Shiga IPA
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American IPA
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10 Litres |
1.064 |
1.015 |
6.45 |
53.83 |
5.71 °L
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996 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 19 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.034 |
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: 4/27/2015 1:54 PM |
Notes: |
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Test
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American Pale Ale
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25 Litres |
1.055 |
1.014 |
5.38 |
14.2 |
20.37 °L
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996 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 30 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.046 |
Efficiency: 63 |
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: 7/10/2015 11:39 AM |
Notes: 72.6 kraadi vesi |
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All My F'Alt
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Düsseldorf Altbier
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5 Gallons |
1.052 |
1.016 |
4.69 |
52.59 |
16.35 °L
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996 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 75 |
Boil Gravity: 1.04 |
Efficiency: 68 |
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: 7/12/2015 2:16 PM |
Notes: |
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Buy Side
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Traditional Bock
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10.5 Gallons |
1.053 |
1.008 |
5.88 |
20.96 |
16.5 °L
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996 |
6 |
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Boil
Size: 12.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.049 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 52 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 11/20/2015 10:30 PM |
Notes: 6 weeks in fermenter at 52 degrees
1 week cold crashing
2 weeks keg conditioning |
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Tarmarillo Black IPA
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American Amber Ale
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7.6 Litres |
1.075 |
1.022 |
7.03 |
111.02 |
35.1 °L
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996 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 8.5 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.068 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 1.5 |
Primary
Temp: 17.7 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/31/2015 3:58 PM |
Notes: |
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Rye Saison
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Saison
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6 Gallons |
1.053 |
1.009 |
5.88 |
40.62 |
4.56 °L
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996 |
0 |
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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: |
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Kost's Kölsch
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Kölsch
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21 Litres |
1.044 |
1.01 |
4.5 |
20.94 |
3.13 °L
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996 |
0 |
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Author:
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Boil
Size: 28.5 Litres |
Boil Time: 80 |
Boil Gravity: 1.033 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 60 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 3/22/2017 12:58 AM |
Notes: Ferment at 60. Raise to 68 at around 20 points. |
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Texas Yeast Scream V1 (Bochet Braggot W/ Hornindal)
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Braggot
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5 Gallons |
1.087 |
1.014 |
9.53 |
25.08 |
20.81 °L
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996 |
1 |
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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.
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British IPA
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English IPA
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18 Litres |
1.064 |
1.015 |
6.5 |
77.68 |
6.36 °L
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996 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 24 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.048 |
Efficiency: 63 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 18 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/29/2018 9:39 AM |
Notes: |
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2021-61 Mexican Vienna 'Lager'
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International Pale Lager
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5.5 Gallons |
1.041 |
1.007 |
4.41 |
22.41 |
5.13 °L
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995 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 6.75 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.035 |
Efficiency: 68 |
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: 7/3/2021 2:26 PM |
Notes: 2g Gypsum
1.5g Epsom
4g CaCl
1g NaCl
1 10ml vial of ClarityFerm in fermenter
Dry hop in keg after cold crash. |
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Flanders Red Kettle Sour
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Flanders Red Ale
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3.5 Gallons |
1.054 |
1.016 |
5.08 |
11.58 |
11.42 °L
|
995 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 1 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.19 |
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: 4/28/2021 3:43 PM |
Notes: |
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2020 Winter Ale
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English Barleywine
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24 Litres |
21.203 |
3.06 |
10.03 |
52.65 |
21.36 °L
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995 |
1 |
|
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Boil
Size: 26 Litres |
Boil Time: 30 |
Boil Gravity: 19.7 |
Efficiency: 60 |
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: 10/7/2020 6:32 PM |
Notes: 2020 Winter Ale: Old Fashioned Barleywine
- maple syrup in the boil
- orange zest late addition
- bourbon soaked oak spirals
- the orange zest can be added twice: once at late boil, and again as a tincture with bourbon in keg-secondary |
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Mosaic SMaSH Pale Ale
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Blonde Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.066 |
1.016 |
6.51 |
48.75 |
4.12 °L
|
995 |
1 |
|
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Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.047 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 67 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 9/28/2018 6:12 PM |
Notes: |
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Cloudwater IIPA
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Double IPA
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24 Litres |
1.078 |
1.016 |
8.21 |
29.64 |
7.44 °L
|
995 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 28.5 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.066 |
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: 4/30/2018 4:00 PM |
Notes: |
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Farmhouse Pacífico Ale #2
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Saison
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18 Litres |
1.061 |
1.006 |
7.27 |
45.77 |
4.81 °L
|
995 |
0 |
|
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Boil
Size: 24 Litres |
Boil Time: 70 |
Boil Gravity: 1.046 |
Efficiency: 60 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.5 |
Primary
Temp: 26 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 3/17/2018 2:29 AM |
Notes: pitch at 30C free rise for 1 week, let it finish, and then at 21c for 14 days. let it age for 6 weeks in the bottle. done!
Do open fermentation. |
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Summer Draught
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Australian Sparkling Ale
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21 Litres |
1.039 |
1.007 |
4.2 |
23.13 |
6.67 °L
|
995 |
3 |
|
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Boil
Size: 28.5 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.029 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 1.5 |
Primary
Temp: 18 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 2/3/2018 1:11 AM |
Notes: Sugar is actually inverted local "raw sugar" from the company that supplies local breweries (a lot like turbinado for those who don't live in Aus.)
This is meant to be in the tradition of old commercial Aussie beers, which were actually originally ales, but the Nottingham imparts less ale characteristics and in fact if you ferment below 18C you are unlikely to find anyone who could pick this from a lager in a blind test
I have also used dry enzyme in my latest versions, hence the attenuation adjusted to 95%.
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Cray Cray APA 2.5 Gallons 3
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American Pale Ale
|
2.5 Gallons |
1.079 |
1.013 |
8.61 |
88.53 |
5.05 °L
|
995 |
0 |
|
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Boil
Size: 4 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.049 |
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: 8/10/2017 2:43 PM |
Notes: |
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Slowhand Stout
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Imperial Stout
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30 Litres |
1.104 |
1.013 |
11.91 |
63.72 |
50 °L
|
995 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 36 Litres |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.087 |
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: 2/1/2017 8:12 PM |
Notes: 1 vanilla bean 10 min boil
Fermentation: 2 weeks primary, 2 weeks secondary.
1 vanilla bean 3 days in rum - 7 days secondary
10g Oak chips 3 days in rum - 7 days secondary
50g Cacao nibs 3 days in rum - 7 days secondary
50g Coffee beans coarsely ground 3 days in rum - 7 days secondary
Add ingredients to a cup of rum of your choice (i.e. Havana club). Make sure the rum covers the ingredients and Let it soak for some days.
When ready, pour into secondary fermentor. |
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Irish Stout
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Irish Stout
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5.5 Gallons |
1.041 |
1.009 |
4.21 |
38.34 |
40.9 °L
|
995 |
1 |
|
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Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.035 |
Efficiency: 75 |
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: 11/6/2016 9:23 PM |
Notes: |
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#20. Helga
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British Golden Ale
|
4 Gallons |
1.052 |
1.012 |
5.29 |
32.75 |
6.07 °L
|
995 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 5.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.034 |
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: 2/14/2016 8:07 PM |
Notes: |
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