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Author:

TattooSteve

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 77 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/30/2016 6:20 PM

Notes:

Author:

RustyBarrelHomebrewing

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.059

Efficiency: 48

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/1/2022 5:14 PM

Notes: ========================
12/24/2022
this beer came out really good! its pretty much perfect as it is! i cant tell how much the rye contributed. its a smooth slightly sweet, balanced roast but low bitterness brew, love it. i think the faint sweetness flavor i normally dont get from dark beers can be coming from the maris otter.

for next time, i wonder how good this beer if bumped up to 8 or 9% whch was the target. came out to like 6 or 7.
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11/11/2022
notes a little hand wavy on this one. first off I got my waters mixed up on brew day so this beer actually got the water destined for west coast ipa (half RO plus added salts to match light and hoppy profile) so we shall see how the beer handles that.

also on brew day I had a bit extra malt from the planned double pumpkin so i put in a couple more lbs from the bag but did not take note how much. i think it mightve been 2 lb that replaced the pilsner malt i was planning to use. i basically did this beer full BIAB style with almost the entire 10 gallon water bill in the mash. horrible efficiency. (by contrast, the ipa i did on my igloo got 68% efficiency. id wanted to do this porter on igloo but messed up)

the malt from this beer i got from the brew store months ago, it was mostly packaged up and in the bins but possibly it wasnt as fresh? idk, shouldve been about the same, my base malt is older.

used two packs safale s04. calculator says thats good.

brew day OG was 1075. which I originally though was good but now looking at it its quite disappointing. was aiming for 8 or 9% black porter. the color on the wort is more brown.

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11/9/2022
bout to brew this. this is kind of pieced together from ingredients for another beer that i didnt do. there are two pumpkin milkshake bags, each should have 11lb maris otter, 1 lb honey malt, 3 lb wheat malt, 1 lb crystal 40, 4oz acid malt. also have a bag of 1 lb flaked rye. then i have another bag containing 1 lb rye malt, 12oz chocolate malt and 4oz carafa iii. all i need to add finally is 2 lb pilsner malt.

english yeast? or lutra?

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10/1/2022
i have base grain bill for 10 gallons of pumpkin beer. idea here would be to split half of it into a separate mash, omitting the oats and adding some dark grains and two row to boost gravity. leave out th epumpkin and pumpkin spice and vanilla, add rye malt.

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9/10/2022
bumping up the grain bill to get to 7%. changing to safale with higher expected efficiency. acid malt to proper mash ph. possibly will brew 10 gallons

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10/21/2021
measured FG of 1028. adjusting recipe attenuation from 71% to 65 so the recipe FG matches actual. came out to 4.8% abv but still tastes just as good, doesnt taste light in flavor or body at all.

still not sure why efficiency is so low on this beer (it was last year too). if you disregard the oats and pumpkin from the calculation it the efficiency is still low, under 60%. I would like to brew this to 8% some year but not sure what it would take for this beer (i.e. just a lot more base malt? how much? or go the DME route?)

This was the last beer I brewed on my old cooler mash tun and digiboil system. I've started using grainfather which so far has better and more consistent efficiency so it would be interesting to brew this same recipe on GF to see how much better it does.
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9/13/2021
updating for 2021. not sure what happened in terms of efficiency last year but this year i will be intentionally brewing it to 5% range for wifey. As alluded to below, I suspect the eff issue is oats and pumpkin not really contributing as much as this calculator thinks. I think I will just rebrew this thing exactly with no adjustments this year, see if i get the bad eff again.
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10/29/2020
calling it and kegging today. 10days. FG 1024
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10/26/2020
brewed this on 10/20/2020. need to update recipe from notebook but i believe it only came out at 1065. i think the flaked oats, wheat, and pumpkin dont contribute as many points as this calculator says it does....we will see.
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10/03/2020
reviewing notes and recipe from last year, going to combine kind of what i was trying to do and what i actually did. removing 1lb 2row and adding that to the maris otter. going to keep the 1lb honey malt, 1 lb lactose, 1lb wheat malt, 1 lb flaked oats, 1lb flaked wheat, 1lb 40L

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9/30/2019 brew day
there was snafu with ingredients. i had the homebrew shop pick my order last week. one bag was supposed to have 2lb oat malt and 2lb wheat malt. as far as i can tell it was just 4lb of flaked oats. so i just used 2lb of that flaked oat, then i had a bag of 1lb wheat malt and 40L (wouldve preferred not to use the 40L but it was mixed) so i added that and another lb of 2row.

Also for simplicity i scratched the existing spice bill and just did 2.5 tsp pumpkin pie spice. (using charlie papazian pumpkin recipe as reference for the approximate spice amount)
https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/beer-recipe-of-the-week-cucurbito-pepo-pumpkin-ale-2/
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9/25/2019
changing from pilsner to maris otter
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9/16/2019
Based on the award winning mango maya recipe. Considering coconut!? Bumped it down from 8 to 4oz. taking the hop schedule and pumpkin and spice amounts from 2017's pumpkin single 2. (pumpkin single 1 used brown sugar which is counterproductive in this milkshake beer) changed 2row back to pilsner. color estimator looks pretty orange but considering adding some crystal malt? biscuit malt has highest lovibond from original recipe....

Author:

Olive Street Brews and Meads

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.065

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/22/2021 1:53 PM

Notes: Tate & Lyle's Black Treacle syrup instead of the golden syrup for this one. Black treacle wasn't an available choice for the design. SRM will be darker as a result.

Author:

Boymeetswort

Boil Size: 5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.073

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/20/2020 7:11 PM

Notes:

Author:

Genus Brewing

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.07

Efficiency: 67

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 26.71 psi

Creation Date: 2/8/2020 3:44 AM

Notes:

Author:

Marky Jensen

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/15/2019 11:03 PM

Notes:

Author:

SchuBrew

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 15.3

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 73 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/1/2018 1:04 PM

Notes:

Author:

AZSuperFine Brew

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.069

Efficiency: 70.5

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 64 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/16/2017 8:54 PM

Notes: Rice Hulls (ARE NEEDED) in the Mash because of the Pumpkin and somewhat due to the Oats.

I prefer to use the Pumpkin in the Mash to remove the solids.

Pumpkin caramelized on baking sheet. 1 hour @ 400 degrees

Author:

bfabry

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

Author:

Jens81

Boil Size: 30 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 67

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: 2/4/2017 6:42 PM

Notes:

Author:

OldGuyBrewery

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: corn sugar

Priming Amount: 1/3 cup

Creation Date: 8/14/2013 9:01 PM

Notes: Honey should be pure Orange Blossom

Author:

RDC4687

Boil Size: 13.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.056

Efficiency: 74

Mash Thickness: 1.33

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 67 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/9/2016 2:46 PM

Notes:

Author:

BrownBirdDog

Boil Size: 7.33 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/21/2016 2:02 AM

Notes: Water Gallons Quarts
Total mash water needed 9.39
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 4.69
Remaining sparge water volume 4.7
Grain absorption losses -1.56
Mash Lauter Tun dead space -0.5
Amount going into kettle 7.33
Boil off losses -1
Kettle dead space -0.25
Hops absorption losses -0.08
Misc. losses -1
Amount going into fermentor 5
Total: 9.39

Author:

Pirate2late

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.118

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/22/2016 3:42 PM

Notes:

Author:

aberforth

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/16/2016 12:12 PM

Notes:

Author:

Seamus Toner

Boil Size: 6.1 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.058

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 0.6

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/18/2016 3:57 AM

Notes:

Author:

stoyan ninov

Boil Size: 40 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 14.1

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: table sugar

Priming Amount: 235

Creation Date: 2/11/2016 3:54 PM

Notes:

Author:

Cmark421

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.066

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: 12/6/2015 4:12 AM

Notes: Honey at flame out
OG: 1.080

Author:

dkcollier@yahoo.com

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 73

Mash Thickness: 13.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 62 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/26/2015 7:58 PM

Notes: ♦ BREW DATES: OK, beer but it's much better with San Francisco yeast.
Date: Brew Day • 06.29.15 4:20PM
Gravity End of Sparge • SG 1.056
6:00PM Full Boil in 12 min. 6:12PM
Gravity End of Boil (OG) • 1.0 7:30PM@81°
Gravity (FG) • 1.066 8:00PM
Date: Pitch Yeast • 07.01.15
Date: Keg Day •
Drafted Who’s House • Dan's
14 Days Fermentation

♦ SESSION NOTES:
United Kingdom - Crystal 45L was changed out to US Crystal 40 (Phantom).
American Munich Light 10L was changed out to Best Malz (German) Munich Malt (Phantom).
Changed first addition hop from 0.9 to 1.0 oz.
Phantom didn't have WLP810 in stock so San Francisco WLP840 American Lager was used as substitute!
Started with 8.00 gallons of water. Too much water. 13.5 pds of grain did not seem to absorb as much after sparging. had to boil extra half hours to get it down to 5.5 gals final amount. 8.00 gallons will be the max. Changed again. End of Brew: left with 5 gallons. Had to add 1/2 gallons for 5.50.

♦♦ Use 3 Vials of San Francisco Lager Yeast WLP810 @ 62° CHANGE! 2 vials of WLP840 American Ale Yeast will be used.

WLP810 San Francisco Lager Yeast.
This yeast is used to produce the "California Common" style beer. A unique lager strain which has the ability to ferment up to 65 degrees while retaining lager characteristics. Can also be fermented down to 50 degrees for production of marzens, pilsners and other style lagers.
Optimum Ferment Temp. 58-65°F (14-18°C)

WLP840 American Lager This yeast is used to produce American style lagers. Dry and clean with a very slight apple fruitiness. Sulfur and diacetyl production is minimal. Attenuation: 75-80% Flocculation: Medium Optimum Fermentation Temperature: 50-55°F Alcohol Tolerance: Medium

♦ STANDARD BREWING NOTES:
Created 8 gallons sparge water. NEVER AGAIN Bring to 154° strike temperature
Prime pump. Push water through hose.
60 minutes – Add tablespoon 5.2 pH balancer
Add grain – Sparge at 152° for ___ minutes (Minimum 60)
(One gallon loss during sparge process)
Water burn rate: 1-1/2 gallon per hour.
Drain GRAIN from kettle. Adjust water height of ___ (7 gallons)
Boil clean water for end of boil session adjustment
Mash Option dark beers – Add x tablespoon Calcium Carbonate
60 minutes – Add 2 drops Fermcap
60 minutes – Add 5 tablespoon Gypsum for IPA (Optional)
WAKE UP!!!!!!
15 minutes – Add immersion chiller
15 minutes - Add Whirlfloc
10 minutes – Add 1 teaspoon Yeast Nutrient last 10 minutes
♦ Check to see if nozzle is pointed upwards

♦ KEGGING NOTES:
Purge oxygen with CO2
Chill keg 24 hours before force carbonation.
Force Carbonation Calculator: 20 psi 4 days
Volumes of CO2 2.5 at 36°F = 10.2 psi American Ales

♥ DRINKABILITY: Little to stronge and the yeast gives it a stronger taste too. Wish it had the California yeast in it for a softer flavor.

♦ RECIPE NOTES:
Brewing Classic Styles - Jamil Zainasheff
Page 108. Modification to make it more like a Anchor Steam Ale - Style - California Common

♦ COST
Product Unit Price Quantity Total
2 Row Malt Sack $ 0.69 12 $ 8.28
Abbey Ale Yeast $ 6.00 2 $ 12.00
C 40 Malt 1 lb $ 1.40 1 $ 1.40
German Munich Malt 1 lb $ 1.40 0.5 $ 0.70

Order Summary
Subtotal $ 22.38
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♦ Northern Brewer Hops - Origin and Description
Northern Brewer Hops is an England native who is seeing its days live out mainly in Germany and the U.S. There is a separate U.S. hops variety that was bred in the United States that has similar properties. This dual use hops had a higher alpha acid content for the time, however super alphas have doubled, even tripled the content since back in the day. With that said Northern Brewer hops grown in Germany, sometimes referred to as Hallertau Northern Brewer if grown in the region, has made its mark and is used throughout beer styles such as European Ales, Lagers, and Pilsners. It is also synonymous with steam beers as in Anchor Steam.

Northern Brewer hops is used for both bittering and aroma additions in the kettle. It has an alpha acid content of 7.0%-10.0% and is a well rounded variety. The bitterness is moderate and the aroma comes off as plump. As one of Germany's main high alpha hops, Northern Brewer is both versatile yet refined.

Author:

Jessman52

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: Corn Sugar

Priming Amount: 4 ounces

Creation Date: 5/20/2015 8:03 PM

Notes: Brew Day Schedule:
Remove yeast from refrigerator 3-6 hours before pitching.
Mix crushed grains in Mash tun w/h 4 gallons water at 156°F. (Strike water 170°F). Mash for 60 minutes.
Re-circulate (vorlauf) until wort is fairly clear (appx. 20 minutes); begin to drain wort into brew kettle.
Fly sparge with 5 gallons of strike water at 170°F. End run of wort to brew kettle @ 6.5 gallons.
Boil wort in kettle. Add gypsum and continue to boil for 60 minutes.
Add bittering hops @ 60 min. before end of boil, 1st flavoring hops @ 20 min. before end of the boil.
Add 2nd flavoring hop and Irish moss at 10 minutes before end of the boil.
Add finishing (aroma) hops at 5 minutes before end of the boil.
• Cool wort to 73°F, record OG, transfer the wort to carboy and pitch yeast.