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Killer Kolsch
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Kölsch
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11 Gallons |
1.048 |
1.011 |
4.85 |
28.11 |
5 °L
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733 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 4.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.023 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: 0.5 |
Primary
Temp: 63 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 2/7/2018 4:23 PM |
| Notes: |
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Cherry/Brett/Wildflower Mead (M4)
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Semi-Sweet Mead
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1 Gallons |
1.089 |
1.002 |
11.39 |
0 |
3.86 °L
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733 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 0.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: N/A |
Boil Gravity: 1.177 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/23/2018 5:50 PM |
| Notes: |
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Belgian Ale
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Belgian Golden Strong Ale
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20 Litres |
1.057 |
1.014 |
5.65 |
7.59 |
24.95 °L
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733 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 11.4 Litres |
Boil Time: 50 |
Boil Gravity: 1.099 |
Efficiency: 50 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 19 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/29/2018 2:36 AM |
| Notes: |
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Muddy Pig Outmeal Stout
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Oatmeal Stout
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5 Gallons |
1.069 |
1.021 |
6.23 |
23.7 |
23.67 °L
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733 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.115 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 72 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/7/2018 1:21 AM |
| Notes: |
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Pecan Brown Ale
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Mild
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5.5 Gallons |
1.057 |
1.014 |
5.57 |
21.56 |
27.05 °L
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733 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.062 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/14/2018 8:07 PM |
| Notes: |
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Chocolate Stout
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Dry Stout
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5 Gallons |
1.099 |
1.022 |
10.16 |
21.57 |
50 °L
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733 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.165 |
Efficiency: 75 |
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: 1/19/2019 1:02 AM |
| Notes: |
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Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
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American Light Lager
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5 Gallons |
1.128 |
1.036 |
12.08 |
53.41 |
46.07 °L
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733 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.106 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/27/2019 2:50 AM |
| Notes: |
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#24 Spiced Wheat
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Weissbier
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7.5 Gallons |
1.041 |
1.008 |
4.35 |
25.88 |
3.45 °L
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732 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.061 |
Efficiency: 40 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: Sugar |
Priming Amount: 7 oz |
Creation
Date: 6/18/2017 9:31 PM |
| Notes: |
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Pumpkin Beer
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Autumn Seasonal Beer
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6 Gallons |
1.078 |
1.015 |
8.22 |
8.36 |
14.42 °L
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732 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.156 |
Efficiency: 60 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/23/2017 2:25 AM |
Notes: ** 6 pounds pumpkin is an estimate including 4-5 pounds of pumpkin for the boil and 2-3 pounds for the secondary.
USING FRESH PUMPKIN
You need to prepare the pumpkin a few days in advance of the brew day. Using a large knife, halve the pumpkin, remove the seeds, and cut the halves into pieces about 6 inches (15 cm) long. Cover some cookie sheets with aluminum foil, arrange the pumpkin pieces on the cookie sheets, and sprinkle them liberally with brown sugar. Roast in the oven at 375°F (190°C) until soft. This usually takes two to three hours. During roasting, the brown sugar will melt and caramelize onto the pumpkin, providing extra flavor. Remove the pumpkin from the oven and let cool. Then peel off the pumpkin skin, dice the flesh into large cubes (being sure to save the juice for its color and flavor), and store in a covered bowl in the fridge. On brew day, let the pumpkin warm to room temperature and put it in the kettle for the duration of the boil. (As an aside, for those who are into sustainable brewing, the boiled pumpkin flesh makes excellent pies.) To avoid a mess in the kettle and clogged valves or siphons, put the pumpkin into either a large fine-mesh bag designed for fruit or a hop spider equipped with a paint-straining bag.
USING CANNED PUMPKIN
I prepare my pumpkin for the boil by cubing it (again, roughly in one inch sections) and baking it until it is well browned. Usually this takes about an hour at 375° F, tossing the pan every fifteen minutes or so for even caramelization. After it's browned, I toss it with a mix of brown sugar, a little bit of water, and some spices, and put it back into the oven for about ten minutes. It's almost like you're making caramel corn. After that, I toss the pumpkin into the kettle at the start of the boil and let it go for the full hour. Some people insist that this is a bad idea because it will give you cloudy beer -- and you should only use pumpkin in the mash to get the starches converted -- but I've never found this to be true.
Mash all loose grains for 60 min. Strike temp 165, mash 155, sparge 170.
- Mash 4.5 gal. Heat to 165. Add grains. Mash at 155 F for 60 minutes.
- Sparge 2.5 gal. Heat sparge water to 170 F. Remove grains from mash and add to sparge for 10 minutes. Add this water to mash water.
Mash and sparge water should amount to about 6 gal for the boil
90 min boil
bring wort to boil. should be approximately 5-6 gallons
once boiling add pumpkin and rice hulls in a muslin bag boil 90 min
add liquid malt extract 60 min
add 1 lb DME at 60 min
add first hops at 60 min
add 1 lb DME at 20 min
add second hops at 20 min
add spices at 5 min
remove pumpkin bag from boil
cool wort
REHYDRATE YEAST
pitch yeast
After Krausen has fallen (a few days after primary fermentation begins) add 16oz of brown sugar through a sanitized funnel.
After primary fermentation, I secondary my pumpkin ale for one week with a fair amount (I do 2.5 pounds) of roasted, caramelized pumpkin. I feel this is the step that really puts the 'true' pumpkin flavor into my beer; along with discovering biscuit malt in 1995, I credit it as turning a good pumpkin ale into a great one. This is also where you use the molass4 es and maple syrup mentioned in the ingredients; toss them into a hot pan with your roasted pumpkin to candy. You can skip the secondary (or split off a gallon or two to try it on a smaller scale) if you find it unconvincing.
Added 1.5 tsp cinamon and some nutmeg in spice tea before bottling
TASTING NOTES
Tasted before bottling - probably needs to mellow, but very good. Creamy and rich. Underspiced, but I tasted before adding spice tea. Possibly undercarbed - total volume was 4.75 gallons, but there was actually very little trub on the bottom from the pumpkin and the pumpkin did not seem to absorb much liquid. So I actually bottled 49 beers. So this may be undercarbed? I'm not sure. Usually I have more trub and less total beers. I used 4.2 oz of corn sugar dissolved in 16 oz of water for the priming solution.
TASTING NOTES
This beer is GREAT! Frickin awesome.
My concerns about being under-spiced and under-carbed were wrong. It is a well-spiced pumpkin beer with good head. It is not over-spiced, for me, but some may not enjoy the well-spiced beer here. But I do. The vanilla is not very apparent, so maybe add an additional 1/2 teaspoon or maybe even a whole teaspoon next year?
Carbonation is spot on. There's a slight off taste the first sip, I can't tell what it is, but it was in my first pumpkin beer too. Possibly try using less pumpkin next time or not caramelizing it as much. The off taste quickly fades so I'm guessing it gases off.
Overall a fantastic beer. I actually picked up a six pack of Road Mary's Baby (pumpkin beer from Two Roads), and my beer is without a doubt better.
My OG was a bit lower at 1.068, and my final gravity got to about the right point so this came in at about 6.9-7.0% ABV.
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American Amber
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American Amber Ale
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23 Litres |
1.051 |
1.012 |
5.18 |
25.02 |
12.45 °L
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732 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 11 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.107 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 12/7/2018 11:34 PM |
| Notes: |
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James' Brown Remix '24 (partial Mash)
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Northern English Brown
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10 Gallons |
1.055 |
1.016 |
5.26 |
24.67 |
23.31 °L
|
731 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 8 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.069 |
Efficiency: 60 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 62 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/5/2024 10:48 PM |
Notes:
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IPA
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American IPA
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5 Gallons |
1.049 |
1.012 |
4.92 |
0 |
4.86 °L
|
731 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.082 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 2/24/2015 6:10 PM |
| Notes: |
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Maibock
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Helles Bock
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4.5 Gallons |
1.071 |
1.017 |
7.1 |
32.54 |
6.71 °L
|
731 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 4.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 75 |
Boil Gravity: 1.023 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 52 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 27.18 psi |
Creation
Date: 1/17/2023 8:48 PM |
Notes: Yeast starter (2 days prior to brew day) *** DOUBLE THIS****
add 4 oz Pilsen DME to 2 quarts spring water with 1/2 tsp yeast nutrient and boil for 15 mins.
Chill to 70 and pitch yeast, aerate using stir plate
(one packet will be in mason jar, manually aerate periodically)
Mash
Using LME to DME conversion for extract amounts, since recipe called for 3.3 lbs Pilsen LME and 2.5 lbs Munich LME (and I want to add ~half at early and late times in the boil)
https://www.brewersfriend.com/lme-dme-conversion-calculator/
3.3 lbs LME = 2.7 lbs DME
2.5 lbs LME = 2 lbs DME (Keystone does not have Munich DME, so weigh out the LME)
Steep grains (4 lbs total) in 3.5 gallons distilled water with minerals as noted in Water Chemistry section for 60mins at target temp; raise to mashout temp, and sparge as noted. Add boiling top-off water and bring to boil, adding hops/extras per schedule.
1/2 the DME and LME at 15 mins into boil; remaining 1/2 at 15 mins left in boil
Chill to 52F. Pitch yeast*, aerate, and place in temp-controlled mini-frig to ferment
*** Save 2 quarts wort to sanitized growler (that can have a cork/airlock added), save 1 tsp yeast slurry to separate sanitized container. Refrig both.
When main fermentation has substantially slowed, take saved wort and pitch yeast to it, allowing to ferment vigorously. Then, add back to main fermentation and allow it to complete at 52F.
Perform a diacetyl rest (raise temp to 62F) for 2 days.
Then lager (35F) for 7-8 weeks.
Xfer to sanitized keg, carbonate, and bottle. |
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Pandemic Collaboration 2021
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Imperial Stout
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13 Gallons |
1.084 |
1.019 |
8.54 |
165.38 |
41.89 °L
|
731 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 15 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.025 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: sucrose |
Priming Amount: 12.4 oz |
Creation
Date: 12/4/2021 12:39 AM |
| Notes: |
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The Best Part Of Waking Up-Coffee Cream Ale
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Cream Ale
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2 Gallons |
1.057 |
1.013 |
5.7 |
24.26 |
4.27 °L
|
731 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 2.72 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/22/2021 4:33 PM |
| Notes: |
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Enohcs Recipe Altered
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American IPA
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5.5 Gallons |
1.065 |
1.015 |
6.48 |
71.01 |
10.19 °L
|
731 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.118 |
Efficiency: 35 |
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: 6/21/2015 9:02 PM |
| Notes: |
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IP Eh
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American IPA
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6 Gallons |
1.059 |
1.011 |
6.34 |
40.32 |
4.62 °L
|
731 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.119 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 3/1/2015 8:53 PM |
| Notes: |
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AK's Citra Sipper
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Blonde Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.058 |
1.011 |
6.2 |
23.24 |
8.02 °L
|
730 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.024 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 7.74 psi |
Creation
Date: 8/17/2020 11:36 PM |
Notes: Soak orange zest in 4-6 oz of vodka 24-48 hrs and add to secondary when racking from the primary.
Steep Caramel Crystal in water until temp reaches 170. Remove and discard. Add 3lb LME at 60 min, Add 3lb LME at 15min. Add DME at 10min.
Dry hop at 5 days prior to bottle/keg
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ESB 127
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Strong Bitter
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5.5 Gallons |
1.055 |
1.014 |
5.42 |
40.75 |
8.72 °L
|
730 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.059 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/7/2017 3:53 PM |
| Notes: |
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Clemifornia
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California Common
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5.5 Gallons |
1.051 |
1.016 |
4.63 |
41.4 |
10.46 °L
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730 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.03 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 72 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/6/2016 12:27 AM |
| Notes: Modified to take single addition of Centennial as bittering hop; aroma all in the use of zest |
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