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1 Of 2 Helles Bock
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Helles Bock
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1 Gallons |
1.068 |
1.011 |
7.5 |
34.22 |
8.44 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 1.4 Gallons |
Boil Time: 30 |
Boil Gravity: 1.049 |
Efficiency: 60 |
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: 8/31/2025 1:48 AM |
Notes: Fermentis - Saflager - German Lager Yeast W-34/70
White Labs - German Bock Lager Yeast WLP833
Wyeast - Bavarian Lager 2206
Fermentis - Saflager - German Lager Yeast S-23
Lallemand - LalBrew Diamond Lager
Imperial Yeast - L17 Harvest
White Labs - German Lager Yeast WLP830
Wyeast - Munich Lager 2308
Wyeast - Bohemian Lager 2124
White Labs - Southern German Lager Yeast WLP838 |
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Lorraine's Malted Chocolate Ale
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American Porter
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5 Gallons |
1.081 |
1.021 |
7.79 |
0 |
50 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.135 |
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: 1/6/2026 7:44 PM |
| Notes: |
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Belgian Golden Strong Ale
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Belgian Golden Strong Ale
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26 Gallons |
1.08 |
1.02 |
7.87 |
28.9 |
3.69 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 27.86 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.072 |
Efficiency: 86 |
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: 11/19/2025 8:22 PM |
| Notes: I let this beer ferment at ambient temps which reached the upper 70's. The FG ended up at 1.013 with a resulting ABV = 8.8% which I was fine with. Initial tasting is fruity, a bit of pear notes with a mild spiciness. No overly noticeable alcohol on the palate but def felt some warmth down my gullet as I swallowed. It was only a 4oz taster but in the morning on an empty stomach, I could def feel the boozy impact rather quickly. This one will definitely sneak up on you if you are not careful. Will be kegging out shortly and then force carbonating at 36F. Going to target around 2.9 v/v CO2 to give it a bit of a fizzy finish. |
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Tall Stool Farmhouse Stout
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Russian Imperial Stout
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4 Gallons |
1.091 |
1.026 |
8.57 |
71.82 |
50 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 4.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.066 |
Efficiency: 50 |
Mash Thickness: 1.44 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: dme |
Priming Amount: 1.8 oz |
Creation
Date: 11/12/2025 8:26 PM |
Notes: Brown Sugar sprinkled on beets while roasting.
No Sparge.
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Awesome Recipe
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Specialty IPA: Black IPA
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5.5 Gallons |
1.077 |
1.015 |
8.22 |
82.6 |
35.89 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.071 |
Efficiency: 75 |
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: 10/29/2025 2:28 AM |
| Notes: |
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2025 Anchor Xmas Ale Clone #174
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American Brown Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.068 |
1.011 |
7.44 |
25.36 |
31.3 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.058 |
Efficiency: 70 |
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: 10/24/2025 4:35 AM |
| Notes: |
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21° Vyjetej Volej PP
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Oatmeal Stout
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21 Litres |
20.881 |
5.512 |
8.56 |
52.34 |
50 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 27.3 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 16.3 |
Efficiency: 56 |
Mash Thickness: 3.65 |
Sugar
Scale: Plato |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/5/2025 3:04 PM |
| Notes: |
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American Strong Ale (Arrogant Bastard Clone)
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American Strong Ale
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1 Gallons |
1.07 |
1.012 |
7.62 |
68.03 |
26.02 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 1.4 Gallons |
Boil Time: 30 |
Boil Gravity: 1.05 |
Efficiency: 60 |
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: 9/17/2025 2:16 AM |
Notes: Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
White Labs - California Ale Yeast WLP001
Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04
Wyeast - American Ale 1056
White Labs - Dry English Ale Yeast WLP007
Danstar - Nottingham Ale Yeast
Mangrove Jack - New World Strong Ale M42
Mangrove Jack - US West Coast Yeast M44
Wyeast - Scottish Ale 1728
Wyeast - American Ale II 1272 |
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Butterfinger Stout
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Russian Imperial Stout
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217 Gallons |
1.086 |
1.019 |
8.81 |
20.79 |
48.33 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 240 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.078 |
Efficiency: 70 |
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: 9/8/2025 5:28 PM |
| Notes: |
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C.I.P.A.
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Specialty IPA: New England IPA
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6 Gallons |
1.072 |
1.017 |
7.26 |
40.06 |
4.78 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.48 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.066 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.25 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/31/2025 3:35 PM |
| Notes: |
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BJC Vanilla Coffee Stout
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Sweet Stout
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5.51 Gallons |
1.08 |
1.021 |
7.73 |
52.22 |
50 °L
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102 |
1 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.65 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.067 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.33 |
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: 12/20/2018 7:34 PM |
Notes: Ground Coffee/Vanilla Medium/Vodka Tincture at 11/14 days
Sub-nitrogen for a nice foamy pour |
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James Brown IPA
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Specialty IPA: Brown IPA
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5.5 Gallons |
1.077 |
1.013 |
8.43 |
53.96 |
12.35 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.066 |
Efficiency: 63 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: sucrose |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/30/2025 7:19 PM |
Notes: ================================
12/2/2025
TLDR; consider slightly bumping up the brown ale flavor contributors. Slightly more aroma and dry hops, bump up the carapils. Be sure to carbonate properly before bottling. Cant remember if chatgpt talked me out of the carapils because of the wheat and/or oats.
Scored 30 and bronze medal in MALT Turkeyshoot.
My opinion :
Overall I thought it was a great beer, kinda on the bitter side with piney pacific hops, I think you might want to keep it that way to fend off letting the brown ale base take over the flavor profile. This was the 2nd go round much better than the first. You still get the brown ale base character a lot kind of fading in and out as you drink. The bottles and cans were unfortunately undercarbonated. I think the head retention wasnt great either.
Judges :
Basically said it needs more hops.
Scoresheets :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HfCAEWA-KWFfgotSUxStVxVJ6iWkuHSb/view?usp=drive_link
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10/6/2025
brewed last week, efficiency came out higher than expected. it could be because of two things. #1 I boiled / cooked the oats according to package. #2 when i went to add the boiled oats to the mash i was worried about raising the temp so i took a temp reading on the mash which i almost never do - thinking HLT is at 150 the mash would be at 150 or maybe slightly below - well the mash was actually at 155 even before adding the boiling oats. after tossing in the oats i had to add ice to bring it back down to 150. maybe the temp gauge in the HLT is off.
chat gpt is pointing out that the adjusted temp may influence the fermentability and thus the FG of the wort but not the efficiency here. at the same time, these oats were old fashioned rolled oats from kroger which shouldve been pre-steamed and ready to mash. but, unless there is something else going on, it seems the boiling did something
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8/30/2025
reformulating...reducing base malt and adding wheat and oats for more body. removing brown sugar altogether. thinking this beer should be a little more chewy.
on the hops side, the mt hood and warrior combo was a trash recipe to start. going for slightly toned down classic hop punch here. even though the body is now leaning more toward a brown hazy IPA, I don't want to go for the fruity route. using cascade and chinook for bittering flavoring and dry hop. added a little Amarillo for complexity but it could be dropped for just all cascade tbh.
dropped efficiency from 60 to 55 now that we have some flaked oats. projected for 7.35%abv but will be ok with at least 7.
the only other thing I didn't really address here is the dryness - this should be thicker body wise but nothing is adding any sweetness, besides removing the sugar and going all malt. lets go with this and see what happens....
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8/12/2025
kegged this weekend. tastes really herbal, kinda bitter., body is thin, flavorless - could use more sweetness
updating recipe from brew day notes...
* did i really use 3470 on this? whether or not i did, i def fermented at 68. i seem to remember original clone recipe called for ringwood ale yeast and i may have mapped that to 3470 rather than us05....?
i used a whole oz warrior rather than original 0.7. then used 2oz mt hood instead of 1. I just thought, if this is an ipa, it should have some hops. but maybe it just does not have enough body to support that
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7/30/2025
new recipe!
https://homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/dogfish-head-indian-brown-ale-clone/ |
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Hollow Names
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No Profile Selected |
20 Litres |
1.074 |
1.019 |
7.32 |
7.33 |
4.42 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 28 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.051 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: 2.7 |
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: 8/18/2025 4:23 PM |
| Notes: |
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Almanorlicious 2.0
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Specialty IPA: New England IPA
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5 Gallons |
1.089 |
1.023 |
8.66 |
32.04 |
5.66 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.06 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/11/2025 8:36 PM |
| Notes: |
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Otoño
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No Profile Selected |
55 Litres |
1.074 |
1.019 |
7.31 |
0 |
15.92 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 11 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.371 |
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: 6/25/2025 2:03 PM |
| Notes: |
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Awesome Recipe
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No Profile Selected |
1200 Litres |
1.081 |
1.02 |
8.02 |
0 |
10.03 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 1500 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.065 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
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: 4/16/2025 10:18 PM |
| Notes: |
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Imperial Stout
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Imperial Stout
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5.5 Gallons |
1.096 |
1.03 |
8.7 |
50.82 |
39.57 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.071 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 2 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 67 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/9/2025 4:39 AM |
| Notes: |
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American Porter And Stout
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Imperial Stout
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5.5 Gallons |
1.083 |
1.02 |
8.29 |
51.83 |
36.91 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.061 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 2 |
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: 4/2/2025 7:38 PM |
| Notes: |
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Awesome Recipe
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No Profile Selected |
5.25 Gallons |
1.068 |
1.012 |
7.37 |
36.46 |
7.05 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 80 |
Boil Gravity: 1.055 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.75 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.5 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: dextrose |
Priming Amount: 5 oz |
Creation
Date: 2/7/2025 7:55 PM |
| Notes: |
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Awesome Recipe
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No Profile Selected |
750 Litres |
1.083 |
1.021 |
8.21 |
0 |
6.61 °L
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102 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 790 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.079 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
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: 4/4/2024 1:34 AM |
| Notes: |
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