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Author:

bryanpekarek@gmail.com

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.088

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/11/2016 10:13 PM

Notes:

Author:

LaOnda70

Boil Size: 7 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.105

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 21 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/21/2014 9:14 PM

Notes: add remaining malt syrup with 30 minutes to go in the boil.

Author:

kingtravisa

Boil Size: 1.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 62 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/20/2016 1:21 AM

Notes: Either gather 1.75 gallons of water, run it through the brita, or buy it. Tap water should be ok, but if you use tap, let it sit out over night so that it off-gasses the chlorine.

Also have on hand:
-1 cup cold water
-1 cup Hot water (boil before heating the strike water - the mash water)
-2 big bags of ice.
-Starsan or Iodophor sanitiser, properly diluted as per instructions.

Add some sanitizer to a small bucket as well as your fermentation vessel/jug.

Take your smack pack of yeast out of the fridge and, following the instructions, smack it good and hard. Put it aside to do it's thing while you brew.

Mash water needed: .75 gallons
Sparge/wash water needed: 1.5 gallons

Bring the .75 gallons up to 165 degrees.
Mash in (add the grains) and mix REALLY well.
Check temp and adjust with hot or cold water as required. A half a cup of either will be good to raise the temp a couple degrees, so add at like .5 cup at a time, mix, and check temp. You really just want to be within +/- 2 degrees of the prescribed temp, don't worry.

Let that sit for 1 hour. Check temps every so often and turn the burner on as required to keep the mash at temp. Be sure to stir when heating to make sure you don't char any of the grains.

While it is mashing, at around the 40 minute mark, start to heat up the additional 1 gallons of "sparge" water to like 190 or so.

Place your strainer on the other pot and slowly pour the mash into it to collect the grains. Do this twice or three times, pouring the wort over the grains. Here you are trying to limit the amount of grain material that is in the wort. You want it to be relatively free of "stuff".

Don't forget to grab a couple ounces, add some whiskey, and have yourself a hot scotchy!

Alternatively, you could research "BIAB" or Boil in a Bag. This will help tremendously with controlling your grains. Seriously, check it out.

Slowwwwly pour your sparge water over the grains in the strainer to collect your final volume. You should collect about 1.5 gallons of wort.

Boil that biatch. Don't use a lid. BE CAREFUL of boil over, at least at first, make sure you watch it for the rising bubbles. When you see it, just take the pot off that burner and stir a bit. Reduce the heat slightly, then put the pot back on the burner. Once you get a nice steady boil without rising bubbles, you are good to go and you can start your 60 minute timer.

Add the hops as indicated.
Bear in mind: 30 minutes indicates 30 minutes REMAINING in the boil. Same goes for 5 minutes or zero minutes. This one's easy because it's all at either 30 or 0. I just want to be clear that 0 means at the end, as you are turning off the burner, add the hops and give them a stir.

After the boil, fill the sink with cold water, place the pot in the cold water, and add the ice. Try not to get any of the ice or water in the wort as it cools.

EVERYTHING FROM THIS POINT ON MUST BE SANITIZED.

Using your sanitized thermometer, check the temperature of the wort until it drops to around 70 F.

Add the wort to the sanitized jug, top up with cold bottled water if required, and shake like the devil himself. Careful not to spill, and be sure that your hand is sanitized. Don't exceed the 1 gallon mark.

Cut the top off of the yeast pack, pitch the yeast, and add the stopper and properly prepared blow off tube.

Place in a cool area for your two week fermentation then bottle as usual. I would suggest adding 1.5 tablespoons of granulated sugar to like half a cup of water, bring to a boil for like 5 minutes to make sure it's fully mixed. Let it cool for a bit, then add to the sanitized pot you'll be using for bottling as you are racking your beer from the fermenter into the pot.
Bottle as usual.

Notes:
If you need to substitute the yeast. You can use Safale S-04. But try to get the Scottish Ale Yeast, it gives a great malt character to the beer.

If you need to, you can substitute the grains for similar ones. The brew shops should be able to help you with proper substitutions.

When you drink a beer, try to wash the bottle right after. Better yet, pour the beer into a nice glass, and wash the bottle immediately. This will make storage easier and will help ensure no nasty things grow and potentially ruin your beer in the bottles.

Have fun and remember the homebrew slogan:
RDWHAHB
Relax, Don't worry, Have a Home Brew.

Author:

HomeBrewerMike

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

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: 10/13/2021 7:46 PM

Notes:

Author:

Conanicut Brewing

Boil Size: 32.83 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 67 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/9/2019 2:26 PM

Notes:

Author:

jonpom

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.115

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: 12/11/2016 4:56 AM

Notes:

Author:

PeteLarney

Boil Size: 1.25 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: 9/16/2016 7:39 PM

Notes:

Author:

lyna

Boil Size: 8.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.026

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 60 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/2/2016 7:49 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 33 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.038

Efficiency: 49

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: 6/26/2016 10:53 AM

Notes:

Author:

Brewbegoodtome

Boil Size: 28 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.036

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/20/2016 2:00 PM

Notes: Wort is more brown than red. Wind roasted barley back next time and reduce other crystals in order to bump carared and increase Munich/Vienna.

Author:

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

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: 3/14/2016 2:34 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 28.4 Litres

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: 3.1

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/3/2015 2:06 AM

Notes:

Author:

TysonRoad

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 67 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/26/2015 10:57 PM

Notes:

Author:

JackPGH

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.069

Efficiency: 75

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: 6/4/2015 4:04 PM

Notes:

Author:

Mickey

Boil Size: 5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 72 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/6/2015 5:11 AM

Notes:

Author:

DavidHume

Boil Size: 2.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.091

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 64 ° F

Priming Method: Corn sugar

Priming Amount: 103g

Creation Date: 4/19/2015 9:45 PM

Notes: Tasting notes, 8-29-15:

L: Deep mahogany, with ruby edges. Large sandy head with good retention.

S: Spices and dark fruits. Hints of apple and cherry. Smells more like a Belgian dubbel than anything English.

T: Lots of dark fruit, followed by indeterminate spice notes. A faint oakiness in the finish, only a shadow of the oak and bourbon bomb that it was in May. Finishes with a wave of warm apple.

F: Brightly carbonated, thickening as it warms up.

O: I'm not sure what happened to this beer. The bourbon and oak are rapidly fading, and the resulting beer tastes, looks, and smells like a slightly toned down dark strong Belgian ale. It'll be interesting to see how it tastes in a couple more months.

Author:

Gary F

Boil Size: 2 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.142

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 72 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/13/2015 9:32 PM

Notes:

Author:

Nosybear

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 2

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: 1/3/2015 4:16 AM

Notes: Target IBU 20 - bittering per AA%
Dry Dock uses a 30 min mash - check conversion, temp and pH and adjust as needed.
Calculate and adjust water to RA per color.

First brew too "roasty" - decreasing Carafa to 12 oz.

Author:

paul.eriksson@gmail.com

Boil Size: 12 Litres

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 21 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/4/2014 8:35 AM

Notes: Before adding hops pull one liter of the wort and boil until caramelized and then pour back into wort.

Author:

Aley Ale

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 74

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/9/2014 4:38 AM

Notes: This batch to be brewed by Brew In A Bag (BIAB) method. After flameout allow ~20 minutes for a hop stand while stirring the kettle for whirlpool.

After a few BIAB brews I learned that the method causes low fermentability issues due to the thin mash. Since this brew I have added a oxygenation system to my brew gear to ensure quick, strong, fermentation. I also dialed in the temperature controller on my fermentation chamber.

This brew turned out good, very bitter in a good way, but would improve by using the traditional mash and sparge method and by reducing the amount of dry hops to help with clarity.