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Author:

Custom Brewery

Boil Size: 35 Litres

Boil Time: 80

Boil Gravity: 1.066

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 2.7

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/28/2015 1:54 PM

Notes:

Author:

Peter dF

Boil Size: 5.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.055

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/24/2018 10:14 PM

Notes: First attempt at fresh Hop IPA

Author:

Cali Duck

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.33

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/16/2017 4:48 PM

Notes: Amped up 2-row from 10# to 11# for my setup.

Original:
For 5 gallons (19 L)
10 lb (4.5 kg) | Briess Two-row Brewers Malt (1.8°L)
2.83 lb (1.3 kg) | Briess Pale Malt (3.5°L)
8.0 oz (227 g) | Briess Caramel (40°L)
1.2 oz (34 g) | Centennial pellets, 9.1% a.a. (45 min)
1.2 oz (34 g) | Centennial pellets, 9.1% a.a. (30 min)
3.5 oz (99 g) | Centennial pellets, 9.1% a.a. (dry hop)
White Labs WLP001 California Ale Yeast or WLP California Ale V Yeast
SPECIFICATIONS
Original Gravity: 1.063
Final Gravity: 1.012
ABV: 6.7%
IBU: 55
SRM: 10
Boil Time: 75 minutes
Efficiency: 65%
Pre-boil Volume: 6.6 gallons
DIRECTIONS
Use 4.5 gallons (17 L) carbon filtered water, adjust with 4 grams gypsum.
Step mash: 45 minutes at 150°F (66°C), ramp to 170°F (77°C) over 15 minutes (or ramp by infusing 2.5 gallons boiling water), rest 10 minutes at 170°F (77°C).

Vorlauf until clear.

Collect 6.6 gallons (25 L), sparging with 175°F (79°C) water. Boil vigorously for approximately 75 minutes, hopping as in ingredients section.

Whirlpool and allow to settle for 15 minutes. Chill wort to 64°F (18°C). Aerate wort and pitch yeast.

Ferment warm (ale temperature). Dry hop one week into fermentation.

Allow two hearted clone to stay warm with hops for a week.

Rack beer, crash cool, and cold age for a week.

Rack beer, prime with sugar and bottle.

Author:

WAWooldridge

Boil Size: 8.21 Gallons

Boil Time: 120

Boil Gravity: 1.071

Efficiency: 72

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 60 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/30/2017 9:00 PM

Notes: Overall Impression: An intensely flavored, solid, dark stout with many interpretations. Roasty-burnt malt with a depth of dark or dried fruit flavors and a warming, bittersweet finish. Despite the intense flavors, the components must meld together to create a complex, harmonious beer, not a hot mess – sometimes only accomplished with age.
Aroma: Rich, deep, complex, and often intense, with a pleasant blend of roast, fruit, hops, and alcohol. Light to moderately strong roast can have a coffee, bittersweet or dark chocolate, cocoa, black licorice, tar, or slightly burnt grain quality, sometimes with a light caramel sweetness or toasty maltiness. Low to moderately strong esters are often perceived as dark or dried fruits like plums, prunes, figs, black currants, or raisins. Very low to aggressive hops, usually English or American in character. Alcohol flavor is optional but should not be sharp, hot, or solvable. The balance between these four main components can vary greatly; not all need to be noticeable, but those present should have a smooth interplay. Age can add another dimension, including a vinous or port-like impression, but not sourness. Age can decrease aroma intensity.
Appearance: The color ranges from very dark reddish-brown to jet black. It is opaque. The head is deep tan to dark brown. Generally, it has a well-formed head, although head retention may be low to moderate. High alcohol and viscosity may be visible as legs.
Flavor: Like the aroma, a complex mix of roast, fruit, hops, and alcohol (same descriptors apply). The flavors can be intense, often more significant than the aroma, but the same warning about the balance varying wildly still applies. Medium to aggressively high bitterness. The maltiness balances and supports the other flavors and may have the qualities of bread, toast, or caramel. The palate and finish can be dry to moderately sweet, an impression that often changes with age. It should not be syrupy or cloying—aftertaste of roast, bitterness, and warmth. The exact age effects as in the aroma apply.
Mouthfeel: It should be full to very full-bodied, chewy, velvety, and luscious. The body and texture may decline with age. Gentle, smooth warmth should be present and noticeable as a background character. Low to moderate carbonation.
Comments: Sometimes known as Russian Imperial Stout or RIS. Varying interpretations exist, with American versions having more significant bitterness, more roasted characters, and late hops. At the same time, English varieties often reflect a more complex specialty malt character with a more forward-ester profile. Not all Imperial Stouts have a clearly ‘English’ or ‘American’ character; anything in between is also allowable, so it is counter-productive to define strict sub-types. Judges must be aware of the broad range of the style and not try to judge all examples as clones of a specific commercial beer.
History: A style with a long, although not necessarily continuous, heritage. Traces are the roots of strong English porters brewed for export in the 1700s and are said to have been popular with the Russian Imperial Court. After the Napoleonic wars interrupted trade, these beers were increasingly sold in England. The style eventually all but died out until being popularly embraced in the modern craft beer era in England as a revival export and in the United States as an adaptation by extending the style with American characteristics.
Characteristic Ingredients: Pale malt with significant roasted malts or grain. Flaked adjuncts are common. American or English ale yeast and hops are typical. Ages very well. It is increasingly used as the base beer for many specialty styles.
Style Comparison: Darker and more roasty than Barleywines but with similar alcohol. It is more complex, with a broader range of possible flavors, than lower-gravity stouts.
Vital Statistics: OG: 1.075 – 1.115
IBUs: 50 – 90 FG: 1.018 – 1.030
SRM: 30 – 40 ABV: 8.0 – 12.0%
Commercial Examples: American – Bell’s Expedition Stout, Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout, North Coast Old Rasputin Imperial Stout, Oskar Blues Ten Fidy, Sierra Nevada Narwhal Imperial Stout; English – 2SP Brewing Co The Russian, Courage Imperial Russian Stout, Le Coq Imperial Extra Double Stout, Samuel Smith Imperial Stout, Thornbridge Saint Petersburg
Tags: very-high-strength, dark-color, top-fermented, British-isles, north-America, traditional-style, craft-style, stout-family, malty, bitter, roasty

Author:

Lindi Court Brewery

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.038

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/3/2016 6:19 AM

Notes: Mashing is with a recirculating infusion mashing system (RIMS), hence the initial infusion and gradual heating to the saccharine rest.

Author:

ServaesaPorFavor

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.026

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/28/2016 3:56 PM

Notes: KCBM Special Category 1st Place - Food Beer

Author:

ebowleper

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 30

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 75 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/16/2016 10:42 PM

Notes: Day 1:
1) Heat up ~5 gallons of hot water.
1a) Do the Melanoid Malt / Oats / Pale 2-row as a side batch at its own temperature in a bag. Aim for ~155-160 degrees for an hour.
2) Add extracts and bring to boil. (add Melanoid Mix malt here) -- No need to boil for long, just enough to get the malt sterilized.
3) Cool to ~90 degrees and transfer gently to the fermenter (the less oxygen the better at this point).
4) Pitch the Lacto Plantarum Yeast starter.
5) Keep ~90 degrees for 48 hours to lower the ph. (Should drop ph to ~3.4-3.2.)

Day 3:
5) Drain portion of wort (~half) into kettle.
6) Add hops. Boil for 30 minutes.
7) 10mins: Add coriander.
8) 10mins: Add salt.
9) 10mins: Add Irish Moss.
10) 10mins: Add yeast nutrient.
11) Chill to ~80 degrees.
12) Mix back into the fermenter (vigorously, to oxygenate the wort and encourage yeast).
13) Pitch yeast & bacteria culture.*
14) Cool to ~70 and start primary fermentation. Ferment for 6-7 days.

[Day 3 Check-in: Hit the original gravity spot on at 1.056. Taste is slightly sour -- just a bit of mouth puckering happening. But also terribly sweet, so hard to say. The hint of salt seems about right and the overall flavor is about what I was aiming for. Basic fairly malty beer, but with some savory complexity from the coriander and salt. Drying this up will help a lot.]

Day 10:
15) Rack into 2ndary. Leave for ~2-4 weeks, letting the Pedio and Brett get working. If fermentation is still going, let age even longer.
16) optional -- third rack onto some oak chips. Then, age for for a month.

[Day 15 check-in: Racked beer into 2ndary. Let it sit in primary a bit longer than planned, but was fermenting really slowly, so I think that's fine. The gravity is down to 1.020, so coming along nicely, but not done fermenting yet. Goal is 1.011. The taste is much better than previously. Dryer, but with a nice amount of sourness. Maybe not as much as I had hoped for, but it still might sour a tad more as it ages. The flavor is good, much like the Destihl "Here Gose Nothing" that I'm shooting for, just a little less puckeringly sour -- but still really impressive for doing it myself. Good malty flavor, and seems almost dry enough to go but still just a tad sweet. So far, a good clean taste with no off flavors. Saltiness comes through in the mouthfeel, too. Overall, really happy with where it's going. Plan for bottling: Leave to age for 2-3 weeks, then bottle ~4 gallons of it, and rack 1 gallon onto some oak chips and maybe a bit more sugar to revive and age it for longer.]

Day 24-31:
17) Bottle and condition. Age for at least two weeks.

*Yeast Culture: Needs: Lacto, Pedio, Brett, and Sach. The addition of hops will slow down the Lacto, so no need to kill all of it... Prep this a day ahead of time by mixing a sour blend of yeast with DME extract. Get it frothing a bit and going healthy.

Author:

raiderrob

Boil Size: 7.33 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.031

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 2.25

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: 3/24/2016 4:23 PM

Notes:

Author:

Blackmuse

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 30

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 45

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 58 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/22/2013 8:01 PM

Notes: Cacao may need to be adjusted depending on what the malt does to it...

Ginger will be a tough decision... 1 oz or 2?

Author:

rjgarden

Boil Size: 8.41 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.065

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: 1

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/5/2015 3:05 AM

Notes:

Author:

michael angelo

Boil Size: 1.25 Gallons

Boil Time: 15

Boil Gravity: 7.6

Efficiency: 79

Mash Thickness: 1.2

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/14/2015 6:03 PM

Notes: Dried Orange Peel .35 oz 3.9 LBS per 30 BBL turn
Canela 3.5 grams 1.4 LB per 20 BBL turn

In house peel : 1 LB Needed: 7 LBS
In house canela: 1.75 LB Needed: 1 LB

Author:

Tollie Mitchell

Boil Size: 1.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 45

Boil Gravity: 1.061

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/23/2015 1:49 PM

Notes: Brewed this 10-23-16.

Author:

McBride Brewing

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.077

Efficiency: N/A

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/29/2015 4:59 PM

Notes:

Author:

Houses 3 Brewing

Boil Size: 4 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.056

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: Dark DME

Priming Amount: 1.25 cup

Creation Date: 1/19/2015 3:21 PM

Notes:

Author:

Mikeystew

Boil Size: 17.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 50 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/19/2014 10:31 PM

Notes:

Author:

social_misfit

Boil Size: 13 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.33

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/25/2014 4:54 PM

Notes:

Author:

craigmw

Boil Size: 12.4 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/21/2014 9:03 PM

Notes: Witbier in Belgian style with addition of bitter orange peel and crushed coriander seeds. May add some Valencia orange zest as well to accentuate citrus flavor. Will crush coriander in Barley Crusher or using spice grinder. This batch will employ 1.5 liter yeast starter set up the night before brewing. Will use Hallertau exclusively for this, with 2.0 oz at start of boil for bitterness and 0.5 oz at 45 min. for a hint of flavor.

Color with Belgian Pale malt is a little darker than the style calls for, but yields a wonderful yellow/orange hue akin to Blue Moon. Really attractive appearance that will hopefully announce the citrus/orange flavor in this.

Author:

recreation brewery

Boil Size: 30 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.054

Efficiency: 74

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 63 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/30/2013 3:49 AM

Notes: pitched at 60*

Author:

Sabeltann

Boil Size: 49 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.038

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/2/2016 9:46 PM

Notes: Smak av Espresso og kaffe. Ikke så lettdrikkelig, men MASSE smak.

Author:

Josephort

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.033

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/19/2016 5:00 PM

Notes: Collected too much wort, so simmered to reduce for a couple hours while on a zoom, then boiled 60 mins once volume was reduced to ~7 gal.