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Author:

Cinematic Brewing

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

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: 8/5/2018 4:12 AM

Notes:

Author:

rolandblais

Boil Size: 1.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.034

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 60 ° F

Priming Method: honey

Priming Amount: 3 tablespoons

Creation Date: 1/9/2017 5:35 PM

Notes: The Mash
• Heat 2 quarts (1.9 liters) of water to 160°F (71°C).
• Add grain (This is called “mashing in.” Take note of jargon. Or don’t).
• Mix gently with spoon or spatula until mash has consistency of oatmeal.
Add water if too dry or hot. Temperature will drop to ~150°F (66°C).
• Cook for 60 minutes at 144-152°F (63-68°C). Stir every 10 minutes, and use
your thermometer to take temperature readings from multiple locations.
• You likely don’t need to apply heat constantly. Get it up to temperature,
then turn the heat off. Monitor, stir, and adjust accordingly to keep in range.
• After 60 minutes, heat to 170°F (77°C) while stirring constantly (“Mashing
Out”).

The Sparge
• Heat additional 4 quarts (3.8 liters) of water to 170°F (77°C).
• Set up your “lauter tun” (a strainer over a pot).
• Carefully add the hot grain mash to the strainer, collecting the liquid that
passes through.
• This liquid is called “wort” (pronounced “wert”). It will be your beer.
• Slowly and evenly pour 170°F (77°C) water over the mash to extract the
grain’s sugars.
• You want to collect 5 quarts (4.75 liters) of wort. You will lose about 20%
to evaporation later on, so you want to start with a bit more than you’ll end
with.
• Re-circulate wort through grain once.

The Boil
• In a pot, heat wort until it boils.
• Keep boiling until you’ve hit the “hot break” (Wort will foam - you may
need to reduce heat slightly so it doesn’t boil over.)
• Stir occasionally. All you want is a light boil – too hot and you lose
fermentable sugars and volume.
• The boil will last 60 minutes. Start your timer and add in the rest of the
ingredients at these times:
- Add 1/6 Northern Brewer Hops at start of boil.
- Add 1/6 Northern Brewer Hops at 15 minutes.
- Add 1/6 Northern Brewer Hops at 30 minutes.
- Add 1/6 Northern Brewer Hops at 45 minutes.
- Add 1/6 Northern Brewer Hops at 55 minutes.
- At 60 minutes turn off heat, add remaining Northern Brewer Hops.
• Twenty percent of the wort will have evaporated in this step leaving you
with 1 gallon (3.8 liters) of wort. If your boil was a bit high, the surface area
of your pot extra large, or you brewed on a really hot day, you may have
less than the full amount. Don’t worry – you just reduced your beer a bit
too much, but you can add more water in the next step.

Fermentation
• Place brew pot in an ice bath until it cools to 70°F (21°C).
• Once cooled, place strainer over funnel and pour your beer into the
glass fermenter. Yeast needs oxygen. The strainer helps aerate your wort
and clarify your beer (as well as catch any sediment from going into the
fermenter). Add tap water to bring wort up to 1 Gallon mark if level is low.
• “Pitch” yeast. (Toss half of the packet in.)
• Shake aggressively. You’re basically waking up the yeast and getting more
air into the wort.
• Attach sanitized screw-top stopper to bottle. Slide rubber tubing no more
than 1” (2.5 cm) into the stopper and place the other end in small bowl of
sanitizer. You’ve just made a “blow-off tube”. It allows CO2 to escape.
• Let sit for two or three days or until vigorous bubbling subsides. This is
when fermentation is highest. You may notice bubbles and foam at the
top of the beer. After bubbling calms down, clean tubing and ready your
airlock.
• Sanitize, then re-assemble airlock, filling up to line with sanitizer.
• Insert airlock into hole in stopper.
• Keep in a dark place for two weeks without disturbing other than to show
off to friends. (If beer is still bubbling, leave sitting until it stops.)
• In the meantime, drink beer with self-closing swing tops, or ask for empties
at a bar that has some. If you have a bottle capper and caps, you can save
two six packs of non-twistoff beers instead.

Two Weeks Later: Bottling
• Thoroughly rinse bottles with water, removing any sediment.
• Mix remaining sanitizer with water.
• Fill each bottle with a little sanitizer and shake. Empty after two minutes,
rinse with cold water and dry upside down.
• Dissolve 3 tablespoons honey with 1/2 cup water. Pour into a sanitized pot.
You will be siphoning your beer into the same pot in the next steps.
- Carbonation comes from adding sugar when bottling, so if you filled
your jug with less than the full gallon in the last step, use less honey
when bottling. Using the full amount can result in your beer being
over-carbonated.
• Siphoning (It all happens pretty fast. You may want to practice on a pot of
water a few times.) To see it in action first, watch the How to Bottle video at
brooklynbrewshop.com/instructions.
A. Attach open tubing clamp to tubing.
B. Fill tubing with sanitizer.
C. Attach sanitized tubing to the short curved end of your sanitized
racking cane. Attach the black tip to the other end - it will help
prevent sediment from getting sucked up. It will probably be a snug
fit, but you can get it on there.
D. Pinch tubing clamp closed.
E. Remove screw-cap stopper and place racking cane into jug, just
above the sediment at the bottom (“trub”).
F. Lower end of tubing not connected to racking cane into sink.
Suction will force beer up and through the racking cane and tubing.
Open tubing clamp, let sanitizer flow into sink until beer just starts
to flow out of the tubing, then clamp shut. Open clamp on tubing,
allowing beer to flow into pot with sugar solution. Tilt jug when beer
level is getting low, but be careful in not sucking up the trub.
• Siphon beer from pot into bottles, pinching tube clamp to stop flow after
each bottle.
• Close bottles.
• Store in a dark place for 2 weeks.

Two Weeks Later: Enjoying
• Put beers in the fridge the night before you drink them.
• Drink. Share with friends if you’re the sharing type

Author:

Brewer Aaron

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 60 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/6/2013 4:33 AM

Notes:

Author:

Bjørn Eie

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.061

Efficiency: 72

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 10 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/10/2017 12:25 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 33 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.035

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/14/2017 6:42 PM

Notes:

Author:

edellopez

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.052

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: 3/25/2016 6:17 AM

Notes: Efficiency was a bit lower than calculated; closer to 60-70%

Tasting Notes 4/26: Awesome body and mouth feel.
Great aroma. Well balanced malt and hops. Not so dry. Still bitter and great piney aroma from the dry hopping. Very robust and flavorful
In my experience, it carbonated well and has a beautiful foamy head that stays.

Final thoughts: I may shoot for a lower mash temp to activate those shorter strings of sugar for a dryer finish.

Author:

SuperSkaap

Boil Size: 50 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.034

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/30/2015 11:30 AM

Notes:

Author:

psyce

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/5/2015 6:32 PM

Notes: While steeping my grains I heat my sparge water (5 gal.) To 178 and then rinse my grains 5x. Run over gtain into pot . Pour over grains repeat
I bottled with 2.5 oz. Priming sugar

Author:

grosbeak

Boil Size: 6.75 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 70

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: 1/11/2012 12:48 AM

Notes: This is basically the NB recipe for St. Paul Porter, but swapping Chinook and Vanguard hops for the kit's Cascade and Cluster. I was going for more of a Troeg's Dead Reckoning and it worked. Brewed 5 gallons, had a dinner party with 3 couples and pretty much finished the whole batch in a night. Needless to say, a good time was had by all. Will brew this every October for December drinking.

Author:

Nagrand

Boil Size: 25 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 4.5

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: 3/9/2015 6:36 AM

Notes:

Author:

Reeder

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 72

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 62 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/11/2015 10:11 PM

Notes: Mash Schedule

Strike grains with 4.13 gal of water at 164.2 °F.
Mash at 152 °F for 60 min.
Vorlauf and lauter 2.47 gal in your first runnings.
Add 5.03 gal of sparge water at 168 °F.
Vorlauf and lauter 5.03 gal in your second runnings.
Your combined runnings should be 7.5 gal.

Midnight Wheat and Perla Negra to be steeped in 1 quart room temperature water and added with 10 minutes left in boil

Author:

Jameswoody

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/23/2015 10:09 PM

Notes:

Author:

Taradil

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.087

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 3

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: 4/2/2016 9:41 AM

Notes:

Author:

diveryan

Boil Size: 2 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.118

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/26/2014 4:09 PM

Notes: "Crystal malt" is malted buckwheat.
It was prepared by wetting the buckwheat groats (purchased form a co-op health food store) grain in strainer for approximately 2 days, rinsing about every 8-12 hours, until the rootlets/sprouts are about slightly shorter than the length of the groat. This keeps the grains moist, and also rinses away any molds that may also be growing.
I air dried the groats on a cookie sheet for a day before oven drying at "warm" heat for 6-8 hours, then increasing heat to 250 for 2-4 hours to caramelize the sugars in the dried groats.
They taste mildly sweet, like grape-nuts cereal, and have the same texture.

Author:

tombelgrano@gmail.com

Boil Size: 18 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.034

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 27 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/14/2014 4:07 PM

Notes: Drinkable starter! Use aquarium heater.

Collect and wash yeast.

Author:

stef57

Boil Size: 12 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/15/2013 9:45 PM

Notes:

Author:

alan_stanley@ntlworld.com

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 2.7

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: 10/29/2017 3:19 PM

Notes: The rum was added at bottling mixed with priming sugar and warmed to evaporate off the alcohol.

Author:

Doug Y

Boil Size: 7.9 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.034

Efficiency: 58

Mash Thickness: 1.8

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/12/2019 6:10 PM

Notes: 2nd Place, 2015 Frankfort Beer Week / Stormcloud Brewing.
HM Category 1, Standard American Beer, 2018 Michigan Beer Cup.
1st Place, Table 3, Standard American Beer, 2019 March Mashness
2nd Place, Table 8, American Pale beer, 2019 Virginia Beer Blitz
2019 AHA NHC National Qualifier, Thru Cleveland: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/national-homebrew-competition/winners/

Author:

Matty J

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.084

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/29/2019 10:04 PM

Notes:

Author:

James_ess

Boil Size: 14.01 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.035

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 3.16

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 2.12 bar

Creation Date: 11/22/2020 6:38 PM

Notes: Using BIAB for mash, with batch sparge. Sparge involves moving the bag to 76CF water 2 times, with 5 minute immersions, drip draining, and a firm but not aggressive squeeze on final drip.

Omega Labs OYL-004 West Coast Ale yeast, 2nd generation.

Replaced 22g of cascade 4 day dry hop, with Amarillo.

Will try to bag hops to reduce heavy trub from dry hopping.

Ferment at 19C, raise to 22C before ferm complete to ensure full attenuation and to facilitate diacetyl rest.

Revisiting recipe after reading about need to at no chilll time due to whirlpooling. Only 5 min raised IBU's by 5 which explains unexpected bitterness in final product. Must allow for this in future brews.