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Author:

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: your choice

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/28/2015 5:49 PM

Notes: I made this recipe up on the spot at the brew store as they did not have the ingredients for the other recipe that I did want to make.

Author:

Svein Erik Aasen

Boil Size: 33 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.04

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: 8/30/2015 8:48 PM

Notes: Malt:
Weyermann Munich Type II
Weyermann Caramunich Type II

Author:

wmpontbriant@aol.com

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 75

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: 11/15/2015 4:09 AM

Notes: Well all went well. I used my jet burner for the first time and never will I go back to a normal burner. I did a 90 min boil and added the lactose at 60 minutes. It's fermenting now so we shall see. Bottle conditioning yet and it is pretty perfect. The color is beautiful and black the aroma is of dark burn grains , and the flavor is out of this world and very smooth. The hops is spot on I love this beer.

Author:

z-bob

Boil Size: 5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 75

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: 2/14/2018 12:01 AM

Notes: K1V-1116 wine yeast (it's not in the list). The sparge temperature is so low because I want to try using warm water from the kitchen tap to save some time.

Brewed 2/17/2018. Fermented in poorly-heated basement for about a month at 59 to 60°. Fermentation was vigorous at first, but took forever to finish. I raised the temperature to 72 for a week before bottling.

The beer turned out awesome. There was a slight skunkiness when the beer was young even tho' it had never been exposed to light, but that went away after a couple more weeks in the bottle. Maybe it was just my imagination because I was looking for faults. Or some other faint funky smell and the yeast cleaned it up.

I will brew this again, but ferment a little warmer next time so it won't take so long.

Author:

SchuBrew

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.036

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: 2/25/2017 2:26 PM

Notes:

Author:

Warren Reinsch

Boil Size: 6.35 Gallons

Boil Time: 30

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 6.84 psi

Creation Date: 1/12/2023 9:50 PM

Notes:

Author:

GoblinCat Brewing Co.

Boil Size: 7.25 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/25/2019 4:57 PM

Notes: 4 oz cacao nibs in secondary
1 vanilla bean in secondary
Sanitize the nibs and bean in 4oz of bourbon, and then dump it all (including the bourbon) in. You'll thank me later!

Author:

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

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: 7/17/2019 4:07 PM

Notes:

Author:

rgardenhire2@gmail.com

Boil Size: 9.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.037

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/29/2017 4:53 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 12.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

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: 2/8/2013 12:25 PM

Notes:

Author:

Stevobrews10000

Boil Size: 26 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.055

Efficiency: 82

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: 12/15/2016 12:37 AM

Notes: Into fermentor 06-02-17

Into Keg 20-03-17

Author:

MedKniven

Boil Size: 9 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.058

Efficiency: 75

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: 8/30/2016 11:07 AM

Notes:

Author:

byåsen Bryggarlaug

Boil Size: 32 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: fat

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/14/2016 9:04 AM

Notes:

Author:

Silver Kettle Brewing Company

Boil Size: 3.75 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.036

Efficiency: 78

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 50 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/29/2018 4:50 AM

Notes:

Author:

jamesgtx

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 85

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: 12/9/2018 3:11 AM

Notes:

Author:

Itkin

Boil Size: 26 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 73

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/12/2015 12:53 PM

Notes:

Author:

Michael_biab

Boil Size: 9 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.056

Efficiency: 65

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: 11/30/2017 4:30 PM

Notes:

Author:

zillano9

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/22/2015 1:53 PM

Notes:

Author:

Germainium

Boil Size: 3.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 66

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: CO2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/6/2017 3:55 AM

Notes: From distilled water:
CaCl2 (Calcium Chloride) - 7 grams (1.6 tsp)
CaSO4 (Gypsum) - .5 grams - (.1 tsp)
Epsom Salt - 4 grams (.9 tsp)

Fermentation Notes:
Will start at 68F for first 3 days then will dry hop round 1 and let rise to 70-71F for remainder of fermentation dry hopping rd 2 on day 7 and sampling / checking gravity. Will likely use hop bags due to lots of hop trub. Will also cold crash this batch.

Fail #1 - I forgot to pull the yeast smackpack out of the fridge in advance, so at brew start I put upstairs (where it's generally 80) and let it inflate for 4-5 hours.

1. Used distilled water and added salts as described, mash went well and temps stayed right around 152 in the water, around 156 if I put the thermometer in the grain near the bottom. Stirred every 15 mins and checked temps until mash ended. Pulled bag and let drip before squeezing and moving into a pot. Let drain longer and poured that wort while I heated to boil.

2. Started boil and hopped as listed. Finished boil and cooled with an immersion chiller to 160. I targeted 170 but it cools fast so I went with 160 to Hop Stand using a hop bag for 30 mins.

3. I continued cooling to 80 which is about as low as it'll go and transferred via ball valve and tube into my fermenter. I pulled a sample and took a gravity reading which was right on 1.066.

Fail #2 - I forgot to insert the pickup tube in my ss brewtech mini so that sucked but didn't feel like risking oxidization by messing with it. I'll filter it on the way out...

4. I placed my fermenter in my chamber and cooled to about 67 then pitched my inflated smack pack that sat out for about 5 hours before pitching.

Fail #3 - I made another process error and didn't shake the fermenter to aerate. What can I say, it was 1:30am. I realized this the next morning and shook.

5. I left town overnight and came back, fermentation is going and blow off tube in sani water jug is bubbling away. Dry hop 1 will happen tomorrow night 3 days in.

6. Dry Hop 1 went will using a hop bag and stainless spoon to push bag through krausen layer to try and sink it. I raised the ferm temp to 70-71 for remaining ferm.

7. At 7 days I dropped Dry Hop 2 via sani'd bag, and took a sample gravity reading which read 1.014, which was about 5 points lower than brewer's friend had expected. At this point I dropped the temp to 41 to cold crash and left for 2 days.

8. After cleaning, sanitizing, and co2 purging the keg, I transferred from the SS mini using spigot + tubing and filtered through a sanitized muslin bag to catch any hop debris. I clogged the keg last time so was not going to do that again. I also put a screen on the dip tube in the keg to prevent clogging.

8. After a very easy transfer, as all hop trub clumped at bottom, I put pressurized and purged the keg again to seal the lid and set at 2.3 CO2 vols for set and forget method. I pulled a sample and did another reading, and as expected, it was 1.014 meaning it was complete.

Upon initial sample, it was pretty aromatic although not as much as I expected. It has very low bitterness and is very smooth. I'll be excited to try once fully carbonated to see if this came out as Juicy as expected. I really don't like dry hopping in bags, but since last time I lost so much beer/wort to hop trub and also had keg clogging issues, I decided to try it this time. One additional thing it may have helped with is reducing bitterness from the wort/beer not sitting on hop trub for so long. The last batch had a huge amount of trub that was transferred into the keg which I believe increased aroma, but impacted overall bitterness and taste.

Tasting Updates: Beer is smooth but has a bit of a yeasty / alcoholic taste. My belief is that this came from forgetting the yeast aeration step as well as only fermenting for a week before cold crashing. Other than that beer is decent and has notes of grapefruit, faint banana, light citrus. For the aeration issue, I bought an aeration pump kit.