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Author:

ZoltanSimon

Boil Size: 35 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 3

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: 5/31/2015 10:39 AM

Notes: Total mash water needed 42.7
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3 L/kg 25.2
Remaining sparge water volume 17.5
Grain absorption losses -8.4
Amount going into kettle 34.3
Boil off losses -2
Kettle dead space -2
Hops absorption losses -0.3
Amount going into fermentor 30

Author:

EChrisDenney

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: 0.75

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/24/2018 5:57 PM

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Author:

SpencerG11

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.33

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/22/2015 2:30 AM

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Author:

KillerBrew

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.034

Efficiency: 72

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 14 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/27/2015 11:40 AM

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Author:

Mazsi

Boil Size: 43 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 64

Mash Thickness: 3.3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 21 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/18/2019 3:02 PM

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Author:

octopussy

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.059

Efficiency: 85

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 62 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/1/2015 7:11 PM

Notes: Water Gallons Quarts
Total mash water needed 8.39 33.5
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 4.71 18.9
Remaining sparge water volume 3.67 14.7
Grain absorption losses -1.57 -6.3
Mash Lauter Tun dead space -0.25 -1
Amount going into kettle 6.56 26.3
Boil off losses -1.5 -6
Hops absorption losses -0.06 -0.3
Amount going into fermentor 5 20
Total: 8.39 33.5

Author:

murat

Boil Size: 15 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 13 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/2/2016 10:21 AM

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Author:

Pat

Boil Size: 9.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 70

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: 1/10/2016 3:30 AM

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Author:

Tyson

Boil Size: 6.19 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

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: 3/31/2013 12:42 PM

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Author:

lluci

Boil Size: 66 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 12.5

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 15 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/3/2015 2:27 PM

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Author:

Breezehome

Boil Size: 1.75 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: Corn sugar

Priming Amount: 1 ounce

Creation Date: 2/23/2012 9:03 PM

Notes: Use 1/3 of Wyeast smack pack

Hops adjusted from Beer Craft to get IBUs into range for the style

Author:

butsi

Boil Size: 28.74 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.037

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 3.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/26/2015 11:48 PM

Notes: ABV: 4.4%
IBU: 30

Author:

Samwhois75

Boil Size: 12 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 62

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: 11/30/2016 3:49 AM

Notes: x5 gallons with Various outdated lager yeasts
No sparge method shooting for OG 1045-1048

Zest of x2 oranges
X1 grapefruit & lemon
All at 2 minutes
Brewed 12/18/2016
Brought into 67 degree room
3.5 oz of Pacifica pellets added to primary fermentor

Author:

Paul Welsh

Boil Size: 30.3 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 2.8

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/27/2018 2:27 AM

Notes: Dry Hopped half with 3 oz CTZ (Charlie would use CTZ and Mosaic next time)

Dry Hopped Jay's half with 2oz citra, 2oz mosaic.

Fermented at 65 ambient (Fruitiness from 05 was well received)

Jay's half won the Homebrew Club IPA II comp out of 15 (I think) IPA's.

Took first place IPA at iBrew Challenge 2018, Singapore out of a field of 13.

Author:

stephen.h.irving@gmail.com

Boil Size: 12 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: Keg

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/2/2015 11:01 PM

Notes: 06NOV15: STARTER, used 2 packets of WLP001 pure pitch dated 21SEPT15, 7.3 oz DME, 1/2 tsp yeast nutrient, used pro brewer .75 pitch ratio

KY COMMON RESEARCH:
Historical Beer: Kentucky Common
Aroma: Low to medium grainy, corn-like or sweet maltiness with a low toast, biscuity-grainy, bready, or caramel malt accent. Medium to moderately-low hop aroma, usually floral or spicy in character. Clean fermentation character, with possible faint berry ester. Low levels of DMS are acceptable. No sourness. Malt-forward in the balance.
Appearance: Amber-orange to light brown in color. Typically clear, but may have some light haze due to limited conditioning. Foam stand may not be long lasting, and is usually white to beige in color.

Flavor: Moderate grainy-sweet maltiness with low to medium-low caramel, toffee, bready, and/or biscuity notes. Generally light
palate flavors typical of adjunct beers; a low grainy, corn-like sweetness is common. Medium to low floral or spicy hop flavor. Medium to low hop bitterness, which should neither be coarse nor have a harsh aftertaste. May exhibit light fruitiness. Balance in the finish is towards the malt. May have a lightly flinty or minerally-sulfate flavor in the finish. The finish is fairly dry, including the contributions of roasted grains and minerals. No sourness.

Mouthfeel: Medium to medium-light body with a relatively soft mouthfeel. Highly carbonated. Can have a creamy texture.

Overall Impression: A darker-colored, light-flavored, malt-accented beer with a dry finish and interesting character malt flavors.

Refreshing due to its high carbonation and mild flavors, and highly sessionable due to being served very fresh and with restrained alcohol levels.

Comments: Modern characterizations of the style often mention a lactic sourness or sour mashing, but extensive brewing records from the larger breweries at the turn of the century have no indication of long acid rests, sour mashing, or extensive conditioning.

This is likely a modern home brewer invention, based on the supposition that since indigenous Bourbon distillers used a sour mash, beer brewers must also have used this process. No contemporaneous records indicate sour mashing or that the beer had a
sour profile; rather the opposite, that the beer was brewed as an inexpensive, present-use ale.

History: A true American original style, Kentucky Common was almost exclusively produced and sold around the Louisville Kentucky metropolitan area from some time after the Civil War up to Prohibition. Its hallmark was that it was inexpensive and
quickly produced, typically 6 to 8 days from mash to delivery. The beer was racked into barrels while actively fermenting (1.020– 1.022) and tightly bunged to allow carbonation in the saloon cellar. There is some speculation that it was a variant of the lighter common or cream ale produced throughout much of the East prior to the Civil War and that the darker grains were added by the mostly Germanic brewers to help acidify the typical carbonate water of the Louisville area. Up until the late 19th century,
Kentucky Common was not brewed in the summer months unless cellars, usually used for malting, were used for fermentation. With the advent of ice machines, the larger breweries were able to brew year round. In the period from 1900 to prohibition, about 75% of the beer sold in the Louisville area was Kentucky Common. With prohibition, the style died completely as the few larger breweries that survived were almost exclusively lager producers.

Characteristic Ingredients: Six-row barley malt was used with 35% corn grits to dilute the excessive protein levels along with 1 to 2% each caramel and black malt. Native American hops, usually about .2 pounds per barrel of Western hops for bittering and a similar amount of New York hops (such as Clusters) for flavor (15 minutes prior to knock out). Imported continental Saazer-type hops (.1 pounds per barrel) were added at knock out for aroma. Water in the Louisville area was typically moderate to high in carbonates. Mash water was often pre-boiled to precipitate the carbonate and Gypsum was commonly added. Considering the time from mash in to kegging for delivery was typically 6 to 8 days, clearly aggressive top-fermenting yeasts was used.

Style Comparison: Like a darker-colored cream ale emphasizing corn, but with some light character malt flavor. Malt flavors and balance are probably closest to modern adjunct-driven international amber or dark lagers, Irish red ales, or Belgian pale ales.

Vital Statistics: OG: 1.044 – 1.055
IBUs: 15 – 25 FG: 1.014 – 1.018
SRM: 11 – 20 ABV: 4.0 – 4.4%

Commercial Examples: Occasional brewpub and microbrewery specials

References: Wahl & Henius, Louisville Breweries, Brewing Logs from Phoneix and Oertel Breweries. Research and initial writeup by Dibbs Harting, support by Conrad Selle and Leah Dienes.

Author:

Scott Sawatzky

Boil Size: 37 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 3

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: 12/12/2015 5:50 AM

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Author:

Boil Size: 43 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.06

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

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: 3/14/2017 6:41 PM

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Author:

braindead

Boil Size: 30 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.052

Efficiency: 85

Mash Thickness: N/A

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: 5/24/2017 7:49 PM

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Author:

KyleChepla

Boil Size: 1.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.104

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: 9/1/2013 1:54 PM

Notes: 100 cc starter made with Dry English an pitched into the bucket with Champagne yeast.

Molasses listed as 1 oz but was 1/8 cup.

Author:

Damian_Fuentes

Boil Size: 52 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 68

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: 1/14/2019 6:05 PM

Notes: