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Radler Base 1
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American Wheat Beer
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33 Gallons |
13.845 |
2.416 |
6.13 |
42.37 |
3.82 °L
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954 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 39 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 11.8 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: 1.3 |
Sugar
Scale: Plato |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 6/24/2018 6:43 PM |
Notes: Ferment dry.
3 Kegs with 11gal each
Top up with stevia sweetened lemonade and carbonate 15gal.
Final grav should be 4.3-4.5% |
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Summertime English Ale
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Best Bitter
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20.6 Litres |
1.046 |
1.013 |
4.37 |
30.77 |
7.64 °L
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954 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 23.5 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.04 |
Efficiency: 77 |
Mash Thickness: 2.7 |
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: 3/10/2023 5:50 PM |
Notes: Mashed high (69)
8.5 Gypsum & 9g Calcium Carbonate dihydrate
Bittering hop in loose
Final hop in sock
11/03 - 1.046
15/03 - 1.017 (tasted great at this gravity -something to aim for?)
18/03 - 1.017 |
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RB Oktober Festbier 2022 NHC
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Festbier
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5.5 Gallons |
1.057 |
1.01 |
6.22 |
20.67 |
5.1 °L
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954 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 8 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.043 |
Efficiency: 72 |
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: 4/10/2022 11:56 AM |
Notes: ========================
6/26/22
plunder contest judges scored it 28 and said it was too sweet, which i can kind of get. we shall see what NHC said. need to check FG from notebook. it is delicious but also could probably be crisper and more conduscive to festival drinking, would also like it to be a little more yellow. consider scaling the malt bill down just a little.
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4/10/22
scaling down to 5.5 gallons, rounding off grain amounts. gonna run it with regular tap water as i did before!
adjusted hops slightly for even amounts and to fall within middle of the ibu range
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1/18/2022
setting up for winter/spring 2022 hopefully submission to NHC.
adjusting for equipment and volumes for G40. adjusting abv a little lower per guidelines.
removing 2row.
consider dropping to 1.0 qt/lb to fit in G40. will need to sparge with 8 gallons...
NEED TO do water profile for this.
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~2021
rebrewed this for 2021. did not enter any contests or even bottle/can any. was on draft in the garage for several delicious months.
did not take any notes for the 2021 batch so i assume i pretty much brewed it the same.
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11/15/2020
won gold medal malty european lagers category in 2020 JRHB Dominion Cup.
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8/27/20
brewed last night. mostly went well. started with 12.5 gallons wort as planned but it easily boiled down to about 10-10.5 gallons. could collect more wort next time or boil softer. first gravity reading was 1.070 and i was at about 8 or 8.5 gallons after trub filtered out. topped up with tap water. chilled overnight in ferm chamber and pitched in the morning.
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8/26/20
brew day. tried to mess with water calculations a little. not really sure what to use for festbier/oktoberfest. playing with balanced profile. ran into the HCO chalk issue again, not sure how to fix. looks like i could make it work with "light colored and malty" profile. going to need 16 or more gallons mash/sparge water, might just run it with tap.
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8/21/2020
i think i am going to go for it with this thing. today adding some acidulated malt based on henrico guess profile to hit pH, hopefully i will remember to take a reading.
todo :
* what to do about head retention?
** adding .75lb carafoam for foam and head retention
*** https://beerandbrewing.com/d-lite-festbier-recipe/
* how much yeast?
** according to yeast calculator (depending on the mfg date) i need 4 packs plus a 4L 1.050 starter, pound and half of DME decanting, etc.. yikes! yeast alone would be like $35.
** alternatively, i have a lot of 34/70 from two batches that i could use...
** brulosophy compared german bock lager yeast with 34/70 and eventually could barely tell difference :
*** http://brulosophy.com/2016/07/21/yeast-comparison-saflager-w-3470-vs-wlp833-german-bock-lager-exbeeriment-results/
** im learning that 34/70 is equiv to WY2124 and WLP830 some say the white labs come out different.
** i think i might just keg the two lagers i have in chamber and rack the 10gal batch on top of the cakes...? or maybe half cakes? after some reading, seems about right. some say only 1/4 cake. at end of fermentation slurry contains about 6x cells. that is 600 billion per 5 gal batch. i need 717 billion for 10 gallons, so 358 billion per 5 gal bucket, divided by 600 = 0.58 so i need 58% of each of the yeast cakes.
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2/4/2020
todo :
* consider some crystal malt - no head retention...possibly some light munich
festbier flavors developed nicely however the beer was way too malty sweet probably because it was up over 7%abv. modifiying recipe down to 5.5% abv.
breakdown on previous recipe formulation :
* i kind of customized a lot. the original aha recipe is only remotely close. but it was designed for 5.8%. i probably just aimed higher than i should have and came out even higher than planned.
* hop adjustments - reduced the hop contribution a little bit to land in the middle of the IBU range but also adjustments to bump up the BU/GU ratio (0.38 previously, currently its at 0.48)
* i got to 1.010 with 85% attenuation. for the updated recipe this attenuation results in 1.007. id considered doing some crystal malt, but lets just do a 30 minute mash and see what that does.
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1/22/2020
just went into cold crash after 9 days at diacetyl based off of beer & brewing article. other places im seeing say only 2 days is needed. would prob benefit for more time in cold crash (if time is of essence). not sure if it hurts to have it at rest temp for longer tho.
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12/19/2019
i think i am going to retry this to have ready feb 1. took a pound off the grain bill to lower the abv to more standard level.
for fermentation and diacetyl rest strategy :
we are going out of town in a couple days so if i get this brew done before i leave, i will probably just let it go for 6 or 8 days at 50 then slowly raise it up to 55 when i get back. keep it there for another 3 days then cold crash until feb.
alternatively beer and brewing suggests something like this :
* 50deg for first 48 hours
* raise one degree each day for 10 days
* on day 11, allow temp to free rise to (warmest temp in brewery, but lets just say 70)
* 9 days later start the cold crash
i was considering cold crashing for only a couple days then moving to keg. ive read other places tho that it can benefit from sitting on that yeast cake all that time. on the other hand it would be nice to get it into a closed safe clean keg....???idk
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update 10/20/19
this beer is way off. i thought it was too malty sweet but i think it is actually diacetyl (or possibly DMS but diacetyl would make more sense) - i pitched the wort on top of oktoberfest yeast cake that had been sitting (in a covered bucket in cold ferm chamber, but...) for several days, maybe even a week. also i went away in the middle of fermentation and wasnt able to ease it up to diacetyl rest temperature properly accordinig to the schedule written out below. need to retry this with 1) proper fermentation schedule 2) fresh or uncontaminated yeast 3) try the original recipe? i think with no malt changes on my system it will still come out at 6%
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update 10/7/19
ugh looks like this will accidentally come out at 8%. fermented down farther than the average for this yeast. (avg 75% shouldve been 1.018 but its 1.011 at 85%) (i did pitch right onto the cake from oktoberfest so shouldve been a lot of cells). i brewed this first on a double brew day so the mash was sitting for the full 60 if not longer. i was actually away at gabf so didnt do the exact procedure below, but rather rest the chamber for on the morning of day 4 before i left town. on the morning of day 7 i measure 1.011 and turned the chamber back down to 35. consider diluting before kegging?
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basically took the recipe word for word. 90 minute boil because of the pilsner malt, will utilize that time for more IBUs with less hops via FWH. https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/pickelhaube-festbier/
for diacetyl rest, copied from virginia lager recipe :
going to do byo fast ferment approach janFeb2017. reread but start at 44-50 let fermentation go 50% then (remove the probe from the fermentor let it reach ambient temp then...?) raise temp 5 degrees every 12 hours til you get to 65-68. once you get 100% you can crank down to lager temp (<40) for 3-5 days then you done. this will take care of diacetyl rest and apparently gets the lager completely done in 2-3 weeks.
sources :
* https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/pickelhaube-festbier/
* https://beerandbrewing.com/make-your-best-oktoberfest/ |
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9C Baltic Porter
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Baltic Porter
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5.5 Gallons |
1.058 |
1.015 |
5.63 |
24.2 |
29.88 °L
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954 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.38 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.049 |
Efficiency: 60 |
Mash Thickness: 1.3 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.5 |
Primary
Temp: 62 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/16/2021 3:37 PM |
Notes: Use debittered dark malts
Aim for residual malt sweetness
Use cold fermentation (even if using ale yeasts) |
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Gumball Head Clone
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American Wheat Beer
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5.5 Gallons |
1.055 |
1.013 |
5.46 |
28.24 |
7.08 °L
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954 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.045 |
Efficiency: 72 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 67 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/30/2021 9:17 PM |
| Notes: |
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Choco Porter
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English Porter
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290 Litres |
1.054 |
1.013 |
5.42 |
18.78 |
23.25 °L
|
954 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 300 Litres |
Boil Time: 75 |
Boil Gravity: 1.054 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 3 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 18 ° C |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 1.84 bar |
Creation
Date: 5/10/2020 5:36 PM |
| Notes: |
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Low Calorie Hazy Ipa
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Blonde Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.039 |
1.008 |
4.03 |
12.29 |
3.21 °L
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954 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.2 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.029 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 95 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/2/2020 3:07 PM |
| Notes: |
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Bligh's Barleywine
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English Barleywine
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5.5 Gallons |
1.116 |
1.028 |
11.65 |
35.32 |
19.14 °L
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954 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.085 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
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: 2/7/2019 5:04 PM |
| Notes: |
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Oatmeal Stout
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Oatmeal Stout
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25 Litres |
1.056 |
1.017 |
5.17 |
28.8 |
31.33 °L
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954 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 30 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.051 |
Efficiency: 85 |
Mash Thickness: 2 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.0 |
Primary
Temp: 19 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 12/9/2018 12:31 AM |
Notes: Begin single infusion mash, after 25min, pull approx 3L of mash for decoction/cereal mash. (Consistency of cereal mash should be thin, gruel-like)
Cereal Mash:
1 - Bring ~3L water to 70C with 500g oats & 200g Pale malt hold for 5 min - this step gelatinises the oats.
2 - Bring to boil, hold for 30 min. Stir constantly.
2a - Top up with hot water as needed (used 1L)
3 - Return cereals to infusion mash
4 - Continue mash
5 - Batch sparge
http://www.milkthefunk.com/wiki/Cereal_Mashing#How_to_cereal_mash |
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Orange Chocolate Blonde Ale
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Blonde Ale
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11 Gallons |
1.053 |
1.012 |
5.37 |
27.1 |
3.58 °L
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954 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 13 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.047 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.25 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 12/8/2018 10:47 PM |
| Notes: |
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Sour Blonde
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Straight (Unblended) Lambic
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4 Gallons |
1.054 |
1.012 |
5.57 |
32.16 |
3.78 °L
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954 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 4 Gallons |
Boil Time: 75 |
Boil Gravity: 1.054 |
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: 1/24/2015 3:06 PM |
Notes: Recipe Type: All Grain
Size: 5 Gallons
Beer Style: Sour Blonde Ale
Target ABV: 7.5%
Target IBUs: 26
Recipe Type: Sour Beer Recipe
Overall
4.5/ 5
User Rating
22 total ratings
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Posted January 23, 2014 by Crafted Pours
RECIPE
Russian River Brewing Temptation Clone – All Grain
Profile: HomeBrew recipe for a sour blonde ale similar to Russian River Brewing Temptation. Requires three levels of fermentation and about 9 months of total aging. Results in a complex blonde ale with refined sour flavors and earthy yeast notes.
Ingredients:
Malts
12 lbs Pale 2-row Malt
1 lb. Acidulated Malt
12 oz. CaraPils Malt
Hops
1/2 oz. Bravo 14%, 60 minutes
1/2 oz Styrian Goldings 4%, 40 minutes
1/2 oz. Styrian Goldings, at flameout
Yeast
Primary Fermentations – Wyeast 1214 Belgain Abbey
Secondary Fermentation – Wyeast 512 Brettanomyces bruxellensis
Tertiary Fermentation – Wyeast 5335 Lactobacillus
Other: 4 oz small light-toast oak chips soaked in Chardonnay wine for 24 hours.
Instructions:
Mash all grains for 60 minutes at 155 degrees.
Sparge at 170 degrees.
75 minute boil with hop regimen above.
Primary ferment at 65-68 degrees for 10 days with Belgian Abbey ale yeast.
Rack to a secondary, add Brett yeast and wine-soaked oak chips. Ferment for 10 weeks, then add the Lacto culture and ferment for 4-6 months. Beer will have more sour character with longer aging. Rack to a keg and force carbonate, or if bottling include a small amount of fresh Abbey Ale yeast with priming sugar. |
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Baltic Porter
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Baltic Porter
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1050 Litres |
1.097 |
1.018 |
10.3 |
45.71 |
45.05 °L
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954 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 1100 Litres |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.087 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: 6.3 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 2.0 |
Primary
Temp: 12.5 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 2/5/2018 9:41 PM |
| Notes: |
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Buzzcrafters Burton Ale
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Old Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.066 |
1.015 |
6.68 |
70.18 |
17 °L
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954 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.052 |
Efficiency: 73 |
Mash Thickness: 1.33 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 11/19/2017 7:31 PM |
Notes: Is this too bitter for bitter? I've been wondering about bitterness calculations, and seeing information in magazines that seems to indicate I'm undershooting if I want the level of bitterness suggested for the style. I've decided I will try a couple of batches where I intentionally "over-hop" to see if the beers taste and smell like the styles I'm going for.
yeast starter: 4 oz. dry malt plus a few hop pellets and a dash of yeast nutrient in 1500 ml of water, boiled 10 minutes and then cooled
brew day: Friday, November 24
clear skies, 42 degrees F air temp, no wind
grain temp 60 degrees F
invert sugar was a late addition to the recipe. been looking at that jar of invert sugar for over a year, wondering when it would come in handy. Fits in a Burton Ale recipe perfectly, I said to myself.
boiled 7 gallons
transferred 5.5 gallons to fermenter, O.G. 1.068
Saturday, December 9
F.G. 1.015
add 4 oz. corn sugar boiled in 4 cups water
54 bottles, orange crowns
taste is earthy, raisiny, not very bitter, more balanced |
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Natural Blonde Ale
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Blonde Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.048 |
1.007 |
5.36 |
25.84 |
5.44 °L
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954 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.035 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: force carb |
Priming Amount: 25 psi for 24 hours |
Creation
Date: 9/2/2017 7:41 PM |
| Notes: light drinkable beer, perfect for summer keg parties. |
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American Wheat State Comp
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American Wheat Beer
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22 Litres |
1.05 |
1.009 |
5.44 |
16.29 |
3.51 °L
|
954 |
2 |
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| Boil
Size: 27.2 Litres |
Boil Time: 75 |
Boil Gravity: 1.041 |
Efficiency: 68 |
Mash Thickness: 2.7 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.0 |
Primary
Temp: 16.5 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 7/24/2017 8:37 PM |
Notes: Rudi/Mouteka dry hop at 14c @ 8hrs;
Crash chilled to -0.5c for 3 days before packaging;
30g Mouteka flowers added in keg. |
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I Prb Lager X2
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American Light Lager
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38 Litres |
1.037 |
1.006 |
4.08 |
0 |
2.9 °L
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954 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 45 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.031 |
Efficiency: 60 |
Mash Thickness: 3 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.5 |
Primary
Temp: 11 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 6/6/2016 9:30 AM |
| Notes: |
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Blond Ale
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Blonde Ale
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11 Gallons |
1.067 |
1.019 |
6.18 |
33.44 |
3.86 °L
|
954 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 13 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.056 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.25 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/18/2016 12:00 PM |
| Notes: |
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Blonde
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Belgian Blond Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.072 |
1.017 |
7.24 |
21.53 |
5.39 °L
|
954 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.053 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/23/2016 1:07 AM |
Notes: CO2 in Beer:
0.86 volumes
Priming Sugar Options:
Table Sugar: 4.4 oz.
Corn Sugar: 4.8 oz.
DME: 6.4 oz. |
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Wee Heavy
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Scottish Heavy
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5.5 Gallons |
1.098 |
1.027 |
9.32 |
29.07 |
22.17 °L
|
954 |
2 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.072 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.3 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.25 |
Primary
Temp: 62 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 2/9/2016 3:47 PM |
Notes: First Starter I made.
First Time using oxygenation stone.
Used Blowoff Tube.
Boil down first runnings, start with roughly a gallon, add back to boil kettle. |
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American Pale Ale Falconers Flight
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American Pale Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.056 |
1.018 |
4.96 |
35.11 |
10.85 °L
|
954 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.041 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1 |
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: 11/7/2015 3:24 PM |
| Notes: |
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