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Author:

Spesme

Boil Size: 4 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/20/2014 1:16 PM

Notes: 11L for strike water accounting for 2.2L of grain absorption. (Rule-0.6G for 6 lbs of grain). Assuming 8.8L after.

After grains were placed in strike water, it was 158F - way too high. Added cold water from tap to get it down to 151.3 @ 52 minutes. Then, 151.0 @ 40, 150.8 @ 30, 149.0 @ 20, 147.9 @ 10, 146.3 @ 5. Mashed out for 10 minutes @ 168. Dunk sparge for 10 minutes @ 170.

Estimated 6.2L for dunk sparge, but actually got 8L. This made 16.8 (4.4G) in pre-boil Wort. SG was 1.034 @ 126F which equates to 1.044 actual SG. Apparently this is 86.83% pre-boil efficiency. Really high if it is true. On second thought, maybe my grain absorption was much higher. If I correct my pre-boil wort to 4.0 gallons, I get 78.22% - pretty much spot on with post-boil efficiency.

Assuming typical boil off rate is 14% it makes more sense. 14% of 4 gallons is 0.56 gallons, which roughly comes to 3.5 gallons in the fermenter.

Post-boil OG was 1.050! Pitched yeast @ 22C @ 9pm and will begin adding ice bottles at 7am in the morning. Reading in the ice bath is 20C, so will assume +2 for the fermenter, plus the traditional 3C for 1.050 OG and for the increased temps from ferm.

With 3.5G (maybe 3.4) of post-boil wort @ 1.050 OG, I have a brewhouse efficiency of 77.78% (or 75.56%). Why is it less than pre-boil efficiency?

First bottle on 07/28. Lots of head, although it dissipates after some sips. First impression is that it is very carbonated and sweet. Aroma has huge banana notes which will hopefully die down with age. This is probably because of the high and variable ferm temps. Does this mainly affect the aroma and not the flavour? I should also check my carbing process next time...

Side-by-side: 08/03 (Granville Island Hefe)

App: Mine is a straw gold colour, GI has a distinct orange hue. Both have same level of haziness and mine shows greater signs of carbonation.

Smell: Mine smells predominately like rotten bananas with a little bubblegum. I can chalk this up to the higher and variable ferm temps. GI is much more pleasent - citrus and banana, also with bubblegum.

Taste: Mine tastes better than it smells. Sweet and carbonated. Light banana notes. Gi is also very sweet but less carbonated. Much more of a bubblegum taste. Both are quite different but good in their own ways.

MF: Both have light body with medium high levels of carbonation. However, GI is a little bit heavier on the tounge.

Overall: I have to side with GI, mainly because of the aroma, given everything else equal.

Author:

djmeicher

Boil Size: 3.75 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.033

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 69 ° F

Priming Method: Dextrose (corn sugar)

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/16/2016 3:26 AM

Notes:

Author:

PMP-Brews

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 69 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/6/2015 2:39 PM

Notes: BIAB notes:

8.2 gal of strike/mash water needed at 160 deg F.
Add grains in bag, stir and steep for 60 min.
Wrap kettle in towels and keep covered. Temp should stay consistent around 152 F. After mash, turn on burner, stir grains and get temp to 170 F. At 170 F, cut heat and let set for 15 min.
Remove grains and let drain into kettle.
Start 60 min boil and hop addition.

Finish cooling wort with chiller to 70 F and pitch yeast.

Author:

NickinWI

Boil Size: 6.7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 64

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/1/2013 4:21 PM

Notes:

Author:

hmsfrog

Boil Size: 16 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/13/2015 8:20 PM

Notes:

Author:

Magician

Boil Size: 27 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/3/2018 11:30 PM

Notes:

Author:

SchuBrew

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/7/2016 4:44 PM

Notes:

Author:

rgrosholz

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.037

Efficiency: 73

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 62 ° F

Priming Method: Force

Priming Amount: 24 lbs

Creation Date: 11/16/2014 1:20 AM

Notes:

Author:

Big Bones Brewing

Boil Size: 6.25 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.055

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/8/2015 1:11 AM

Notes:

Author:

Stevobrews10000

Boil Size: 13 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 28 ° C

Priming Method: Strawberrys into fermentor

Priming Amount: 500g

Creation Date: 12/10/2016 1:06 AM

Notes:

Author:

fredcai6

Boil Size: 7 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 12.6

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/27/2017 5:35 PM

Notes:

Author:

N0mad

Boil Size: 4.2 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.03

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/21/2018 2:16 AM

Notes: Boil Time: 60 min
Mash in: 154 Deg f
Mash out: 167 Deg f
Equipment: My Equipment Efficiency: 75.00 %
Est Original Gravity: 1.045 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.011 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.5 %
Bitterness: 14.1 IBUs
Est Color: 10.4 EBC

Author:

nj viking

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.06

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/29/2015 8:32 PM

Notes:

Author:

dkcollier@yahoo.com

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 61

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 2.0

Primary Temp: 69 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/15/2015 1:50 AM

Notes: BREW DATES:

STANDARD BREWING NOTES:
Create 4 gallons sparge water. Bring to 160° strike temperature. Prime pump.
Add grain – Sparge at 152° for ___ minutes (Minimum 60)
Drain GRAIN from kettle. Adjust water height of ___ (7 gallons)
Boil for ___ (60) minutes
60 minutes – Add TSP 5.2 pH balancer
60 minutes – Add 2 drops Fermcap
60 minutes – Add 5 TBS Gypsum for IPA (Optional)
15 minutes – Add immersion chiller
15 minutes - Add Whirlfloc
10 minutes - Yeast Nutrient last 10 minutes
♦Check to see if nozzle is pointed upwards

DATES:
Date: Brew Day - ________
Date: Pitch Yeast - ________
Date: Keg Day - ________
Drafted Who’s House - ________

KEGGING NOTES:
Purge oxygen for the 24 hour chill down.
Chill keg 24 hours before carbonation.
Carbonate at 20 pound for 4 days.

BREWING DAY-TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED
DRINKABILITY: How did it come out?

Author:

OkanaganMike

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 62 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/7/2017 1:23 AM

Notes:

Author:

byåsen Bryggarlaug

Boil Size: 29 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 12 ° C

Priming Method: keg

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/23/2016 7:59 PM

Notes:

Author:

GuzBrew

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 30

Boil Gravity: 1.064

Efficiency: 73

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/29/2019 5:34 PM

Notes: Heavy citrus notes with slight vanilla. Creamy and full bodied from the oats. Great blend that closely resembles orange juice, just not as acidic. Keg tapped within one hour at a friends house. Will be brewing this exact same recipe again, and again, and again.

Author:

gozer

Boil Size: 26 Litres

Boil Time: 30

Boil Gravity: 10.8

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/16/2018 3:38 PM

Notes:

Author:

jmciver

Boil Size: 4 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/3/2015 12:57 PM

Notes:

Author:

Steinar Hugi

Boil Size: 25 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.06

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/20/2015 10:18 PM

Notes: Ferment at 18°C. Increase to 22 °C.

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