Half-Pipe Tamedog II Blonde Ale
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Blonde Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.06 |
1.019 |
5.38 |
17.36 |
3.62 °L
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937 |
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: 0.5 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: Sugar |
Priming Amount: 5 oz |
Creation
Date: 2/2/2013 11:57 PM |
Notes: Pour 3 gallons of clean water into brew pot and begin to heat. Bring your water to a gentle, rolling boil.
Add the DME and corn sugar and Belgian Candi to the water and start timer when wort begins to boil.
Add Cascade hops with 45 minutes left in the boil.
Add Malto-Dextrine with 20 minutes left in the boil.
Add Fuggles hops with 15 minutes left in boil.
Add wort chiller to pot with 15 minutes left in the boil.
Add Irish Moss with 15 minutes left in the boil.
Add Fuggles hops with 5 minutes left in boil. |
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Starter
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No Profile Selected |
2 Litres |
1.044 |
1.011 |
4.31 |
0 |
3.98 °L
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937 |
0 |
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Author:
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GunnarH
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Boil
Size: 2 Litres |
Boil Time: 15 |
Boil Gravity: N/A |
Efficiency: 100 |
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: 10/4/2012 7:58 PM |
Notes: My usual starter.
Chill and add yeast.
If in a hurry ferment for a day or two then add to brew.
Or if in less of a hurry, let it finish fermenting. Then place in fridge and let the yeast settle on the bottom. Pour off most of the liquid before shaking and adding the rest to brew.
Or for even more yeast, do as above, then add more starter wort and repeat the process. |
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Leftover Lager
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Bohemian Pilsener
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23 Litres |
1.043 |
1.009 |
4.51 |
35.33 |
8.47 °L
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937 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 10 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.099 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 24 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/18/2015 8:14 PM |
Notes: |
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Octoberfest Marzen
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Oktoberfest/Märzen
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6 Gallons |
1.054 |
1.011 |
5.59 |
22.01 |
8.15 °L
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937 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.046 |
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: 8/30/2016 8:54 PM |
Notes: |
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Bavarian Hopfenbombe Pils #8
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German Pils
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7.75 Gallons |
1.064 |
1.011 |
6.96 |
105.13 |
3.05 °L
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936 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 9 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.057 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: dme |
Priming Amount: 10.3 oz |
Creation
Date: 12/3/2021 12:08 AM |
Notes: Bavarian Hopfenbombe Pils #9
Lager - bottom fermented
Yield: 7.75 gallons
Target Fermentation temp: 48-49 F.
Ingredients:
9.0 gal filtered water
11 Lbs. Pilsen Light malt powder (Briess)
7 oz. fresh Saaz hops (boiling)
2 oz. fresh Hallertau hops (finish)
2 oz. Tettnanger Hop Pellets(finish)
2 packs Saflager 34/7 - made yeast starter in warm water
Boiled about 9.0 gallons of water total
Added 11 lbs Pilsen light powdered malt total, stirred well, and boiled for about 5-10 minutes,
before starting hop addition.
HOPS WERE PUT LOOSE INTO THE WORT, and hand-filtered out with a metal mesh strainer.
Hop Schedule:
3 oz fresh Saaz hops @ start of boil
2 oz fresh Saaz hops after 30 min
2 oz fresh Saaz hops after 60 min
2 oz fresh Hallertau after 75 min
2 oz Tettnanger pellets @ end of boil
Turned off heat, let wort cool for about 2 hours - removed hops by filtering.
After cooling, screen-filtered repeatedly until wort was as clean as possible.
2 packs of Saflager 34/7 were pitched into glass measuring cup
and a yeast starter created. Cultured about 12 hours, using 1/2 cup of filtered warm water, and 1 Tsp malt powder added after about 30 minutes. Stirred well.
Moved wort into the bathtub at 60 F. water, for faster cooling.
Waited about 12 hours for wort to cool, then pitched yeast starter, and stirred.
Removed half of the wort into another 8 gallon fermenter, for easy transport to beer fridge.
Then poured balance of wort into 8 gallon container from spare container.
Temp at time of pitching yeast - <>~ 60 F.
Temp was kept at 48-50 F in beer fridge.
After 24 hours, yeast became very active and started to foam.
Head was infiltrating into the air lock with active foam and had to be cleaned about every 8 hours
for the first 2 days.
At around the 3rd or 4th day, the head had started to fall.
By day 6: Fermentation quite active, a bubble once every 12-13 seconds (Fermentation Temp 49 F. (average))
Fementation died down after about 2 weeks. Air lock would occasionally drop and then I would add a little extra water and piston would rise again under pressure after a few hours.
Bottled on day 23.
Used 10.3 ounces light DME to carbonate about 7.75 gallons at 68 F. (2.55 Atmospheres)
After 15 days of bottle fermentation, all bottles were moved to the cooler, and temp lowered to 32 F. |
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Lazy River Hazy IPA
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Specialty IPA: New England IPA
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5 Gallons |
1.078 |
1.019 |
7.74 |
91.31 |
5.93 °L
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936 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.129 |
Efficiency: 50 |
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: 6/27/2019 5:30 PM |
Notes: |
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The Stout
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Irish Stout
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5.5 Gallons |
1.044 |
1.014 |
3.91 |
29.39 |
30.91 °L
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936 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 45 |
Boil Gravity: 1.08 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 72 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 9/6/2017 1:50 AM |
Notes: |
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Brothers Pump'
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Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
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5 Gallons |
1.047 |
1.014 |
4.29 |
13.71 |
11.37 °L
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936 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 1.7 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: 8/14/2016 7:14 PM |
Notes: |
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Alaska Amber E 5G
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American Amber Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.053 |
1.012 |
5.37 |
24.22 |
13.94 °L
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936 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.097 |
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: 6/2/2016 8:47 PM |
Notes: |
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ESB - BB
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Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB)
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5 Gallons |
1.066 |
1.017 |
6.44 |
33.78 |
8.33 °L
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936 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.111 |
Efficiency: 100 |
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: 1/16/2015 2:56 PM |
Notes: |
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The Haka
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American IPA
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5 Gallons |
1.071 |
1.019 |
6.94 |
72.57 |
9.19 °L
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935 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 6.25 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.057 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 72 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 3/20/2016 1:32 AM |
Notes: |
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Lambic Draft Cont.
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Lambic
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54 Litres |
1.053 |
1.014 |
5.06 |
10.78 |
6.79 °L
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935 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 54 Litres |
Boil Time: 15 |
Boil Gravity: 1.053 |
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: 2/4/2016 9:25 PM |
Notes: |
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Belgian Dubble
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Witbier
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5 Gallons |
1.078 |
1.017 |
7.9 |
20.71 |
21.93 °L
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935 |
2 |
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Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.06 |
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: 1/12/2016 3:32 AM |
Notes: |
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Winter Spiced Ale
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Holiday/Winter Special Spiced Beer
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10 Gallons |
1.056 |
1.011 |
6.07 |
17.67 |
10.48 °L
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935 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 12 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.046 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/13/2015 9:52 PM |
Notes: |
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Tropical Thunder
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American IPA
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25 Litres |
1.064 |
1.014 |
6.53 |
84.83 |
3.58 °L
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935 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 30 Litres |
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: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 11/29/2017 11:49 AM |
Notes: Bake the chili in the oven until soft. Finely chop (be careful, use gloves). Put in a small bag and boil for 5 min.
To avoid oxidation: Add dry hops and chili early, on day 3 or 4. Cold crash after 10-11 days. Do not rack to secondary, just fill the bottles and use carbonation drops. |
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Maple Syrup Amber
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American Amber Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.057 |
1.013 |
5.7 |
0 |
10.37 °L
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935 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.09 |
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: 2/3/2018 11:06 PM |
Notes: Directions
1) Take 2.5 gallons of water heat up to 150. Turn off heat and put grains in steeping bag. Steep for 20-30min.
2) Take grains out, put in malt extract. Bring to boil.
3) At the beginning of the boil, add 1 oz of Willamette hops.
4) Boil for 60 min. Turn off heat, pour 6 oz of maple syrup and cool down (that should be half of the maple syrup in the package). It’s okay to eye ball it. Just look at half of the bottle.
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5) After it is cooled down, put into fermenter and fill up to 5 gallons. Pitch yeast
6) Let the amber ferment for 1-2 weeks. Then its time to bottle. As you can see I have marked my maple syrup so anyone who comes over to my house will not use the left over 6 oz of maple syrup.
7) For bottling use the other 6 oz of maple syrup as your priming sugar. To do that, take about a cup of water, put in sauce pan bring to boil, then add the 6 oz of maple syrup and heat up for about a min. Turn off the heat, and let it cool down. Take that mixture and pour into bottling bucket, then siphon beer on top of the mixture, stir around then bottle.
*If kegging pour that mixture into the bottom of your keg. Purge your keg, but don’t pressurize other then the inital to fill up the head space. Let it sit for a bit of a week. You might have to adjust the carbonation level.
8) Drink in about 2-3 weeks.
The reason why I do things the way I do:
Combination of 3lbs of Amber and 3 lbs of Golden light
The reason why I chose this combination is that I really want to bring out sweet tones in the brew. Amber malt extract is created from crystal malt and 2 row brewers malt. When converting amber malt extract into all grain recipes you actually look at it as 95% 2 row and 5% crystal malt (60L or 80L depending on your school of thought). I really wanted to accent on the sweetness of the maple syrup. I knew when making the recipe that I was going to add crystal malts to the recipe so I only added 3 lbs of the amber malt extract because I didn’t want a crystal malt overload. Having this balance between 3 lbs of amber and 3 lbs of golden light will allow room to add different speciality grains which help in adding complexity to the beer.
.5 lbs of CaraVienna.
Odd grain to chose right? Not used in a ton of recipes, used in this one! I like this grain a lot. Cara just means caramel. It’s a weird abreviation that home brewers use. Caravienna malt adds sweetness and body to this beer. It will add a bit of color, not a lot though since its only 20-24L. This grain does add a very light nutty sweetness to the beer which is hard to substitute. Substitutes for this could be 20L crystal malt but it would lack the nutty aspect. CaraVienna does have a nice aroma also, kinda bready in my opinion.
.5 lbs of Crystal 40L
Between all of the crystal malts, I really enjoy crystal 40L and crystal 60L. I honestly don’t have too big of a reason other then that’s normally what all my recipes will have in them when I end up using crsytal malt. Normally at home brew shops they’ll have: 20L, 40L, 60L, 80L, & 120L . So 40L crystal malt is on the lower spectrum of the crystal malts. When you get into the higher crystals they have almost a raisin like flavor to them. I wanted to stay away from that flavor in this beer (it’s good for stouts and porters) so I used 40L, if you couldn’t get 40L I would go with 20L or 60L but not anything higher then 60L. If you go higher in the crystal malts you might end up covering up the maple syrup.
.5 lbs cara pils.
This grain balances the beer without adding any color. Also this grain is great for head retention which is defintly what we want for a beer like this.
1 oz Willamette Hops 60 min boil
No aroma hops in this beer. I didn’t want aroma hops because the maple syrup is the main thing that is the focus point. Having hops in the aroma I think could take away from the maple syrup. Willamette are kinda woody in profile as well as a bit spicy. I figure keep earth (woody) with earth (maple syrup from trees). This type of hop is a lower alpha hop generally around 4.5%. If you wanted to add an aroma hop I would stay as low as possible for the alpha. Examples would be: Liberty – 3.4% or Crystal – 2.8%. I would not go to high on the alpha because you’ll cover up the maple syrup.
Maple Syrup For Flame Out & In Bottling Process
I like to use both Maple Syrup at the end of the boil and also in the bottling process. I don’t like to boil it for too long because I just feel that it loses some of the essence of the Maple syrup. When you use Maple syrup for bottling you’ll be able to smell it when you open the bottles. Kinda reminds me of pancakes when you open the bottle.
I would suggest to let the beer age in the bottles for about 2-3 weeks. If you ended up wanting to add more maple syrup or adding more in the fermentation process you should defiantly let it stay in the bottles for more then 2-3 weeks. If not, the beer might taste hot.
Safale – 04 or White labs 002 or White Labs 013 or White labs 023.
I like Safale 04 for this recipe. It leaves more residual sugars meaning that the beer will be sweeter. Now that is what I’m talking about! If you chose a stronger yeast then what will happen is that most of the sugars will just be converted into alcohol, making the beers ABV pretty high up there. If that’s what your going for, then leave it in the bottles for more then 2-3 weeks. The other white labs that I have listed above will also give a similar effect as the Safale -04. I would not use WLP001 on this one.
Conclusion:
It’s good, it’s different, and worthy of a repeat beer for next year. I particuarlly like this beer because it’s nice to drink when the weather starts to change and leaves you with this refreshing taste in your mouth. The hops are going to be on the light side, if that’s a bit of a turn off to you this may not be the beer for you. You could add another ounce with 30 left in the boil but I wouldn’t want to do to much more (as in ounces) then that because it will just take away from the maple syrup smell. Also I wouldn’t put hops in to much past 30 min because it will add to much aroma. I would not put to much of any hop in this beer because I wouldn’t want my palate to be in shock.
The thing that I like most about the amber is that you are starting off with a beer that is already sweet, to build off of that I feel is not that hard. So in my opinion the 8 Steps Maple Syrup Amber is a great transition beer into the fall.
If you think that I’m being particularly up tight with the Maple Syrup and afraid of “taking away from it” let me explain. I figure that this beer has one purpose, maple syrup. If you take that away from it, it’s just like any amber. So when I’m telling my friends, “Hey try my Maple Syrup Amber” the only reaction I want is, “I CAN TASTE THE MAPLE SYRUP! NOW THAT’S COOL”. A response such as, “I can’t taste it.” or “It’s pretty hoppy” would be a failure for what I was going after . With that said, feel free to take from it, build off of it, or leave it, in my opinion this beer will set you up for some great reactions with friends and family though. |
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Ss Nut Brown Ale My Second Try
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British Brown Ale
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2.25 Gallons |
1.049 |
1.012 |
4.81 |
27.42 |
16.49 °L
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935 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 1.25 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.088 |
Efficiency: 25 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 64 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 3/14/2018 9:31 PM |
Notes: last time i made this i wound up using more steeping grains than the recipe called for. math error. this time using a single hop along with c-pils and 1/4 tsp of burton water salts in my ro boil water. started yeast in 1 tbl of dme in a cup of boiled water. og was 1.051 |
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Summer Blood Orange Honey Wheat
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Fruit Beer
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5 Gallons |
1.051 |
1.012 |
5.08 |
23.66 |
3.68 °L
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935 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 50 |
Boil Gravity: 1.069 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/13/2019 12:36 AM |
Notes: 1) Sanitize brewing equipment.
2) Heat water to 150-160 max.
3) Steep grains for 20 min.
4) Bring wort to a boil (212) then remove from heat, add 6.6lb LME
and stir in until dissolved then return to boil.
5) Add 1.25 oz. Cascade/Saaz bittering hops at start of 50 min boil.
6) Add 1 oz. Liberty hops at 20 min of boil.
7) Add 1 oz. of Saaz hops at 5min of boil with .25 oz. of sweet orange peel, 2oz of honey.
8) Transfer wort into primary fermenter and bring level to 5 gal.
9) Take hydrometer reading and record.
10) Aerate the wort then pitch the yeast once temp is <78 deg.
11) Ferment 1 week or until completed. Transfer wort to secondary and add 1.5 oz. Blood orange concentrate, and .2oz Cascade dry hop. Ferment for 1 week.
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Alaskan Amber Ale
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American Amber Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.069 |
1.017 |
6.8 |
13.98 |
13.37 °L
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935 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.054 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 9.92 psi |
Creation
Date: 8/8/2019 9:23 PM |
Notes: Devil's Brew Alaskan Amber Ale- Alaskan Amber Ale clone. Richly malty and long on the palate, with just enough hop backing to make this beautiful amber colored beer notably well balanced. |
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American Pale Wheat
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Weissbier
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4 Gallons |
1.065 |
1.011 |
7.11 |
31.54 |
10.63 °L
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935 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 4 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.065 |
Efficiency: 25 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: Priming sugar |
Priming Amount: 14 teaspoons |
Creation
Date: 9/7/2013 3:06 PM |
Notes: Ferment for three weeks until final gravity is reached. |
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