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Ordinary Bitter
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Ordinary Bitter
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12.5 Gallons |
1.035 |
1.007 |
3.61 |
30.13 |
14.34 °L
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419 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 14 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.032 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 11.25 psi |
Creation
Date: 3/7/2020 3:54 AM |
| Notes: |
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Spring Pale Ale
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American Pale Ale
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33 Litres |
1.045 |
1.007 |
4.91 |
24.82 |
4.02 °L
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419 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 35 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 79 |
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: 8/22/2023 10:46 PM |
| Notes: |
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Bru Pale Ale
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American Pale Ale
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20 Litres |
1.045 |
1.009 |
4.79 |
41.1 |
7.37 °L
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419 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 26 Litres |
Boil Time: 45 |
Boil Gravity: 1.037 |
Efficiency: 73 |
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: 7/9/2023 5:00 PM |
| Notes: |
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Kick It Back Blonde
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Blonde Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.044 |
1.009 |
4.64 |
26.65 |
5.19 °L
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419 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.75 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.031 |
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: 1/22/2023 9:02 PM |
| Notes: |
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Bunyip Imperial
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American Pale Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.049 |
1.011 |
4.92 |
41.99 |
9.73 °L
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419 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.6 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.044 |
Efficiency: 78 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 65.3 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 12/31/2022 8:51 PM |
Notes: Took the cane sugar out this brew.
Changed vienna to Munich malt
/2022
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Strong Bitter
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Strong Bitter
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12 Litres |
1.05 |
1.013 |
4.95 |
41.38 |
11.3 °L
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419 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 14 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: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 7/13/2021 8:21 AM |
| Notes: |
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Festbier Mk 2
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Festbier
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19 Litres |
1.055 |
1.009 |
6.09 |
19.02 |
4.81 °L
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419 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 24 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.046 |
Efficiency: 73 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: dextrose |
Priming Amount: 34.6 g |
Creation
Date: 5/17/2021 5:20 PM |
| Notes: |
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Double Bitter - Total Batch
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Ordinary Bitter
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44 Litres |
1.039 |
1.01 |
3.85 |
29.74 |
2.69 °L
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419 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 40 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.043 |
Efficiency: 77 |
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: 12/28/2020 7:15 PM |
Notes: BASE MALT: obviously, I should be using MO, but I don't have it to hand, so I'm adding ~2% vienna and ~2% munich to the pilsner base to increase complexity. I also have torrified wheat and oats that I need to use up. I'll put equal amounts in.
SPECIALITY MALT: My situation is that I need to use up a bunch of mixed malts. I am planning to split the base wort in two and, having separately steeped and boiled two different speciality malt bills, add these to two different fermenters. To maximise the difference between the two resultant beers, one will be on the light side the other on the dark...
I developed a very simple formula using the average colour of the speciality malts. It is based around a BYO article on English bitter, that containing three principles:
1) Speciality malts can have a colour of 40-150L.
2) These should not exceed 10% of the grist.
3) The higher the colour, the lower the percentage of grist: "A bitter with 10% 150 °L crystal malt may not be cloying, but it can be too intense a flavor for this style."
For a starting point, I decided that a 150L malt cannot exceed 7.5% of grist. Then just took a linear scale based on that.
Speciality Malt grist 1:
0.15kg Crisp Crystal 100
0.65kg Dingemans Aromatic
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Quarantine Barleywine
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English Barleywine
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4.5 Gallons |
1.112 |
1.019 |
12.2 |
63.58 |
19.53 °L
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419 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 8.25 Gallons |
Boil Time: 150 |
Boil Gravity: 1.057 |
Efficiency: 57 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 1.25 |
Primary
Temp: 64 ° F |
Priming Method: sucrose |
Priming Amount: 3 oz |
Creation
Date: 7/29/2020 4:23 PM |
Notes: After a lot of research (and commercial barleywine tasting, of course) this was my first go at a big beer over 8%. And what better time then when we were all stuck at home during COVID! I wanted a beer I could age for many years.
My efficiency was pretty low (mid 50s vs my normal 70%), but I expected that and already planned to compensate with dark brown sugar to reach 12%.
Pitched 2L starter into 2 gallons at 65 degrees, then 24 hours later I dumped in the remaining 2.5 gallons. Aerated well after first pitch, then again after 12 hrs. Kept at 65 for 1 week, then raised to 70 for 1 week. Transferred to secondary at week 2, plan to keep here for 3-4 months before cold crashing and bottling with fresh yeast. According to my research, I'll try my first one around Christmas (7.5 months), but it might be 1-2 years before this beer really shines! Long secondary and lower bottle carbonation to avoid bottle bombs with the extended aging these bottles will experience. Also due to my plan to age, I wanted higher ABV and IBUs, and didn't bother with hopping for flavor/aroma.
I had almost a gallon of trub/yeast from primary! I dumped the entire post-boiled wort contents into the fermenter (more nutrients), and the yeast cake was thicker than I've ever had before. Impressive, but sad to realize I only had 3.5 gallons make it into secondary.
Update: Bottled after 3 months in secondary. Added priming sugar (targeting 2.2 CO2) and half a pack rehydrated S-04. Swirled bottles every few days for the first 10 days to help the yeast finish the carbonation before the 12% ABV cooked them! Initial taste during bottling gave me high hopes! The driving factor was still harsh alcohol (expected), but hiding behind that was a very sweet and enjoyable barleywine flavor. This will obviously benefit from aging. Very excited for this one, hopefully it'll be good for years to come! I plan to only drink 3-4 per year and space these out over a decade! Hopefully I have the patience. |
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Australian Sparkling Ale
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Australian Sparkling Ale
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20.8 Litres |
1.051 |
1.007 |
5.71 |
26.05 |
5.21 °L
|
419 |
2 |
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| Boil
Size: 25 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.047 |
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: 5/23/2020 4:19 AM |
| Notes: |
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InTRIGOante
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Weissbier
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7.5 Litres |
1.049 |
1.013 |
4.7 |
8.64 |
4.51 °L
|
419 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 11 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.033 |
Efficiency: 50 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/29/2017 10:35 PM |
| Notes: |
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1916 Barclay Perkins X Ale
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Dark Mild
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5.5 Gallons |
1.047 |
1.01 |
4.98 |
32.46 |
16.47 °L
|
419 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.04 |
Efficiency: 75 |
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: 2/8/2020 2:43 PM |
| Notes: |
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Stout 711
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Oatmeal Stout
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5.5 Gallons |
1.061 |
1.014 |
6.17 |
26.88 |
48.21 °L
|
419 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.045 |
Efficiency: 74 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 69 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 9/15/2019 5:51 AM |
| Notes: |
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Oktoberfest/Marzen
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Märzen
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23 Litres |
1.053 |
1.015 |
4.95 |
23.51 |
7.74 °L
|
419 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 28.5 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.043 |
Efficiency: 60 |
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: 7/7/2019 12:02 AM |
| Notes: |
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Pilsner Ale
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American Pale Ale
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10 Gallons |
1.05 |
1.011 |
5.05 |
30.26 |
3.11 °L
|
419 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 11.5 Gallons |
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: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/4/2019 7:25 PM |
| Notes: |
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Cream Ale 2
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American Pale Ale
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2.8 Gallons |
1.054 |
1.01 |
5.67 |
25.47 |
3.23 °L
|
419 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 4.6 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.033 |
Efficiency: 72 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 60 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/8/2019 5:32 PM |
| Notes: |
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Golden Ale
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British Golden Ale
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20 Litres |
1.047 |
1.012 |
4.52 |
45.89 |
5.49 °L
|
419 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 28.5 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.033 |
Efficiency: 55 |
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: 12/6/2018 12:00 AM |
| Notes: |
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Awesome Recipe
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Old Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.069 |
1.015 |
7.04 |
0 |
16.77 °L
|
419 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.05 |
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: 10/24/2018 9:01 AM |
| Notes: |
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Free Big Kiwi
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American Pale Ale
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25 Litres |
1.06 |
1.014 |
6.12 |
39.58 |
8.2 °L
|
419 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 31 Litres |
Boil Time: 30 |
Boil Gravity: 1.049 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.5 |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 7/20/2018 11:13 PM |
| Notes: |
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Hop Thief 5
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Australian Sparkling Ale
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21.5 Litres |
1.047 |
1.008 |
5.12 |
31.54 |
4.24 °L
|
419 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 28.5 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.035 |
Efficiency: 70 |
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: 6/28/2018 11:00 AM |
| Notes: |
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