Honey/lemon Drop
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American Pale Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.058 |
1.012 |
6.15 |
61.28 |
6.01 °L
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999 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 6.25 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 67 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 3/24/2017 6:37 PM |
Notes: |
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Kris' Pale Hop Pouri
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American Pale Ale
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2.5 Gallons |
1.053 |
1.01 |
5.63 |
33.17 |
6.99 °L
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999 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 30 |
Boil Gravity: 1.044 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.5 |
Primary
Temp: 64 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/16/2015 6:21 PM |
Notes: |
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Sierra Nevada Clone
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American Pale Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.053 |
1.012 |
5.3 |
33.45 |
6.25 °L
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999 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.088 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: Dextrose |
Priming Amount: 4oz |
Creation
Date: 2/26/2017 5:36 PM |
Notes: Steep grains in 2 gallons of 160 degree water for 30 minutes
Sparge with 1/2 gallon of 168 degree water
Bring to boil and add malt extract
Add 1oz. Perle 7.8% AAU hops (@60 minutes)
Add 1oz. Cascade 5.6% AAU hops (@15 minutes)
Add 1oz. Cascade 5.6% AAU hops (@5 minutes)
Cool wort to 70 degrees and add 3 gallons of cold water
Pitch White Labs California Ale Yeast
Add 4oz. priming sugar at bottling |
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St Paul Porter
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Brown Porter
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5 Gallons |
1.053 |
1.01 |
5.65 |
40.05 |
33.3 °L
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998 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.076 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 63.86 ° F |
Priming Method: corn sugar |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 3/11/2017 2:21 AM |
Notes: Plan:
(2017-03-18 10pm)
Put LDME in hot water bath
Bring 2.5 gallons water to 65C (overshot, added half a gallon t bring down)
Add steeping grains to sock and put in water, 20 minutes at <76C
Remove bag,(did ghetto sparge), (burnt hand on lid) , bring to boil
Remove from heat
Add LME stir through
Bring wort to boil
Add 2oz cluster @60
Add half whirlfloc tab @15
Add 1oz cascade @1
Flame out
Add DME and stir through
Add water to batch to bring below 90C -- isomerisation exponential drop off from 100 to 79
Siphon hot wort to cube (went way better than expected)
Top cube up with water to 5G
(temp in cube was now 50C, less than pasteurisation, so commenced chilling in bathtub (in sealed cube))
(gave up on chilling, chilling sucks, stuck cube outside till tomorrow)
Seal cube
Aerate wort and pitch yeast @ 17C (like 3 shakes and pitched @17.8c, 2017-03-19 12pm)
(put in ferm fridge but all controls off. glad wrap for lid)
Leave cube to ferment @17c (maybe blow off tube)
(2017-03-20 9AM 17.7C 1" krausen)
When activity ceases raise temp to 21C
When FG stable crash to as cold as we can get (prob not very cold)
Add gelatin (1/2tsp dissolved in 1/4 cup water)
Rack into bottling bucket with priming soln
bottle
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H0314
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American IPA
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200 Litres |
1.061 |
1.015 |
6 |
59.33 |
8.33 °L
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998 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 230 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.057 |
Efficiency: 70 |
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: 3/14/2022 12:33 AM |
Notes: |
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Peanut Butter Porter
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American Porter
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5 Gallons |
1.053 |
1.02 |
4.32 |
36.96 |
34.75 °L
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998 |
3 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.088 |
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: 4/20/2019 2:38 PM |
Notes: |
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Mid German Ale
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German Helles Exportbier
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5.5 Gallons |
1.047 |
1.011 |
4.78 |
22.7 |
9.52 °L
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998 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 2 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.13 |
Efficiency: 25 |
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: 6/7/2018 1:30 AM |
Notes: |
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American Amber
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American Amber Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.06 |
1.01 |
6.54 |
13.18 |
10.05 °L
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998 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.099 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 1.0 |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 6/28/2017 12:08 AM |
Notes: |
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Sour Ale
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Flanders Red Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.056 |
1.019 |
4.87 |
22.06 |
15.74 °L
|
998 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.102 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: Dextrose |
Priming Amount: 4oz |
Creation
Date: 2/26/2017 5:41 PM |
Notes: Steep grains at 150 degrees
Add .5 oz Columbus 15% AAU hops (@60 min)
Add 0.5 oz Columbus 15% AAU hops (@10 min)
Cool wort to 70 degrees
Pitch White Labs English Ale Yeast WLP002 |
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Explosion Old Ale
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Old Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.083 |
1.021 |
8.17 |
36.89 |
15.99 °L
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998 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 6.8 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.067 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 1.0 |
Primary
Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 2/16/2016 2:42 AM |
Notes: yeast starter 1 step 1 liter: 5.28 Oz DME
add an additional smack pack of yeast
steep grains for 30 min at 155f
Add corn sugar, half of molasses, malt extract at 60, add the rest at 30 min
yeast nutrient
top blew off fermenter on second day. landed upside down on top of fermenter. what a mess. |
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Citra APA
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American IPA
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5.5 Gallons |
1.064 |
1.016 |
6.3 |
77.31 |
5.62 °L
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998 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.05 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/12/2015 4:56 PM |
Notes: |
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Gruit Ale Dark
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American Light Lager
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5.5 Gallons |
1.052 |
1.012 |
5.28 |
0 |
22.77 °L
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997 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.096 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: dextrose |
Priming Amount: 4 oz |
Creation
Date: 8/27/2016 6:19 AM |
Notes: |
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Brooklyn Brown Clone
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American Amber Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.055 |
1.013 |
5.52 |
45.73 |
16.94 °L
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997 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 6 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.045 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: DME |
Priming Amount: .75C |
Creation
Date: 4/22/2016 1:07 AM |
Notes: |
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Blackberry Melomel
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Other Fruit Melomel
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5 Gallons |
1.147 |
1.037 |
17.44 |
0 |
5.67 °L
|
997 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 4 Gallons |
Boil Time: N/A |
Boil Gravity: 1.184 |
Efficiency: N/A |
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: 2/21/2016 6:32 AM |
Notes: I make this for the Rennaisance Faires I take part in. It is always the first keg to go dry!
The syrup is made from fresh Oregon blackberries, pureed, boiled for about 5 minutes, and then run through a sieve before canning in quart jars to store until needed. |
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French Saison
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Saison
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22 Litres |
1.053 |
1.011 |
5.53 |
28.09 |
6.12 °L
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997 |
2 |
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Boil
Size: 18 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.039 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.5 |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: Dextrose |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/2/2017 4:43 PM |
Notes: |
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H-fest 2021 Mead
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Semi-Sweet Mead
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6 Gallons |
1.105 |
1.032 |
9.65 |
0 |
5.1 °L
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997 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 6 Gallons |
Boil Time: 10 |
Boil Gravity: 1.105 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 1.5 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 6/13/2017 7:03 PM |
Notes: |
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Unknown Soldier
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American Amber Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.049 |
1.015 |
4.51 |
8.53 |
50 °L
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997 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.082 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/28/2016 1:35 PM |
Notes: Resting grains for 20min at 140 and then mashing at 150 for 60 min. Overkill? Probably. |
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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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997 |
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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Američki #1
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American Pale Ale
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27 Litres |
1.049 |
1.012 |
4.8 |
33.54 |
4.84 °L
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997 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 12 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.11 |
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: 11/23/2015 11:12 PM |
Notes: |
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Working Man's Pilsner
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California Common
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2.75 Gallons |
1.056 |
1.008 |
6.23 |
28.95 |
7.86 °L
|
997 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 30 |
Boil Gravity: 1.044 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 74 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 2/3/2020 3:56 AM |
Notes: |
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