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American Pale Ale by BillyBoy36

OG: 1.067 FG: 1.017 ABV: 6.6% IBU: 19

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Practice recipe

OG: 1.053 FG: 1.013 ABV: 5.3% IBU: 0

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Water conditioning Homework

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OG: 1.049 FG: 1.012 ABV: 4.8% IBU: 0

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Zombie Frost

English IPA

OG: 1.098 FG: 1.020 ABV: 10.3% IBU: 27

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Oscar Blues Old Chubb real clone boosted smoke 3oz + added oat flakes

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OG: 1.092 FG: 1.026 ABV: 8.7% IBU: 0

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Boulevard Nutcracker real clone boosted to 9%

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OG: 1.096 FG: 1.028 ABV: 8.9% IBU: 0

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AG113 Lunar Thorn 14

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OG: 1.043 FG: 1.011 ABV: 4.2% IBU: 54

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Fiona 3

OG: 1.115 FG: 1.006 ABV: 14.4% IBU: 0

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