Black Buggy 4 Grain Lager
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Premium American Lager
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5.5 Gallons |
1.053 |
1.012 |
5.29 |
18.06 |
3.93 °L
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1.4K |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.058 |
Efficiency: 60 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.5 |
Primary
Temp: 57 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/1/2015 4:17 PM |
Notes: |
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Cursed IPA (Resinous Citra)
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American IPA
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5.5 Gallons |
1.055 |
1.014 |
5.47 |
67.27 |
5.86 °L
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1.4K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 6.4 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.048 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.2 |
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: 11/19/2017 4:34 AM |
Notes: |
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Hoe2
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Witbier
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10 Litres |
1.044 |
1.011 |
4.38 |
25.75 |
3.04 °L
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1.4K |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 15 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.03 |
Efficiency: 78 |
Mash Thickness: 3 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/11/2015 7:58 PM |
Notes: |
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Fooler's ESB
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Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB)
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5 Gallons |
1.058 |
1.018 |
5.21 |
44.35 |
8.3 °L
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1.4K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.038 |
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: 7/7/2015 4:57 AM |
Notes: |
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Playful Gents Brew
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English IPA
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22 Litres |
1.056 |
1.011 |
5.95 |
104.47 |
9.01 °L
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1.4K |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 24 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.052 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 2.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/28/2015 11:36 PM |
Notes: |
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New Chili Bravo 4bbl Batch Size
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American Pale Ale
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114 Gallons |
1.055 |
1.013 |
5.49 |
30.05 |
10.11 °L
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1.4K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 124 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.05 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.0 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 2/20/2015 9:39 PM |
Notes: Add peppers day 10 - 11, let stay 4 days, transfer off. |
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Molly's American Munich
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American Wheat or Rye Beer
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2.5 Gallons |
1.05 |
1.015 |
4.58 |
26.1 |
3.54 °L
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1.4K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.036 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: 1 |
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: 2/2/2015 2:35 AM |
Notes: 3rd Place, Best in Taste at Draft Line Brewery, National Homebrew Day 2015.
Consider double decoction rather than step-mash. Add rice hulls to the sparge. |
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Powder Hound Clone
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American Amber Ale
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11 Gallons |
1.071 |
1.021 |
6.5 |
88.12 |
21.64 °L
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1.4K |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 13.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.058 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
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: 1/17/2015 9:49 PM |
Notes: |
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Dreaded Russian Imperial Stout
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Russian Imperial Stout
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12 Gallons |
1.1 |
1.025 |
9.85 |
50.83 |
40 °L
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1.4K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 14 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: N/A |
Efficiency: 75 |
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: 6/12/2013 7:51 PM |
Notes: |
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Goldbar (Strong Hoppy Belgian Pale)
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Belgian Golden Strong Ale
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4.8 Gallons |
1.08 |
1.013 |
8.76 |
73.99 |
5.41 °L
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1.4K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.059 |
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: 3/1/2015 7:50 PM |
Notes: Hoppy Belgian Strong Pale Ale focused on brewing with Golden Promise malt, the new El Dorado (Spanish for "The Golden One") hops and the more traditional Brewer's Gold hops. First Gold, a UK dual-purpose hop, was chosen as a late addition/knockout hop for its spicy and slightly floral notes, matching well with the esters produced during primary fermentation.
Aiming for a resinous, fruity and dry profile with some of the traditional Belgian character; a soft yet fairly-full mouthfeel should result from the use of oats and wheat in conjunction with a traditional Belgian yeast blend. This is kind of influenced by Idle Hands' "hopification" of traditionally non-hoppy styles (hoppy hefe and hoppy tripel were both amazing and intense, keeping the best, traditionalist qualities of the original styles and adding some new world flair).
4/16/16: This one's been a long time coming. I switched the hop additions around a lot to focus on El Dorado as an aroma hop instead of a bittering hop. Doing our sacch rest now.
4/23/16: racked onto 1oz El Dorado
4/30/16: sample was great with 1wk dry hop. Forgot yeast, so did not bottle. Heavy phenols up front, great belgian character, soft, medium body. Hints of tropical hops in the finish which become more noticeable after repeated sips, and phenols calm down a bit.
5/25/16: So this ended up with 1 week in primary, 2 weeks in secondary w/ dry-hop (El Dorado). Has been conditioning in bottles for about 2 and a half more weeks at this point. Just opened my first bottle to enjoy at home (had a bottle this past weekend while at Pat's place and posted about it on FB but needed to update here).
Pours a beautiful deep orange/golden color with an absolutely massive head with spectacular retention. With a head this milky, frothy and bone white, this reminds me a lot of a classic Duvel pour, which makes me proud. Lacing is mild but appears tiered when it does come about. Body is opaque, though effervescent carbonation can be seen around the edges of the glass if you look hard enough.
Nose is bright tropical fruit (pineapple/papaya/guava, mostly), mild grassy notes, solid amounts of Belgian funk, a bit of vanilla and honeyed malt. Not a trace of alcohol to be found, and at almost 9%, that's dangerous. In other words, this smells like a perfect Belgian strong pale ale to me.
The palate is mostly rich phenolic Belgian yeast, chewy honey-leaning malt notes and juicy, bright hops. Lots of clove-y aspects intertwined with pineapple and papaya, structured on top of an almost-doughy malt/yeast combo. Very big body on this beer. Definitely not a light tasting one, but it was never really meant to be. That said, the playful hop notes and intense tropical fruit flavors make this an enjoyable warm weather beer if you don't mind the high ABV. Carbonation is medium-high.
If we brew this again, I'm suggesting several changes. The hop bill seems pretty spot-on, other than the fact that we should probably double the dry-hop quantity. It probably would've been better to just do one knockout addition of 1 oz and then do 2 oz in the dry-hop. I feel the aromatic elements of El Dorado could be pushed even more, though they do come out here for sure. I would also say we could play with the malt bill a bit, perhaps utilizing Golden Promise as the whole base malt instead of splitting with 2-row and pilsner. Oats and wheat helped provide structure here, for sure, but I'd also like to see what this is like with a bit more of each. That's more of a weird desire for experimentation than a necessity, but regardless... glad we have so many bottles of this creamy, rich, Belgian yeast-influenced tropical-fruit-cocktail in a bottle! |
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Hot Blonde With Melons
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Fruit Beer
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5 Gallons |
1.068 |
1.018 |
6.61 |
59.56 |
5.89 °L
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1.4K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.045 |
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: 5/31/2015 3:48 PM |
Notes: Mashed in at 170, hit 156
Mashed out at 180, hit 170 |
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251216
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Kölsch
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35 Litres |
1.045 |
1.01 |
4.54 |
13.95 |
7.04 °L
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1.4K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 45 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.035 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 3.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.5 |
Primary
Temp: 16 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 9/19/2015 7:47 PM |
Notes: |
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Ruby Red Ale 377 5%
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Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
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162 Gallons |
1.077 |
1.016 |
7.92 |
48.03 |
19.37 °L
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1.4K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 164 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.076 |
Efficiency: 79 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
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: 1/12/2016 1:34 PM |
Notes: |
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Wits
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Witbier
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8 Gallons |
1.045 |
1.009 |
4.72 |
18.53 |
3.75 °L
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1.4K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 9 Gallons |
Boil Time: 30 |
Boil Gravity: 1.04 |
Efficiency: 74 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
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: 8/12/2016 1:48 AM |
Notes: |
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Triple Ipa
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Belgian Tripel
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21 Litres |
18.598 |
2.193 |
8.95 |
77.09 |
5.74 °L
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1.4K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 24 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 14.8 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: 3 |
Sugar
Scale: Plato |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.0 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 9/27/2016 8:10 PM |
Notes: |
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Lemon Lager
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International Pale Lager
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3 Litres |
1.044 |
1.008 |
4.82 |
22.62 |
3.33 °L
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1.4K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 5 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.027 |
Efficiency: 60 |
Mash Thickness: 3 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.5 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/31/2017 5:41 PM |
Notes: |
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Finnish Juniper Rye Sahti
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Sahti
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5 Gallons |
1.096 |
1.025 |
9.28 |
29.66 |
43.61 °L
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1.4K |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.064 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 75 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 12/10/2017 8:02 PM |
Notes: E |
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Naked Santa Golden Christmas Ale
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Belgian Blond Ale
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35 Litres |
1.062 |
1.019 |
5.69 |
21.71 |
7.61 °L
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1.4K |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 40 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.052 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 3.1 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: sucrose |
Priming Amount: 190.6 g |
Creation
Date: 8/10/2019 5:13 PM |
Notes: Final PH at 5.1 |
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Verdant Light Bulb
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American Pale Ale
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20 Litres |
1.047 |
1.009 |
4.94 |
15.96 |
4.94 °L
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1.4K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 27.23 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.04 |
Efficiency: 67 |
Mash Thickness: 2.75 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 18 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/12/2020 10:09 AM |
Notes: adjusted flaked oats to 50% in the software 750g from 1500g as it includes husks.
14.7 mash water
19.5 sparge |
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Wild Turkey Bourbon Mash
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Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
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5 Gallons |
1.093 |
1.033 |
7.97 |
0 |
3.37 °L
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1.4K |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 5 Gallons |
Boil Time: N/A |
Boil Gravity: 1.093 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.75 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 86 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 12/13/2022 4:01 AM |
Notes: |
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