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Author:

maconmatt

Boil Size: 6.23 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/7/2013 9:33 PM

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Author:

gorefisted@gmail.com

Boil Size: 2 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.028

Efficiency: 97

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: 6/13/2015 3:44 PM

Notes: 6/20/15: Just took a sample of this funky BIAB experiment in SMaSH beer... 100% rye and 100% Amarillo hops. Haven't commited to the dry hopping yet (probably will start it next week when we'll be bottling our biere de garde) but this is a very bizarre product thus far. The nose is funky, lemony and very rye-forward (obviously) and the taste is slightly tangy, fruity and orange-heavy with a big citrus blast. Refreshing and surprisingly heavier bodied than expected. Excited to dry-hop with a dose of more Amarillo than any of the other additions to see how "extreme" we can get with this little guy. Should get about 9-10 bottles total out of this batch.

10/17/15: This has actually turned into quite a nice little beer for such a dumb experiment (SMaSH BIAB beer). Full disclosure, I dry-hopped it with basically everything we had remaining in the fridge at the time. I think there was some Motueka, Mosaic and Target in there, and who knows what else. Anyway, it's really good surprisingly. Very, very hoppy and well=carbonated with some weird plastic-y notes (that aren't "bad" actually and seem to work decently). The rye is definitely spicy, chewy and earthy and the hops are bright, fruity and juicy with some floral and grassy notes. Good stuff. Kinda proud of this little 8 bottle batch.

Author:

Mikeystew

Boil Size: 17.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 50 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/19/2014 10:31 PM

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Author:

kes

Boil Size: 9 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.079

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 75 ° F

Priming Method: corn sugar

Priming Amount: 1oz per gallon

Creation Date: 4/20/2015 4:45 PM

Notes: 5.5oz Cocoa Nibs
1.25 cup espresso coffee beans coarsely ground
4 vanilla beans (cut length ways)
4 ancho chilis (chopped)
3 Guajillo Chillis (chopped)
soak all above in 1-2 cups of good vodka
firs brew
8/16/15 OG 1.086
9/14/15 SG 1.016 ABV 9.19

Author:

Wolf King Brewing

Boil Size: 7.07 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 62

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: 9/28/2020 7:07 PM

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Author:

Starter Hops

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/4/2018 1:20 AM

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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

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Author:

MultipleAwardWinnerJr

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/28/2017 5:06 PM

Notes: *yeast not available* subbed for WLP 005 british ale yeast

Author:

Jrut

Boil Size: 34 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 78

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 12 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/16/2017 11:22 PM

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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:

swade@penncharter.com

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.057

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/22/2019 6:35 PM

Notes: Add fresh frozen strawberries and vodka soaked vanilla beans in the secondary for 1 week.

OG=1.070
FG=1.020
Tasted tropical and fruity. Little bitter on the backend.
Added 3 pounds of frozen strawberries and vanilla in secondary.

Author:

cstenson

Boil Size: 14 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.032

Efficiency: 60

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: 4/22/2017 4:12 PM

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Author:

GFHomebrew

Boil Size: 36 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.031

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 15 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/27/2016 2:12 AM

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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

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Author:

Hutchesonke

Boil Size: 33 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.033

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 16 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/17/2017 8:44 AM

Notes: 90minute mash due to low temps for maximum conversion of pilsener malt.
90 minute boil to reduce DMS due to pilsener malt.

Author:

LukeC

Boil Size: 15.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.035

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: Sugar

Priming Amount: 50

Creation Date: 7/21/2017 8:01 AM

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Author:

Highway1One

Boil Size: 4 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.031

Efficiency: 55

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: 6/11/2018 1:22 AM

Notes: black currant addition?

Author:

SchuBrew

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

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: 1/7/2016 12:20 AM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.036

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/22/2017 8:14 PM

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Author:

BigPeteB

Boil Size: 5.6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 11.9

Efficiency: 85

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 4.92 psi

Creation Date: 4/24/2021 1:22 AM

Notes: This is a scaled down version of https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1143213/james-s-esb, my friend James's favorite beer.

Ferment at 69 °F, then raise the temperature to 72 °F for a diacetyl rest.

Carbonate to taste, to anywhere between 1.0 volumes CO2 (for something like a cask ale) up to 2.0 volumes

The water adjuncts are obviously specific to my local water.