I was about 1/2 gallon down, so I added some more water and kicked the burner into high gear to get it back to a boil quickly. This extended my overall boil time by about 5(ish) minutes.

This was my first time using a yeast smack pack. Followed the instructions on the back of the pack, and it had a good 5 hours to get going in the pack before I pitched. I spent a lot of time feeling the bag to ensure that I got the inner pack broken and shook it a ton to make sure it was mixed, but after nearly 5 hours there was was there ZERO additional bulging of the pack. The outside of the pouch got thoroughly sanitized prior to pitching so I'm not worried about contamination. Yeast was pitched at approximately 6pm yesterday (2013/01/13) but and as of 11am today (2013/01/14) there is absolutely zero fermentation activity. None. Concerning?

Hardware mod/improvement:
I took my Dremel with a cutting wheel to the lid of my brew pot and cut a notch for the chiller. It worked great and the hop bag did a nice job of filling the spaces in the notch, making for a pretty snug fit.
Also, I rigged a female hose fitting to a piece of hose for my chiller so that I could use hose water to chill. Did not want to purchase 2 bags of ice. I'm torn whether I want to keep using that method or go back to the 'recirculating chiller water through a cooler full of ice. Torn because I like using less water (ice) but don't like the additional cost of said ice and I'm too forgetful to make up a bunch of ice ahead of time.

Author:

Oakhaven Brewing

Boil Size: 4 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.093

Efficiency: 54.5

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 58 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/26/2017 3:36 AM

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Author:

sdrum3@gmail.com

Boil Size: 13 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.074

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

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: 2/21/2017 6:20 AM

Notes: Aged in Balcones barrel for 3 months

Author:

fwiedman@gmail.com

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.33

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/8/2016 10:30 PM

Notes:

Author:

thechad

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.064

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.25

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: 3/17/2014 4:00 AM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 72

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/8/2016 7:07 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 26 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/19/2021 10:45 AM

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Author:

zknipe

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.034

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 69 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/5/2018 5:39 PM

Notes:

Author:

Ericm53

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 12.3

Efficiency: 79

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 69 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/21/2017 10:49 AM

Notes:

Author:

umakemyheadhurt

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.072

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/14/2016 8:13 PM

Notes: 1. Be sure to crush the oat malt well as it tends to crush differently than the barley.
2. Do a low temperature mash. You may need to mash for 90 minutes.
3. Use around a 1:2 sulfate to chloride water profile.
4. Do not add fining.
5. Add whirlpool hops slowly over a 45 minute period starting at flameout, keeping the whirlpool moving the whole time.
6. Ferment in the warm range.
7. Add half of dry hops in 2-3 days, when the krausen is still high.
8. Add the rest of the dry hops 4-6 days later.
9. Cold crash and package 4-8 days later.

Author:

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.116

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: 9/14/2016 10:45 PM

Notes:

Author:

flexmurphy

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.065

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: 8/10/2016 3:32 PM

Notes:

Author:

scottholtog

Boil Size: 4.34 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.035

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/6/2016 3:45 PM

Notes:

Author:

Camiverson34

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

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: 12/10/2015 4:51 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 8 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 67

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 21 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/18/2015 11:59 AM

Notes:

Author:

branodn

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.054

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/12/2015 4:36 PM

Notes: Libby's pumpkin (no spices added) --- Bake at 350*F for 45-60 minutes (longer if you're at high elevation) let cool before adding to mash

Author:

Fjord & Fjell Nano Brewery

Boil Size: 32 Litres

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 9.8

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 2.3

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: Dry Hop

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/27/2014 6:56 PM

Notes:

Author:

wormyst

Boil Size: 12.62 Litres

Boil Time: 25

Boil Gravity: 1.031

Efficiency: 72

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 21 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/9/2017 4:10 PM

Notes: Pre-boil: Kettle soured with lacto P. Initial pH 3.4(ish)

Boil: Half of coriander, half of lime zest & all the salt.

At high krausen: half of coriander, half of lime zest, in order to achieve bio-transformation.

After krausen has dropped: add the pasteurized juice of 10 limes.

At bottling: make a tea with lemongrass and add it with priming solution. Use a small portion of tea + flat beer and mix them to taste on much lemongrass tea is needed.

Préboil og was 1.038
Pastboil fg was 1.047

Author:

KarlLark

Boil Size: 6.4 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

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: 6/20/2020 3:02 PM

Notes:

Author:

Drew Beechum

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.027

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.49

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 64 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/5/2022 4:37 PM

Notes: