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D And B Black Hops
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American IPA
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6 Gallons |
1.068 |
1.016 |
6.86 |
62.65 |
40 °L
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1.5K |
3 |
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Author:
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fedewab@gvsu.mail.edu
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.137 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/24/2013 10:20 PM |
| Notes: |
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Three Shutts To The Wind: Portside Honey
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Robust Porter
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5.5 Gallons |
1.059 |
1.015 |
5.8 |
25.17 |
27.06 °L
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1.5K |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: N/A |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 60 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 7/2/2013 10:32 PM |
| Notes: |
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Benson SMEaSH Blonde
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Blonde Ale
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1 Gallons |
1.042 |
1.012 |
3.97 |
24.03 |
7.24 °L
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1.5K |
0 |
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Author:
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The Luddite Brewer
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| Boil
Size: 1.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.028 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 9/13/2013 9:38 PM |
Notes: SMEaSH - Single Malt Extract and Single Hops.
Just experimenting with a Briess Amber base malt and Fuggle pellets. This will go into the 1-gallon fermenter for two weeks, then bottle condition for 1-2 weeks. |
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Black Rock Bock
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Traditional Bock
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23 Litres |
1.066 |
1.017 |
6.4 |
0 |
16.08 °L
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1.5K |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 25 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.061 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 1.0 |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 6/23/2018 8:55 AM |
| Notes: |
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A Witch, Burn(H)er IPA
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American IPA
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6 Gallons |
1.071 |
1.013 |
7.54 |
85.37 |
4.07 °L
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1.5K |
2 |
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| Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.061 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 12/3/2015 4:02 AM |
| Notes: A blow off tube is highly recommended! |
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Grand Cru
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Witbier
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5 Gallons |
1.082 |
1.02 |
8.17 |
18.95 |
7.36 °L
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1.5K |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.137 |
Efficiency: 100 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/26/2016 4:12 AM |
| Notes: |
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Winter Mead With Juniper And Ginger
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California Common Beer
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5.5 Gallons |
1.061 |
1.015 |
6.01 |
47.85 |
3.1 °L
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1.5K |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.067 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/21/2015 12:35 AM |
| Notes: |
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Belgian Ale
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Belgian Blond Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.056 |
1.017 |
5.17 |
55.88 |
4.3 °L
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1.5K |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.043 |
Efficiency: 15 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 75 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 6/30/2015 1:41 AM |
| Notes: |
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Everyones Fav Amer. Wheat
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American Wheat or Rye Beer
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5 Gallons |
1.059 |
1.014 |
5.87 |
27.11 |
4.12 °L
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1.5K |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: N/A |
Efficiency: 72 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 2/18/2012 9:00 PM |
| Notes: Make sure you use orange blossom honey, its worth the hassle. Great summer beer that everyone seems to love, and its simple to make. |
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Dusty's Cider
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Common Cider
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5 Gallons |
1.05 |
1.001 |
6.48 |
0 |
0 °L
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1.5K |
2 |
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| Boil
Size: 5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.05 |
Efficiency: 100 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 14.89 psi |
Creation
Date: 8/28/2018 5:47 AM |
Notes: Pressed enough apples for 10 gallons of cider. Apples came from my dad's summer culinary tree and summer crab apple tree. I tried to mix apples evenly before pressing.
- add crushed campden tablets 24 hours prior to yeast pitch.
- add pectic enzyme when adding campden tablets
- Rehydrate yeast with about 1/4 cup of water that has been boiled with go form. Use an ice bath to cool the solution down before adding yeast. Let yeast rehydrate for thirty mins before pitching into cider.
- After fermentation has started, add hydrated fermaid o with about 1/8 to 1/4 cup cooled water (with chlorine removed).
Oxygenated cider with pure O2 for 1min 10 sec.
Yeast:
Red Star Premier Blanc in 5 gal - 1.048 OG
Mangrove Jack M02 in 5 gal - 1.05 OG
Apples gathered on 8/25/2018
Cider pressed on 8/26/2018
Packaging - Kegging ONLY
NOTE: These steps must be followed in order. If metabisulfite is added after sorbate then chemical reactions can occur that will give the cider a 'geranium' off flavor.
- add 1/4 tsp potassium metabisulfite to 5 gal of cider to inhibit yeast and bacterial growth.
- Wait at least 12 hours.
- add 2-1/2 tsp potassium sorbate to 5 gal of cider to halt fermentation.
- Wait at least 24 hours. 48 hours is ideal.
- Transfer cider to a keg.
- Purge oxygen from headspace.
- Remove a sample of cider and add apple juice concentrate until you're happy with the flavor.
- Take a gravity reading of the cider sample, then dose the main batch until the gravity readings match. Err on the side of too little.
- carbonate to desired levels
Very good read on backsweetening -
http://beersmith.com/blog/2017/03/07/how-to-backsweeten-beer-cider-and-mead/
8/23/2019 tasting notes:
I tasted and back-sweetened the ciders today. The preference of my wife and I was the champagne yeast batch. The champagne yeast batch had a dry champagne quality that we both enjoyed; it was smoother too. The mangrove jack batch was nice an clean, with a slight bitterness on the backend. Both finished at 0.994. I tend to like my cider on the dryer side, but not bone dry. I back-sweetened the mangrove jack cider to 1.002 and the champagne yeast cider to .999 with frozen apple juice concentrate from the grocery store. I decided to backsweeten the mangrove jack batch a little more to help balance out the bitterness; it seemed to do the trick. No additional tannins or acidity were required. The crab apples did a great job of adding the acidity the cider needed.
The mangrove jack cider was slightly more bitter than the champagne batch, this is probably due to the ratio of crab apples to culinary apples. The champagne batch was obviously darker than the mangrove jack. This could be due to oxidation or the ratio of apples. The cider carboy was less full, while the mangrove jack carboy was filled to the brim, so oxidation could certainly be a factor. However, campden tablets are supposed to help with oxidation, both batches certainly had a decent amount of campden tablets added to halt the yeast. I'm used to oxidation flavors in beer, I don't get those stale flavors from the champagne batch. The fact that my wife and I prefer the champagne batch would indicate that it's probably not oxidized. Time will tell, I'll update this if it starts to exibit oxidation flavors.
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Honey Kölsch
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Kölsch
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5.5 Gallons |
1.046 |
1.009 |
4.87 |
29.84 |
6.78 °L
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1.5K |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 4 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.052 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: Sugar |
Priming Amount: 5oz |
Creation
Date: 3/22/2016 7:57 PM |
| Notes: Honey added at the end of the boil. (0 min) |
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Coffee Cream Ale
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Cream Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.048 |
1.011 |
4.87 |
13.15 |
3.89 °L
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1.5K |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.074 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/24/2018 3:51 PM |
| Notes: ADD COFFEE BEANS TO FERMENTER FOR 1 WEEK IN SECONDARY |
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Heavy Elvis Barleywine
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American Barleywine
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15 Gallons |
1.122 |
1.015 |
14.04 |
89.87 |
8.47 °L
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1.5K |
2 |
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| Boil
Size: 4 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.049 |
Efficiency: 95 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 2.0 |
Primary
Temp: 62 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 2/12/2015 10:05 PM |
Notes: Starter from Velvet Elvis @ 8.6% ABV. Salvaged 3 full litres of slurry. Washed to 2 litres. Starter to (3) each 1/2 gallon. Aeration with pump for 20 min plus shaking.
Sugar addition on day 3-5
2# dextrose with 1/2 gal wort pulled from fermenter, plus .5 oz mosaic per batch. 1/2 gallon of wlp099 added to batch.
Day 3
Day 5, pulled another 1/2 gallon of blowoff slurry. Airated and added to batch with Dextrose.
Airate each addtion with 20 min airpump.
Kept on going to 1.015! |
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Extract Weizenbock - Dark
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Weizenbock
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5 Gallons |
1.086 |
1.012 |
9.72 |
16.4 |
22.56 °L
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1.5K |
0 |
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Author:
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Professor Zymie
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.144 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 66 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/1/2017 3:33 PM |
| Notes: Keep the 3 jars of LME out until the end of the boil. You will get better hop utilization. |
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Bigfoot Clone
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American Barleywine
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5 Gallons |
1.099 |
1.023 |
9.97 |
61.81 |
13.57 °L
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1.5K |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 4.01 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.124 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 12/6/2015 11:49 PM |
| Notes: |
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Insert Fancy Name Here
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American Pale Ale
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10 Litres |
1.045 |
1.011 |
4.4 |
44.35 |
8.83 °L
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1.5K |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 11 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.041 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 19 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 11/4/2016 1:48 PM |
| Notes: |
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Caribbean Clown Juice
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American IPA
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1 Gallons |
1.063 |
1.015 |
6.33 |
69.72 |
3.17 °L
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1.5K |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 1.25 Gallons |
Boil Time: 30 |
Boil Gravity: 1.05 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 11/1/2016 4:51 AM |
Notes: 0.25 galaxy @ 20min
0.25 mosaic @ 20min
0.25 galaxy @ 0min
0.25 mosaic @ 0 min
0.25 citra @ 0 min
Cool to 190
0.25 galaxy @ 30min
0.25 mosaic @ 30 min
0.25 citra @ 30 min
Cool to 170
0.25 galaxy @ 20min
0.25 mosaic @ 20 min
0.25 citra @ 20 min
Cool to 150
0.25 galaxy @ 10min
0.25 mosaic @ 10 min
0.25 citra @ 10 min
Dry hop 4 days:
1oz Citra
at 40min: add 0
at 37min.dropped temp to 170
at 35min: added to burner on low
at 30min: temp = 165, added 1st charge
at 20min: temp = 160, added 2nd
at 10min : temp = 155, added 3rd
Brewed on 1/22:
Bottled on 2/1:
addd 0.4oz corn sugar, 0.2 oz matrodextrin
2/7: drank first bottle
very well balanced
had good citra aroma
could taste all hop varieties
2/8: put 4 bottles in fridge
2:14 - good flavor
2:16 - flavor fallen off - mostly sweet and a little yeasty
2:19 - very little aroma - some flavor, not much. |
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Fresh Hop Centenial/Cascade
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American Pale Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.048 |
1.012 |
4.76 |
45.31 |
9.32 °L
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1.5K |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.041 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/3/2016 12:01 AM |
| Notes: |
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Simcoe APA
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American Pale Ale
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0.85 Gallons |
1.05 |
1.014 |
4.75 |
67.4 |
5.22 °L
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1.5K |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 1 Gallons |
Boil Time: 15 |
Boil Gravity: 1.043 |
Efficiency: 25 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 60 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/24/2015 9:34 AM |
| Notes: |
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Boxer Brown Ale
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American Brown Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.046 |
1.012 |
4.43 |
39.04 |
15.64 °L
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1.5K |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: N/A |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 7/13/2012 6:39 PM |
| Notes: |
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