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Don't Look Left...
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Scottish Heavy
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5.5 Gallons |
1.078 |
1.019 |
7.66 |
24.91 |
24.57 °L
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463 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.06 |
Efficiency: 65 |
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: 11/28/2020 6:32 PM |
| Notes: |
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Oaked Irish Red
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Irish Red Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.061 |
1.017 |
5.78 |
17.64 |
12.26 °L
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463 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.117 |
Efficiency: 70 |
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: 3/17/2024 2:36 PM |
| Notes: 2 oz Tullamore-Soaked Oak Chips last week of fermentation |
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Clone Of Guinnes Extra
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Irish Extra Stout
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800 Litres |
1.055 |
1.013 |
5.63 |
38.16 |
33.78 °L
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463 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 818.2 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.054 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
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: 9/16/2022 2:17 PM |
| Notes: |
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Here's Your Tip
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English Porter
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19 Litres |
1.049 |
1.012 |
4.88 |
25.93 |
28.05 °L
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463 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 23.55 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.044 |
Efficiency: 67.5 |
Mash Thickness: 3 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 18 ° C |
Priming Method: sucrose |
Priming Amount: 86.5 g |
Creation
Date: 1/18/2022 7:30 AM |
| Notes: |
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Golden BON
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British Golden Ale
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60 Litres |
1.061 |
1.015 |
6.05 |
0 |
5.98 °L
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463 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 70 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.053 |
Efficiency: 75 |
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: 11/29/2021 8:54 PM |
| Notes: |
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Brown Biscuit
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British Brown Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.051 |
1.009 |
5.55 |
26.05 |
12.82 °L
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463 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.045 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 24 psi |
Creation
Date: 7/27/2021 6:31 PM |
| Notes: |
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Irish Red
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Irish Red Ale
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105 Litres |
1.051 |
1.014 |
4.82 |
10.87 |
15.85 °L
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463 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 126.56 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 2.5 |
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: 6/3/2021 9:16 AM |
| Notes: |
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The British MOAB - Marris Otter Ale/Bitter
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Strong Bitter
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24 Litres |
1.056 |
1.009 |
6.18 |
43.53 |
3.6 °L
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463 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 11.4 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.119 |
Efficiency: 78 |
Mash Thickness: 3.636 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.5 |
Primary
Temp: 22 ° C |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 0.37 bar |
Creation
Date: 4/8/2021 1:29 PM |
Notes: 1. The starter must be produced 24 hours prior to the mashing. This is to produce a very fast rapid fermentation with a large population of yeast which defines this beer.
- The starter includes 200g of DME, 400mL of water, 1g of Yeast Nutrient, 1g of Go-Ferm, 100g of Sucrose and 0.1g of DAP, in a 1000mL Schott bottle with a pre-sterilized fermenter.
- Boil for 15 minutes and place the pot (covered with foil) in a bowl of ice to chill very quickly.
- Sterilize the Schott bottle and pour in broth. Ensure that temperature is between 25-35 degrees Celsius. Pitch the Fermentis US-05 yeast and stopper the fermenter.
- *Record original gravity and notate down*
- Ferment for 24 hours to build up a population of yeast and then cold crash in fridge overnight. Decant 90% of the supernatant and concentrate the yeast cells behind. Reconstitute in fresh wort when ready and allow to rest for 2 hours at RT before adding to the fermenter.
2. Adjust the water chemistry of 30L of water in a 35L stainless steel induction pot. This can be prepared in a keg or fermenter beforehand and treated with a campden tablet. Maintain a Cl:SO4 ratio of 1:2. Add 2g CaCl2 and 4g CaSO4 and then 3g of Citric acid dissolved in 50mL of water. If pH overshoots, adjust with sodium bicarbonate. Remove 10L of water for later sparging.
3. Begin heating 20L of the prepared water according to the following steps:
(a) Alpha and Beta Amylase midpoint
- heat the water to 65 degrees Celsius (90 mins)
- physically agitate the grains in the water encouraging enzymatic breakdown, break up any dough balls that form.
(b) Sparging - separately sparge 10L of water and recombine (10 mins)
The grain must strike the water and maintain 65 degrees Celsius. Therefore, set the initial temperature at 70 degrees Celsius.
4. Boil the mash to 90 degrees Celsius and begin the first bittering hop addition. Follow the hop schedule in this procedure.
5. At 15 minutes left in the boil, add:
- A whirlfloc tablet (1x)
- Irish moss - rehydrated (2g)
- Yeast nutrient, Diammonium phosphate (0.5g) and Go-Ferm (8g each)
- Any necessary sugars
The immersion chiller should also be added at this stage to sterilize and prepare for flameout.
6. At flameout, the immersion chiller is started and temperature is reduced. Keep the whirlpool flowing from the recirculation pump.
7. Once the temperature has reached 20 degrees Celsius, add the concentrated yeast starter and seal the pressure fermenter. The pressure fermenter should have been previously prepared by alkaline cleaning/scrubbing and then acid sterilizing and flushed with CO2.
8. Ferment at 1 bar pressure for 7 days. Liquid-Liquid transfer into a new pressure fermenter that contains 50g of Dry hops in a hop bag. Further ferment for another 7 days. Optionally, hops can be placed in a magnetically held bag inside the roof of the fermenter with a stronger outer magnet holding it above the waterline. Remove magnet on outside of fermenter after 2 days to High Krausen dry hop.
9. Cold crash beer for 2 days at 4 degrees Celsius at 200kpa (closed). Liquid-Liquid transfer to a stainless steel Cornelius keg (19L) and serve on tap at 4 degrees Celsius and 35kpa pressure.
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Big Reg Lager
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Irish Red Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.058 |
1.015 |
5.71 |
23.47 |
18.33 °L
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463 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.049 |
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: 4/7/2021 2:46 PM |
Notes: Irish Red Ale (BYO MAGIZINE)
Written by Jamil Zainasheff
Issue: March-April 2009
Fritz Maytag, of Anchor Brewing fame, during a speech many years ago, explained how the “story” around something is a big part of the experience. An interesting tale can even make something taste better. It was an idea new to me at the time, but I’m a firm believer ever since. Essentially, if you’re excited about how something was made, you’ll enjoy it more. I think the same thing goes for environment: a given beer tastes better the more you enjoy the environment. Drinking with good friends? Favorite music playing? The beer tastes better. I’ve also come to realize that beer names can have the same effect. This is why most breweries give their beers creative names, to evoke a positive response in the consumer.
Nearly a decade after I heard Fritz speak I was in Australia to attend the first Australian National Homebrewing Conference. A good friend took me to the Holgate Brewhouse in Woodend where I ran across a beer name that interested me, Big Reg Lager. “Ah,” I thought to myself, “This must be named after some local hero? A dear friend of the brewer maybe? Probably a mountain of a man with a wild mass of flaming red hair. A big, friendly guy, named Reginald, but everyone called him ‘Reg.'” I could almost see his kind face, his smile exposing one gold tooth, atop his massive shoulders. It was a wonderful beer and I enjoyed it immensely. The funny thing is, I came to find out that they hadn’t named it Big Reg. It was originally named Big Red Lager. The beer had won the 2008 Premier’s Trophy for Best Victorian Beer in the Australian International Beer Awards. Somewhere along the line there was a mix up and their trophy was accidentally engraved “Big Reg Lager.” Instead of worrying about it, they just changed the name of the beer. My imagined story of the heroic, barrel-chested Reg was lost, crushed on the cruel, rocky shores of a typo. Still a great beer, but with a different story. I wonder if I would have enjoyed it as much had I tried a “Big Red Lager.” If you ask me, “Red” doesn’t convey as much excitement as “Reg” and that got me thinking about how many different red beers and red beer styles are out there, such as Irish red ale.
Irish red ale is a balanced, easy-drinking pint, with a moderate malt character full of caramel and toasted notes. The deep reddish copper color comes from both crystal malt and a small dose of highly kilned grain, such as roasted barley. Despite a slightly sweet overall character, the highly kilned grain adds a touch of dryness to the finish and can add a very slight touch of roasted flavor too. Hop bitterness is evenly balanced, but the dark malt addition can make the beer seem a little more bitter than the IBU level would indicate. Hop flavor and aroma is often close to non-existent, but there are examples with a touch of hop character. This beer can be brewed as either an ale or lager, but either way the fermentation character should be relatively clean. The BJCP style guide mentions a light buttery character being acceptable, but this beer really shouldn’t have distinct buttery notes. Perhaps a better way to describe it is toffee-like. Toffee is often made with butter. If your Irish red turns out to have toffee notes, that would be an OK amount of butter. If your beer has a butter character, then that would be too much. Brewed as a lager, an Irish red should have a lager profile. Brewed as an ale, the beer will have some esters, but the ester profile should be very restrained and subtle, just enough so you know the beer was brewed as an ale. The higher alcohol examples might have a bit of alcohol warmth, but the focus should be on an easy drinking pint. High levels of alcohol and alcohol flavors are not appropriate.
I prefer British pale ale malt as the base for Irish red. It provides a nice biscuit-like malt character background. British pale ale malt is kilned a bit darker (2.5 to 3.5 °L) than the average American two-row or pale malt (1.5 to 2.5 °L) and this higher level of kilning brings out the malt’s biscuit and toasty flavors. If you’re brewing with extract, your best choice is an extract made from British pale ale malt. Look for products labeled English pale, Maris Otter, or British-style malt extract. If you can’t get it through your local homebrew shop, you can find it online from several retailers. If you use domestic two-row malt or extract made from it, you’ll need to compensate with some additional specialty malts such as Munich, Biscuit or Victory, but show restraint. For a 5-gallon (19-L) batch, add no more than 0.75 pound (0.34 kg) total.
For the caramel or toffee character in this beer, the obvious choice is caramel/crystal specialty malts. What isn’t obvious is where the reddish-copper color comes from. While one might be tempted to go heavy on the caramel-type malts to get both caramel flavor and a reddish color, doing so would most likely result in too much caramel flavor and not enough color. The deep reddish copper color comes from a small dose of highly kilned grain that also adds to the dry finish of the beer. Dark roasted grain can quickly overwhelm this beer’s flavor profile, so caution and precise measuring are important. In this beer style, you’re looking for a balance of all flavor elements and being too bold in any one area will miss the mark.
Irish red ale generally has a medium-light to medium body. A single infusion mash around 153 °F (67 °C) strikes the proper balance between fermentable and non-fermentable sugars. For extract brewers, most light colored extracts will get you fairly close. If not, you can build a little more body without flavor impact by adding some dextrin-type malts to your steeping grains.
Target a bitterness-to-starting gravity ratio (IBU divided by OG) between 0.4 and 0.6. You’re trying to achieve a slightly sweet start to the beer, with a balanced overall character, and a slightly dry finish. Normally, a single addition at 60 minutes is all you need. If you want a beer with some hop character, a moderate later addition, say 0.5 ounce (14 g), around 20 minutes is acceptable. Hop choice for bittering and flavor is fairly flexible. Kent Goldings, Fuggle, Challenger, Target, Perle and Magnum all work well. Don’t use citrusy or catty American-type hops.
This style can be fermented as either an ale or lager, though my preference is to brew it as an ale. Regardless, temperature control during fermentation is also very important. You want the beer to attenuate enough so that it doesn’t have a sweet finish and you want to ferment it cold enough that any esters are restrained and the beer has a fairly clean character. While some commercial examples have a touch of diacetyl, keep any buttery flavors and aromas to an absolute minimum for the best results in competition.
Two great yeasts for brewing this style are White Labs WLP004 Irish Ale and Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale. You can’t go wrong with either product. Irish ale yeast provides the right low-ester profile but is only moderately attenuative. You’ll need to pitch the proper amount of clean, healthy yeast and keep a close eye on fermentation temperatures to ensure good attenuation. If you choose to go the lager route, you can use any continental lager strain with acceptable results.
Recipe
Irish Red Ale
(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)
OG = 1.053 (13.2 °P) FG = 1.014 (3.5 °P) IBU = 25 SRM = 18 ABV = 5.2%
Ingredients
9.9 lbs. (4.5 kg) Crisp British pale ale malt or similar British pale ale malt
6.0 oz. (170 g) Great Western crystal malt (40 °L)
6.0 oz. (170 g) Great Western crystal malt (120 °L)
5.0 oz. (142 g) roasted barley (300 °L)
5.25 AAU Kent Golding pellet hops, (1.05 oz./30 g at 5% alpha acid) (60 min.)
White Labs WLP004 (Irish Ale), Wyeast 1084 (Irish Ale) or Fermentis Safale US-05 yeast |
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American Stout Toronto Brewing
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Sweet Stout
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18.9 Litres |
1.054 |
1.013 |
5.43 |
43.05 |
47.81 °L
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463 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 24.6 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 3.1 |
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: 12/10/2020 1:43 PM |
| Notes: |
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Extra Special Bitter
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Strong Bitter
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5.75 Gallons |
1.053 |
1.013 |
5.19 |
37.88 |
11.53 °L
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463 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.047 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.45 |
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: 11/16/2017 8:19 PM |
| Notes: |
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Saturna
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Irish Red Ale
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200 Litres |
1.046 |
1.011 |
4.57 |
36.57 |
9.29 °L
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463 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 200 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.043 |
Efficiency: 60 |
Mash Thickness: 3 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 1.64 bar |
Creation
Date: 10/2/2020 4:42 PM |
| Notes: |
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Irish Red Ale
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Irish Red Ale
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20.8 Litres |
1.043 |
1.012 |
4.16 |
14.07 |
12.97 °L
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463 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 11.4 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.079 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 3.14 |
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: 10/17/2019 1:20 PM |
| Notes: |
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120 Shillings
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Scottish Light
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450 Litres |
1.077 |
1.023 |
7.08 |
28.5 |
25.78 °L
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463 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 500 Litres |
Boil Time: 70 |
Boil Gravity: 1.069 |
Efficiency: 75 |
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: 7/26/2019 12:25 AM |
| Notes: |
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6's & 7's
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Dark Mild
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5.5 Gallons |
1.037 |
1.012 |
3.32 |
15.5 |
14.51 °L
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463 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.03 |
Efficiency: 72 |
Mash Thickness: 1.25 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/30/2019 3:22 AM |
| Notes: |
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Irish Ale
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Irish Red Ale
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5.25 Gallons |
1.062 |
1.013 |
6.37 |
39.66 |
13.27 °L
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463 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.8 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.048 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.6 |
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: 4/4/2019 2:01 PM |
| Notes: |
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Milk Stout No 1
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Sweet Stout
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22 Litres |
1.06 |
1.016 |
5.74 |
36.79 |
34.23 °L
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463 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 23.5 Litres |
Boil Time: 30 |
Boil Gravity: 1.056 |
Efficiency: 71 |
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: 12/10/2018 12:16 PM |
| Notes: |
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Porter
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Oatmeal Stout
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23 Litres |
1.05 |
1.012 |
5.03 |
30.03 |
24.32 °L
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463 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 28.5 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.041 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 2.49 |
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: 12/8/2018 10:47 AM |
| Notes: |
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Irish
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Irish Red Ale
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100 Litres |
1.048 |
1.012 |
4.73 |
20.19 |
17.72 °L
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463 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 130 Litres |
Boil Time: 75 |
Boil Gravity: 1.037 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: 2.8 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 19 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 9/16/2018 2:11 PM |
| Notes: |
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Irish Red
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Irish Red Ale
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23 Litres |
1.051 |
1.012 |
5.11 |
19.95 |
13.7 °L
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463 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 25 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.047 |
Efficiency: 69 |
Mash Thickness: 3.7 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 19 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/19/2018 12:39 PM |
| Notes: swapped out the original wyeyeast irish ale 10284 |
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