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Author:

HughB

Boil Size: 12 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.037

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 21 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/22/2015 12:40 PM

Notes:

Author:

Laegrim

Boil Size: 5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.034

Efficiency: 48

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 90 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: -15.4 psi

Creation Date: 11/29/2019 5:47 PM

Notes: Buckwheat honey is a placeholder for bocheted wildflower honey, and the regular honey addition will be a half pound of pecan smoked wildflower honey as well as a pound of regular wildflower honey.

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Actual OG: 1.088
Actual FG: 1.014

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Brew Day and Fermentation Notes:

- Mashed in a bit high, @156f
- Mash tun was not large enough to hold grain bill and full water volume at once, so 1 gal was reserved to rinse the grains in bag after the mash (the listed sparge) Ended up with a much lower than expected pre-boil gravity (reflected by the efficiency number), so will change this next time.
- Had trouble keeping a boil on the stovetop, but this was expected and part of the reason for the extended (90 min) boil. This is reflected in the lower than expected evaporation rate as well.
- Used a thick nylon bag as the hop bag, but the material may have been too thick, and the total volume of hops was too large for the bag; by the end of the boil the bag was very much overfull. Will use a spider or several smaller, thinner, bags next time.
- Started the Bochet at around the 60 min mark during the boil, and carmelized until very dark and the first wisps of smoke began to rise. Dissolved the bochet (outside, with safety goggles - seriously, be safe) with the remaining gallon of water, brought the mixture to a boil, and then added it to the boiling wort around the 15 min mark.
- Also, managed to overflow the bochet pot when the honey first reached a boil; it nearly killed the range and made for one hell of a cleanup job. Keep in mind you need at least 6x the volume of honey as headspace during a bochet.
- Wildflower and Pecan (cold) smoked honeys were added to the carboy just prior to the yeast pitch; the relatively warm wort made dissolving the honeys quick and painless.
- The Fermaid O was added in one batch just before the pitch as, based on my reading, I feared the gravity would drop too quickly to time additions. This worked out just fine, but based on this batch timing additions probably wouldn't be that difficult.
- Significantly underpitched the yeast (perhaps 25-30 ml), and pitched at slightly above 90f. Fermentation was carried out in a glass carboy, with insulated wrapping, placed above a heating pad connected to an inkbird; temperatures were consistent (88f-92f) throughout fermentation. After 6 days activity had ceased, and on the seventh day the carboy was cold crashed for ~6hours and then kegged that evening. While this fermentation was quick, it was also clean - without the esters the strain is noted for or any off flavors. In the future I will probably pitch the entire pack though, just to ensure I don't end up with the off-flavor horror stories I've read about (of course I ran across those stories after the pitch).
- Very important: scream at the spirits as you pitch your yeast, as is traditional, to ensure a good fermentation and un-possessed batch.

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Tasting Notes:

This stuff turned out way better than it had any right to be - especially since it was a shot in the dark using pretty much exclusively ingredients I'd never touched before. Toasty caramel, lightly burnt (in a good way) sugar, and sweet round nuttiness dominate, with touches of raisin and prune in the background, before finishing with a Guinness-like tang (presumably from the honey). The hops are very much in a supporting role here; pleasant, but barely noticeable and serving mainly to balance the dominant sweet flavors. Body is medium/medium-light, and the alcohol is noticeable only by a mild warmth and slight perceptibility on the nose, despite the significant proof.

Everyone who has tried this without knowing the abv beforehand has guessed in the ~4% range. Score one for Hornindal, I guess.

Will make this again, and see how improvements in process change the character of the final product; still not sure what changes to the actual recipe I'll make.

Author:

gozer

Boil Size: 26 Litres

Boil Time: 30

Boil Gravity: 1.047

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: 6/26/2018 5:53 PM

Notes: 99% the CA Common recipe with less hops.

Author:

Roget

Boil Size: 33 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.035

Efficiency: 56

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: 9/3/2016 8:21 AM

Notes: 1pack safale 05
24L
FG 1.004
23L to Bottle @ 1.9CO2 =109g Dextrose

Author:

AndyP

Boil Size: 7.7 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 75 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/16/2016 9:18 PM

Notes:

Author:

TampaGator

Boil Size: 3.25 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.036

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/11/2016 9:54 PM

Notes:

Author:

Mike DeStefano

Boil Size: 12 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 80

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: 2/21/2016 12:42 PM

Notes:

Author:

Jeremiah White

Boil Size: 7.1 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.033

Efficiency: 70

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: 2/2/2016 2:02 AM

Notes: For the cara cara's, I zest 1 orange per gallon with a microplane, and soak them in a little vodka for about a day and then dump the whole thing in and leave it for 10 days.

Author:

z-bob

Boil Size: 5 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: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/14/2016 7:19 PM

Notes: IBU's should be about 15 for the style. For a more true representation, leave out the 5 minute hops.

Brewed 12/31/2016. This beer stayed cloudy for several weeks in the carboy. I bottled it like that, and it quickly dropped crystal clear in the bottles. I didn't much care for it when I sampled one after a week in the bottle. But with another week or so of aging it really shaped up into a nice beer.

Going to use K-97 yeast next time to see what difference that makes.

Author:

Jan Erik Johansen

Boil Size: 28 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/10/2015 9:15 AM

Notes:

Author:

Stevobrews10000

Boil Size: 23 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.054

Efficiency: 53

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/3/2015 2:18 AM

Notes:

Author:

andete

Boil Size: 10 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.037

Efficiency: 35

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: 3/28/2015 10:01 AM

Notes: Sour mash 100g pilsener.

Author:

Solli

Boil Size: 26.5 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/28/2013 2:53 PM

Notes: malt i på 37 grader

Author:

Myndflyte

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/27/2017 1:02 PM

Notes: Mash for 1 hour at 155F, lauter, sparge, and boil for 90 min. Ferment in a wine barrel for 24 months at 65F.

Author:

thunderwagn

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/12/2017 2:45 AM

Notes: yeasts wlp004, wyeast 1084, s-05
og 1.054
fg 1.014
ibu 25
abv 5.2

Author:

FatsSchindee

Boil Size: 4.1 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 94

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: Corn sugar

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/15/2017 11:38 PM

Notes: After mash, draw off 2 qts first runnings and boil down to 1 qt to carmelize for flavor and color. Normal sparge calls for 5.92 qts- add 1 qt extra (so dunk sparge with 6.92 qts) to make up for this loss.

Author:

MattPostle

Boil Size: 13 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.032

Efficiency: 65

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: 2/18/2017 12:27 AM

Notes:

Author:

galaxian

Boil Size: 25 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 80

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: 8/22/2017 1:45 PM

Notes:

Author:

Jmjrva

Boil Size: 6.58 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.035

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: N/A

Creation Date: 1/1/2021 4:39 PM

Notes:

Author:

420 Brew

Boil Size: 15 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 21 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/7/2021 12:53 PM

Notes: Easy drinking Hazey NEIPA. Hophead yeast flocculates quite heavily, but still makes some very nice beer. If you decide to change the yeast to something like Verdant IPA, most likely it is recommendable to reduce the hops like 10-20%.