Awesome Recipe
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American Stout
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30 Litres |
1.068 |
1.019 |
6.38 |
0 |
39.18 °L
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140 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 28.4 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.072 |
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: 2/16/2024 5:15 PM |
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Wooly Pig Zwick’lbier Hoppy Pils
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German Pils
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5.5 Gallons |
1.045 |
1.011 |
4.57 |
18.03 |
3.14 °L
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140 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.083 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
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: 5/6/2025 10:53 PM |
Notes: Mill the grains and mash at 146°F (63°C) for 35 minutes; raise to 154°F (68°C) for 25 minutes; then raise to 172°F (78°C) and mash out.
Boil for 60 minutes, adding hops according to the schedule.
After the boil, do a whirlpool step: Stir or recirculate for 60 seconds to create a vortex, add the whirlpool hops, and rest 10 minutes.
Chill the wort to about 56°F (13°C), aerate, and pitch the yeast. Ferment at 56°F (13°C). Once the gravity has dropped to about 1.016–1.020 (4–5°P), attach a spunding valve (if you have one), and allow a temperature rise to 60–65°F (16–18°C) for a diacetyl rest.
Lager for 2–4 weeks with head pressure, aiming for 2.6 volumes of CO2. Serve it unfiltered—enjoy it fresh, with a slight haze.
BREWER’S NOTES
Water: My brewing water has notable calcium chloride and sulfate, and medium hardness, more like Dortmund and less like Munich or Plzeň. This lends the beer a crispness and subtle bitterness that works well with modest hop additions.
Mash: We mash in thin, with a 5:1 water-to-grist ratio. (Alternatively, you can mash in thicker (3:1), then add hot water for the step to 154°F/68°C.) I originally did the thinner mash for a few reasons:
First, I remember from Künze’s Technology of Brewing & Malting that lighter beers can potentially benefit from a thin mash, in the realm of 4:1 or even 5:1. However, you must keep your pH in check—if it gets too high, you risk increasing the beer’s astringency.
The thin mash seems to work well in my brewhouse, and I end up sparging less—which think may help reduce polyphenol extraction and hot-side oxidation. The thinner mash theoretically increases extract efficiency— but sparging lass may decrease extract efficiency, so that may be a wash.
On a small brewhouse, I think the simple increase in thermal mass is a benefit for keeping the temperature higher—around 170°F (77°C)—which lowers the wort’s viscosity and might help with vorlauf and first wort collection. In smaller brewhouses like mine that have dedicated lauter tuns, there’s not a good way to raise the temperature of the mash in the tank—so, if you increase the thermal mass, I think it just helps out. It’s also a lot easier for me to pump thinner mash out of my mash kettle into the lauter tun.
Also, texts such as Brewing: Science and Practice, by Briggs, Boulton, Brookes, and Stevens, suggest that a thinner mash is good for fermentability. The Augustiner strain isn’t necessarily the best at attenuation. I think when brewing a pils with Augustiner yeast, this method may be helpful.
Controlling pH: I just do my best to ensure I’m not adding high-pH water—no higher than about 6.5. So, I also treat my foundation water to ensure an even lower pH that’s similar to the mash pH. For final runnings during wort collection, I try to keep it below 6.0, but I’m generally quite a bit lower than that. My post-boil pH is generally around 5.15 for my pils.
Spunding: If you can, spunding will give you a smooth, naturally carbonated mouthfeel. |
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Strawberry Margarita Gose
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Gueuze
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130 Gallons |
1.049 |
1.011 |
4.95 |
8.32 |
4.67 °L
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140 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 136.85 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.048 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.25 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.5 |
Primary
Temp: 75 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/8/2025 1:10 AM |
Notes: 44lbs Aseptic Strawberry Puree - $105
~ 100 grams of sea salt per barrel $10
3lbs True Citrus "True Lime" from MoreBeerPro $61 |
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Rice Ale Kirin Style
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International Pale Lager
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36 Litres |
1.04 |
1.005 |
4.62 |
22.93 |
3.94 °L
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140 |
1 |
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Author:
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Boil
Size: 41.9 Litres |
Boil Time: 30 |
Boil Gravity: 1.035 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 2.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 38 ° C |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 2.7 bar |
Creation
Date: 11/9/2024 7:13 PM |
Notes: Using rice powder, will put in boiling water to gelatinise before cooling to strike temperature. |
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DARK THOUGHT
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Czech Dark Lager
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50 Litres |
13.17 |
2.566 |
5.68 |
25.53 |
29.24 °L
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140 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 60 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 11.2 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 3 |
Sugar
Scale: Plato |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 15 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/30/2024 8:12 AM |
Notes: |
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Witbier
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Witbier
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5.5 Gallons |
1.051 |
1.014 |
4.76 |
18.16 |
4.59 °L
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140 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 6.38 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.045 |
Efficiency: 71 |
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: 6/9/2024 10:54 PM |
Notes: Original recipe from Duane Beersmith called for 1 ounce, 5%AA East Kent Goldings but I made substitutions. Temperatures were for his equipment. I got rid of those and used mine.
I did not have enough time to do a double starter with cold crashing, so I did a 2.5 liter starter using the same yeast from batch 137. It took a few days to get started, but then had a nice krausen.
I also did a snapshot of my original recipe as I am using my homegrown hops and a different brands of malt. I am also increasing he coriander and orange peel to an ounce each.
Homegrown Cascade and Tettnanger. According to Brewer's Friend, Tettnanger are 4.5% aa and Cascade are 7% aa. I will go with 5.5% aa as an average.
Yeast was purchased 3 AUG 21 from Beermeister. $7.49. Used in Batch 123, farmed half 10 OCT 21. Used in Batch 124, farmed half 21 JAN 22, Used in Batch 137, farmed half 7 JUN 23, used in batch 147, farmed half 9 JUN 24. |
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Mosaic Session IPA
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American Light Lager
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18.9 Litres |
1.038 |
1.009 |
3.75 |
35.82 |
2.91 °L
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140 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 28.4 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.025 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 5 |
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: 5/8/2024 3:43 PM |
Notes: |
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Awesome Recipe
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Czech Pale Lager
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12 Litres |
1.048 |
1.01 |
5.02 |
21.36 |
4.07 °L
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140 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 16 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.036 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 3.65 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 10 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/9/2024 4:18 AM |
Notes: |
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Robz Märzen
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Märzen
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5.5 Gallons |
1.058 |
1.009 |
6.51 |
20.36 |
12.12 °L
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140 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.049 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: 1.75 |
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: 4/7/2024 6:02 PM |
Notes: |
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GS Amber Lager
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International Amber Lager
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23 Litres |
1.052 |
1.013 |
5.16 |
22.22 |
10.59 °L
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140 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 28 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.043 |
Efficiency: 72 |
Mash Thickness: 3.65 |
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: 4/6/2024 11:02 PM |
Notes: |
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Czech It Out Pilsner
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Czech Premium Pale Lager
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5.5 Gallons |
1.055 |
1.014 |
5.41 |
54.76 |
4.88 °L
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140 |
0 |
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Author:
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Boil
Size: 8.28 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.5 |
Primary
Temp: 48 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 27.65 psi |
Creation
Date: 5/19/2018 12:38 PM |
Notes: A Bohemian-style Pilsner with rich maltiness, soft bittering, and a hint of black pepper.
Target a mash temperature of 154 deg F and mash for 60 minutes or until conversion is complete. Recirculate 2 gallons of wort (vorlauf) from the bottom to the top of your mash tun to set the grain bed, then sparge with 5 gallons of water at 170 deg F and collect about 7 gallons of runoff to your boil kettle.
Boil for 90 minutes and add the hops and others per the schedule.
At flameout, rapidly chill the wort to 60 deg F and transfer the wort to your fermenter. Pitch the yeast, oxygenate, and set fermenter in a cool dark place to ferment at about 48 deg F (up to 52 deg F is ok). Once fermentation is near completion, raise the temperature to the low 60s to perform a diacetyl rest.
After fermentation has completed, rack the beer into a keg and force carbonate to 2.5 volumes, or prime and bottle condition. Lager at 35 deg F for two weeks to a month.
Serve at 40-45 deg F. |
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Berde
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American Light Lager
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121 Litres |
1.028 |
1.004 |
3.07 |
9.99 |
2.69 °L
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140 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 126.7 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.027 |
Efficiency: 75 |
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: 1/21/2024 9:54 PM |
Notes: |
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Märzen Lager
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Märzen
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5 Gallons |
1.056 |
1.009 |
6.21 |
23.54 |
13.01 °L
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140 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 4 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.07 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.75 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 50 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 12/18/2023 1:56 AM |
Notes: |
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Michelob
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International Pale Lager
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7 Gallons |
1.03 |
1.007 |
2.93 |
9.42 |
2.34 °L
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140 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.028 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 12/6/2023 3:49 PM |
Notes: |
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Hazy PA
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American IPA
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30 Litres |
1.05 |
1.01 |
5.32 |
36.27 |
3.38 °L
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140 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 30 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.05 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: 3.65 |
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: 11/8/2023 1:52 PM |
Notes: |
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Octy
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Festbier
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5 Gallons |
1.066 |
1.016 |
6.58 |
0 |
14.67 °L
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140 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 6 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.055 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/14/2023 5:53 PM |
Notes: |
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Szwejk
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Czech Dark Lager
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20.8 Litres |
1.05 |
1.012 |
5.02 |
23.58 |
26.73 °L
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140 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 27.83 Litres |
Boil Time: 70 |
Boil Gravity: 1.038 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 3.15 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.75 |
Primary
Temp: 12 ° C |
Priming Method: sucrose |
Priming Amount: 115.5 g |
Creation
Date: 2/21/2023 2:18 PM |
Notes: |
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Awesome Recipe
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Sweet Stout
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5.5 Gallons |
1.059 |
1.018 |
5.41 |
25.02 |
7.46 °L
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140 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 7.04 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.046 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.75 |
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: 2/5/2023 5:45 PM |
Notes: |
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Definitely Wine
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English Barleywine
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10 Gallons |
1.122 |
1.022 |
13.15 |
34.67 |
13.29 °L
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140 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 16.08 Gallons |
Boil Time: 240 |
Boil Gravity: 1.076 |
Efficiency: 55 |
Mash Thickness: 1 |
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: 6/9/2022 2:24 PM |
Notes: |
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American Light Lager
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American Light Lager
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7.01 Gallons |
1.035 |
1.005 |
3.96 |
11.26 |
3.41 °L
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140 |
1 |
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Author:
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Boil
Size: 8.88 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.028 |
Efficiency: 62 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 56 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 14.41 psi |
Creation
Date: 5/22/2021 3:06 PM |
Notes: |
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