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Author:

Jason Rippe

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 65

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: 9/29/2011 7:42 PM

Notes: Taking a clone of Cigar Brewing's Jai Alai and turning it into an apple IPA. Not sure if it will work, but it sounds amazingly fun to try. Doing the initial brew at 4 gallons then putting the cooled wort onto the cider in the primary, along with the dry Simcoe hops after a week.

Author:

Boil Size: 4.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 10 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/10/2016 7:48 AM

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Author:

k_mcroberts@hotmail.com

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 62 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/8/2014 9:55 PM

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Author:

Jack Dog Brewery

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.058

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 64 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/30/2016 10:08 PM

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Author:

Trekker23

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: Force carb

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/8/2016 4:38 AM

Notes:

Author:

Cuds01

Boil Size: 29.97 Litres

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 1.062

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/20/2018 10:44 PM

Notes: TOTAL WATER NEEDED - 32.42 Liters
STRIKE WATER TEMP - 70 degrees Celsius
PREBOIL WORT - 29.97 Liters
POST BOIL WORT - 24.45 Liters
INTO FERMENTER - 23 Liters

Pirate life Mosaic is 7% ABV and 58 IBU

Pirate Life Uses Pale 2 row and Carapils and obviously Mosaic.

Tried no sparge method with this brew and still achieved 75% efficiency which is equal to when I sparge. Just stirred the mash a few times.

ABV & IBU were spot on, Beer tastes so close to the PL.
Belgian malt was used as that's all i could get from brew shop at the time but worked well.

Colour was so close to the PL.

You could dry hop more, however it was high in hop flavor and aroma. Will definitely make this many more times to come!!

Author:

Boil Size: 28 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 79

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 21 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/28/2016 8:46 AM

Notes: Wyeast WLP005 yeast with 1 litre starter, fermented for 36 hours (1 litre of water, 100g of light spray malt).

Measurements:

Boil gravity 47pts
Original gravity 56 pts
Final gravity 17 pts

28/03/2016 - brew day
01/04/2016 - no more airlock activity after 4 days of fermentation. waiting some time for yeast to clean up before cold crashing and kegging...
5/04/2016 - cold crashing at 0 celcius
13/04/2016 - kegging day. The beer tastes very good even before carbonation. Moving the keg to condition at 0 celsius.
24/04/2016 - sampled the beer, it's good but a bit hazy. might try gelatin to clear it up in the serving keg.

Author:

hopheadie

Boil Size: 8 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.069

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/30/2013 3:38 AM

Notes: Steep grain in 3.5lts water at 68 degrees C for 30 mins (remove bag), add 4.5lts of water bring to boil add 1 tub of munton's light malt extract (1.8kg) and boil until foam starts to settle about 15 mins. Start the 60 min boil after this, @60 min add 10g pacific jade, @ 30 mins add 10g citra, 10g zythos,(also add 1 teaspoon of Irish moss at 30 mins)(start to rehydrate yeast at 20 mins) @ 5 mins add 10g zythos and 10g citra, @flame out add 10g zythos and 10g citra. Cooled wort in sink of cold/iced water until it is under 20 degrees and pitched the yeast. After 5 days increased temp to 21 degrees, then after another 48 hours dry hopped with 10g of cascade, 30g citra, 20 zythos. Tasted @ day 5 and it was very bitter. So I bought 3 440g tins of sliced mango, I froze the flesh and added the syrup to the brew. when I dry hopped I added the frozen mango also approx 500g. left for 8 days then bottled. I tasted this yesterday (3 weeks in the bottle) and the mango has smoothed out the bitterness and I am now planing on brewing this again at 23lt as it tastes darn good. If a little hazy.

Author:

Perrylodgic

Boil Size: 17.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 74

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: 4/30/2015 12:14 AM

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Author:

Roget

Boil Size: 33 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.033

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/28/2015 7:24 PM

Notes: pulsed grain in food processor - not much difference to Efficiency.
Reduced to 60% & added 500g DME.
FG 1.013 after 9days & 13days

Conditioned to 2.0 CO2
117g Dextrose for 25L

Author:

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.057

Efficiency: 70

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: 7/30/2016 5:41 PM

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Author:

Tres

Boil Size: 2 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: Corn Sugar

Priming Amount: 2oz

Creation Date: 10/21/2012 10:15 PM

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Author:

mleathers777

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/7/2013 10:13 PM

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Author:

Aussiedamo

Boil Size: 26.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.035

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/8/2016 7:43 AM

Notes: ONLY MANAGED TO GET 19 LITRES IN THE FERMENTER AND OG ONLY 1.044

Author:

gorefisted@gmail.com

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.035

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.75

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 67 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/22/2015 12:26 AM

Notes: MASH SCHEDULE:

- Dough-in @ 95F with 98.4F water, hold for 45 min (phytic acid rest to help prep mash pH)
- Increase to 113F with boiling water, hold for 20 min (beta-glucan/protein rest)
- Increase to 152F with boiling water, hold for 55-60 min (main infusion/sacch rest)
- Collect 3.5 gallons in first runnings, sparge to collect 3 more

So, here we are. Making a bourbon-barrel fermented black gose... I don't think either of us is sure exactly what's going to happen, but that's part of the fun. Here's the breakdown:

We want to make a gose. This style of light-bodied, tart and funky spiced ale is pretty en-vogue right now. However, being us, we can't just do it the normal way. It's go hard or go home. So, we're going to brew a gose with 10.5% midnight wheat malt and alderwood smoked salt (y'know, cuz it's gonna be a black gose...), throw it in our bourbon barrel (which has previously aged Damnation Alley bourbon, our imperial stout and our English old ale), pitch a lactobacillus starter into it, wait a week then pitch Kölsch yeast, then probably wait a pretty long time to see what happens to it. We are doing this primarily to infect this barrel once and for all, and figure an insanely outlandish, reach-exceeding-our-grasp recipe will guarantee both that and potentially yield an interesting beer. If the beer doesn't come out palatable, then we'll at least learn something or another about sour beers and barrel-based primary fermentation. I'll keep this page updated with our trials and tribulations.

7/24/15: The experiment begins (and oh, does it begin). Making a starter consisting of steeped acidulated malt, flour and dextrose. Already pretty bizarre, but we're hoping to just grow a small lacto culture from our single vial of White Labs L. delbrueckii (WLP677).

7/24/15: - 11:50 PM: Just washed our barrel out with boiling water in preparation for filling it with wort and a lacto culture tomorrow night. Smells amazing still, but definitely a little buggy already. We had been considering this for a while, honestly. We've heard tell that a bourbon barrel will really only be able to age a beer to provide the usual woody, tannic and spirit-like characteristics for 2-3 uses before getting sour and bizarre... thus, we're pretty much prepping it for future sours right now.

7/25/15: Brew day. Everything's going fine, actually. We collected a lot but it's pretty weak, so we'll boil it down to get a more concentrated wort.

8/15/15: Just to update a bit... we went with the original plan on 7/25/15 after brewing to throw this directly into the barrel and add the previously-mentioned lacto starter we made. Additionally, however, we pitched ~65 mL of Omega Labs lactobacillus blend after throwing the other ~35 mL into a small batch of blueberry hefeweizen. Last week (a week after pitching the lacto blend and the Kölsch yeast, mind you), we tasted this monster and it's already pretty damn sour. However, it also hasn't really fermented much. Considering we only hit 1.042 for our OG (already a couple points off) and the Kölsch yeast seemingly barely did anything, likely due to the pH of the barrel's contents being too low (2.5-3.5) for fermentation to truly get underway, we may have our first "stuck" fermentation, cuz the sample we took, though awesome tasting, was about 1.020. Doesn't really matter cuz we can always throw some Brett in. I think it'll still come out awesome, but it needs time and TLC. We were asking for issues with this idea though, so it's fine.

8/29/15: It's been a couple weeks since tasting this and checking hydrometer readings. Last time we checked, this guy was actually, really fermenting, though pretty slow. Even though we believe the yeast we pitched has been all but completely halted by the low pH of the barrel's current contents, it seems lacto has been slowly chipping away at the complex dextrins and other sugars hanging out in there, as the hydrometer revealed us to actually have a then-current gravity of ~1.020. Checked again today with another 8 oz sample and we are progressing, this time with around 1.014. It's slow going, but at this point we actually have a very tasty, complex dark sour beer that presents a lot of challenging flavor components and which has a well-rounded body to boot. In terms of ABV, we are hovering somewhere around 4%, which is actually pretty solid. Changed the blowoff assembly to an airlock and sipping on the sample as I type. As I mentioned, it's very complex. In the nose I get notes of bourbon and sherry, cocoa, oak, vanilla and an intense tangy funk note, not unlike something like Boulevard's Love Child sours (which are also BBA darker sours, incidentally). The wine-like notes also linger on the tongue, though the finish is sharply sour, salty and surprisingly very dry considering there's still a decent amount of residual sugar. I think we'll probably bottle this one pretty soon, honestly. We're trying to strike a balance between taking 8 ounce samples to check gravity every few weeks and just cutting our (volume) losses and collecting what we can, bottling it and enjoying it. Besides, we're both itching to do something insane with Brett in the barrel, so that's even more reason to get this wonderful little science project out of there and into our beer fridge. Until next time.

9/18/15: We bottled this last week, using Lalvin champagne yeast to hopefully carbonate it nicely given the main yeast in the barrel probably gave up when it was added to such a low pH environment. It's somewhat carbonated in only a week which is good, but the most important thing is...

IT'S FUCKING AWESOME.

Holy shit, this is basically everything we wanted it to be, and pretty much all of the notes, nuances and flavors come together amazingly. It's smoky, salty, sour, malty, roasty, coffee-forward, tannic and bourbon-laced with an absolutely insane acid profile. Super good. Insanely pumped.

Author:

Frosty Weasel

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 70

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: 4/15/2016 3:02 PM

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Author:

NannoBrew

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.052

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.65

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/23/2018 7:23 PM

Notes: Based on: https://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/winter-beard-cold-mountain-clone

Author:

ddobrovolskyi

Boil Size: 5.2 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.055

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.7

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: 1/14/2020 9:12 PM

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Author:

Jstep

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 240

Boil Gravity: 1.08

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 1.75

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/30/2017 2:22 AM

Notes: Tap water filtered using carbon filter. Added 2ml lactic acid to hit 5.25pH. Added grains at 130F and let heat up to 154F. Mashed for 30 at 154F.

BK is 3.5 gallons. Mashed in using 2.5gal and then sparged to 3gal. Boiled and then topped off fermenter to 2-2.5gal or until OG was 1.045

Author:

Mr Merlin

Boil Size: 30 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3.14

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: sucrose

Priming Amount: 128.5 g

Creation Date: 11/10/2019 6:26 PM

Notes: Grains are double ground (purchased ground then finely ground using Corona style mill).

Method is all grain but using BIAB bag so no concerns with stuck splarge.

Batch splarge method used.

Re circulation during mash.

Hops added and kept in hop spider.

Oak chips prepared by boiling in boiling water for 3 mins then discarding then pouring boiling water over again once and discarding.

Recipee turned out very smooth, complex and incredibly rich. I will definitely brew again, probably drop the cinnamon as doubt it adds much and up the vanilla. A real treat of a brew.

On day 4, cinnamon stick, oak chips, split vanilla pod and cacao nibs were covered in 50ml Jack Daniels and 50ml Dalmore whiskey. Left overnight.

Drained and contents put into hop bag the following morning and fresh coffee brewed on top (using Nespresso Vertuoline machine). Alto dolce capsule used (414 ml fresh strong coffee). Left to cool then added to primary on day 5.

Less priming sugar used for porter added to mini-keg barrels (some bottled). Used N20 rather than CO2 for dispensing

1st Brew:
Got a higher efficiency than expected - 1.07 (1.06 preboil) from above grain bill. Sadly lost about 4l in a massive boil over in the past 5 minutes of the boil when adding protofloc.

Final gravity 1.024 which is only 64% attenuation
Think I left it on the primary too little time but ABV still 6.04%. Gonna check readings in another week and then look to bottle and age.