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Hilltopper's Pride Kentucky Common

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Method: All Grain
Style: Kentucky Common
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 6 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.042 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Stephen Stanley/BYO Mag
Rating:

5.00 (1 Review)

Calories: 174 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16.4 g (Per 12oz)
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Created: Tuesday May 17th 2016

Original Gravity:

1.053

Final Gravity:

1.011

ABV (standard):

5.5%

IBU (tinseth):

19.8

SRM (morey):

13.7

Mash pH

n/a

Cost $

n/a

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
7 lb	American - Pale 6-Row7 lb Pale 6-Row	35	1.8	52.1%
3.50 lb	Flaked Corn3.5 lb Flaked Corn	40	0.5	26%
1.25 lb	Flaked Rye1.25 lb Flaked Rye	36	2.8	9.3%
3 oz	American - Black Malt3 oz Black Malt	28	500	1.4%
5 oz	American - Caramel / Crystal 80L5 oz Caramel / Crystal 80L	33	80	2.3%
16 oz	Rice Hulls16 oz Rice Hulls	0	0	7.4%
3 oz	Molasses3 oz Molasses	36	80	1.4%
215 oz / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Cluster1 oz Cluster Hops	Pellet	7.5	First Wort	0 min	15.5	50%
1 oz	Saaz1 oz Saaz Hops	Pellet	3.5	Boil	10 min	4.3	50%
2 oz / $ 0.00

Show Summary View

Amount	Variety	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Cluster (Pellet)	15.5	50%
1 oz	Saaz (Pellet) 0.99999999771257 oz Saaz (Pellet) Hops	4.3	50%
2 oz / $ 0.00

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
16.5 qt	166° strike temp	Infusion	--	122 °F	20 min
		Infusion	--	152 °F	60 min
		Sparge	--	168 °F	10 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
2 each	Whirlfloc Tab		Fining	Boil	10 min.
3 oz	Molasses		Flavor	Secondary	0 min.

Yeast

White Labs - Cream Ale Yeast Blend WLP080

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	77.5%	Flocculation:	Medium
Optimum Temp:	65 - 70 °F	Starter:	Yes

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Priming

Method: Corn Sugar Amount: 4 Oz in 1 C water CO₂ Level: 2.2 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Aurora, CO Municipal Water

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
54	8	45	37	53	142
1 gypsum, 2 g Calcium Chloride, added to total water (5.2 Gal) Check mash pH.
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Notes

Kentucky Common is a pre-Prohibition style popular in northern Kentucky and southern Indiana. It's currently kept alive by two brew pubs and homebrewers. The beer is one of three uniquely American beer styles. Since no one really knows what this tasted like, I'll just experiment until I get a beer I like. 8/28/16. I have a beer I really like, freezing the recipe.

Target bitterness is 20 IBU

Ferment at 68 degrees.

8/28/16: Renamed to "Hilltopper's Pride", scaled to 6 gallons. Targeting 20 IBU in next batch.

GABF silver award in Historical category, 2017, Ironworks Brewing.

12/26/17 Brew 03: Making some tweaks, recorded in snapshot in brew session.

2/24/18: Not so happy with my tweaks. Need a little less dark malt, say three ounces rather than four. So keep water treatment, reduce black malt to 3 ounces, measure pH hot and keep original hops. Changes made to recipe.

6/22/18: Didn't like the color as much, replaced an ounce of black malt (now four ounces). Reversion seems to make a great beer. Oh, made second round in the World Beer Cup with original recipe.

7/1: Reversing 6/22 decision on color, leaving the beer at 3 ounces black malt. It's a great beer done that way. Almost ready to bottle.