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Author:

rvklein

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/17/2013 2:52 PM

Notes: Steep spices in 1 cup hot water for 10-15 minutes, cool then add.

Add Brown Sugar in the last 15 minutes of the boil.

Author:

Quique Torres

Boil Size: 7.25 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.067

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 64 ° F

Priming Method: dextrose

Priming Amount: 7.5 oz

Creation Date: 5/31/2020 6:28 PM

Notes: WLP530. Pitch at 64, increasing to 70/72F linear over a week. Carb to at least 3 vols. No crystal malt, noble hops.

Author:

Laegrim

Boil Size: 5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.034

Efficiency: 48

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 90 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: -15.4 psi

Creation Date: 11/29/2019 5:47 PM

Notes: Buckwheat honey is a placeholder for bocheted wildflower honey, and the regular honey addition will be a half pound of pecan smoked wildflower honey as well as a pound of regular wildflower honey.

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Actual OG: 1.088
Actual FG: 1.014

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Brew Day and Fermentation Notes:

- Mashed in a bit high, @156f
- Mash tun was not large enough to hold grain bill and full water volume at once, so 1 gal was reserved to rinse the grains in bag after the mash (the listed sparge) Ended up with a much lower than expected pre-boil gravity (reflected by the efficiency number), so will change this next time.
- Had trouble keeping a boil on the stovetop, but this was expected and part of the reason for the extended (90 min) boil. This is reflected in the lower than expected evaporation rate as well.
- Used a thick nylon bag as the hop bag, but the material may have been too thick, and the total volume of hops was too large for the bag; by the end of the boil the bag was very much overfull. Will use a spider or several smaller, thinner, bags next time.
- Started the Bochet at around the 60 min mark during the boil, and carmelized until very dark and the first wisps of smoke began to rise. Dissolved the bochet (outside, with safety goggles - seriously, be safe) with the remaining gallon of water, brought the mixture to a boil, and then added it to the boiling wort around the 15 min mark.
- Also, managed to overflow the bochet pot when the honey first reached a boil; it nearly killed the range and made for one hell of a cleanup job. Keep in mind you need at least 6x the volume of honey as headspace during a bochet.
- Wildflower and Pecan (cold) smoked honeys were added to the carboy just prior to the yeast pitch; the relatively warm wort made dissolving the honeys quick and painless.
- The Fermaid O was added in one batch just before the pitch as, based on my reading, I feared the gravity would drop too quickly to time additions. This worked out just fine, but based on this batch timing additions probably wouldn't be that difficult.
- Significantly underpitched the yeast (perhaps 25-30 ml), and pitched at slightly above 90f. Fermentation was carried out in a glass carboy, with insulated wrapping, placed above a heating pad connected to an inkbird; temperatures were consistent (88f-92f) throughout fermentation. After 6 days activity had ceased, and on the seventh day the carboy was cold crashed for ~6hours and then kegged that evening. While this fermentation was quick, it was also clean - without the esters the strain is noted for or any off flavors. In the future I will probably pitch the entire pack though, just to ensure I don't end up with the off-flavor horror stories I've read about (of course I ran across those stories after the pitch).
- Very important: scream at the spirits as you pitch your yeast, as is traditional, to ensure a good fermentation and un-possessed batch.

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Tasting Notes:

This stuff turned out way better than it had any right to be - especially since it was a shot in the dark using pretty much exclusively ingredients I'd never touched before. Toasty caramel, lightly burnt (in a good way) sugar, and sweet round nuttiness dominate, with touches of raisin and prune in the background, before finishing with a Guinness-like tang (presumably from the honey). The hops are very much in a supporting role here; pleasant, but barely noticeable and serving mainly to balance the dominant sweet flavors. Body is medium/medium-light, and the alcohol is noticeable only by a mild warmth and slight perceptibility on the nose, despite the significant proof.

Everyone who has tried this without knowing the abv beforehand has guessed in the ~4% range. Score one for Hornindal, I guess.

Will make this again, and see how improvements in process change the character of the final product; still not sure what changes to the actual recipe I'll make.

Author:

tstanonis1

Boil Size: 8.24 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.1

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 80 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/7/2015 3:41 PM

Notes:

Author:

harbourlady

Boil Size: 4.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 80

Boil Gravity: 1.077

Efficiency: 90

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 60 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/21/2016 3:50 PM

Notes: 100% accident. This was supposed to be a batch of my zombie SMaSH, but it went wrong. left the boil on too long, forgot to change the efficiency estimate so wildly overshot the malt, thought i overwatered the mash (but ended up getting higher than usual efficiency)...all of which led to a sort of imperial pale ale, which is not a thing. when everything goes wrong, it can only be named 'zombie bite'.
racked to secondary @ target grav of 1018 - dry hopping with .5 oz citra and letting clarify for a week before bottling.

Author:

mascervesa

Boil Size: 12.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.083

Efficiency: 81

Mash Thickness: 1.25

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: 2/15/2017 9:46 PM

Notes:

Author:

muzakx

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.061

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 64 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/21/2017 2:38 PM

Notes:

Author:

SonnyK85

Boil Size: 7.75 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 76

Mash Thickness: 1.4

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 69 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/18/2017 11:31 AM

Notes: ** YEAST STARTER **

1. Approximately 3 days prior to Brewing, make 10% DME solution in Erlenmeyer Flask.

MFG Date: ___/___/______
Starter: _____ gm DME / _____ L (per MrMalty.com)

2. Apply Ice Bath until Temperature reaches ~70F.
3. Squeeze 1 packet of WLP530 into DME Solution.
4. Cover with Aluminum Foil + apply to Stir Plate for 18 hours.
5. Refrigerate for 48 hours prior to brewing.

** MASH **

PRE-HEAT MASH - 2 gal of Boiling Water
PRE-HEAT SPARGE - 2 gal of Boiling Water
(conduct Simultaneously)

Water Volume: 4.2 gallons for 1.4 lb/qt ratio.

1. Prior to heating HLT, check pH of tap water

pH: __________

2. STRIKE WATER: 161F.
3. Add Grains @ 159F.
4. Add 2mL of LA.
5. Allow Temperature to fall to 149F prior to closing lid.
6. Check Mash pH ~15 minutes into Mash.

pH: __________

7. Total Mash Time: 60 minutes

FINAL MASH TEMP: __________F
FINAL MASH pH: __________

8. Add 1.5gal of Boiling Water at the end of Mash and stir into solution.
9. Begin Vorlauf!

** SPARGE **

1. Add 6gal of water + Kettle salts to Pot. Prior to heating, adjust pH to </= 6.0 with Lactic Acid

Lactic Acid addition: __________ mL
Final pH measurement: __________

2. Heat 6gal of Water to 175F. Add to Sparge Vessel.
3. Recirculate 4 times prior to collecting wort.
4. Attempt to Sparge over 30-40 minutes.

** BOIL **

1. Check Pre-Boil Gravity (goal: 1.044) + pH
** NOTE: Make sure to adjust for TEMPERATURE **

PRE-BOIL GRAVITY: __________ @ __________F

2. Adjust Gravity to Goal (1.044)

Adjusted Gravity: __________ (__________ @ __________ F)

PRE-BOIL pH: __________

3. Adjust Pre-Boil pH to: ~5.3 (+/- 0.1)

Final pH measurement: __________
Lactic Acid addition: __________ mL

4. Boil for 90 minutes (goal OG: 1.072)
5. Add Northern Brewer Hops @ 60 minutes.
6. Add Hallertau Hops @ 30 minutes.
7. Add Styrian Golding Hops, Candi Syrup + Corn Sugar @ 15 minutes
8. Add 3/4-1 of a crushed, Whirlfloc tablet @ 5 minutes.
9. Chill wort to ~70F after completion of Boil
10. Auto-siphon wort from Kettle into Mash Cooler with fine mesh bag attached (at the end of auto-siphon)
11. Gravity feed wort from Mash Cooler into Catalyst Fermenter
12. Allow Ranco/Chest Freezer to adjust wort temperature to 1F BELOW goal starting temp

ORIGINAL GRAVITY: ______________ (goal: 1.072)

** FERMENTATION **

1. Beginning Fermentation Temp: 69F.
2. As signs of Fermentation begin to slow, increase temp by 1F/12hr up to 80F.

** PRIMING **

"carbonate to approximately 3-3.5 volumes CO2"

Author:

joshun2000@gmail.com

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 73

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 67 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/18/2017 12:36 AM

Notes:

Author:

SoCal Woody

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.032

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

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: 5/30/2023 1:40 PM

Notes:

Author:

Barnstaple Brewers

Boil Size: 41 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.027

Efficiency: 71

Mash Thickness: 3

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: 12/17/2018 6:48 AM

Notes: -preboil gravity 1035, about what was expected.
-the 16 cascade hopback was actually 8 cascade, 5 galaxy, and 3 Pacific jade
- OG 1040. Perfect as were the volumes.
- 131 gr sugar to produce 2.2 co2 at 15c
- FG 1010. ABV 3.94. AMAZINGLY CLEAR BEER, DUE TO WHIRFLOCK TAB + 3 DAYS IN SECONDARY.

Author:

YuriyT

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.037

Efficiency: 69.5

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 52 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/29/2018 1:26 PM

Notes: Brew 11/30
Dry Hop 12/11
Keg 12/14

1st place Homebrew Alley 2019 (Czech Lager & Pale Malty Lager - 3 & 4)

Author:

Leeman

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.018

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: 1.75

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/9/2017 5:49 PM

Notes: Used Robobrew. My OG is 1.050 FG 1.010 ABV 5.25

60 min boil at 150 degrees with a 15 min Mash Out at 168 drgrees

Sprinkled yeast on wort, closed the lid. Done. Very active fermentation.

Author:

Tyler Cipriani

Boil Size: 9 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.035

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 2

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: 7/30/2017 3:03 PM

Notes:

Author:

BrentH

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: corn sugar

Priming Amount: 2 tblspns per 1 liter

Creation Date: 10/26/2012 7:21 PM

Notes: This one is kind of light, in the style of most popular American beers. It's not my personal favourite, but good. Every one that are Bud fans realy like it.I think the honey and maple offsets the "cider" taste you usually get from using corn sugar.

Author:

Redleg Ed

Boil Size: 6.9 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.036

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 1.38

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 55 ° F

Priming Method: Keg

Priming Amount: CO2 @ 15psi

Creation Date: 9/30/2016 7:06 PM

Notes: Based on several German Pilsner recipes found on HBT and Jamil's Classic German Pilsner. Will try first with 2 sachets of S-189, then will try next time using a Dark German Lager yeast like WLP 830 or Imperial L17 Harvest.

QUICK LAGER PROFILE (Pr2)
Chill wort to 65° prior to pitching yeast
SP0: 57°
dh0: 168 (7 day ferment)
SP1: 57°
dh1: 24 (1 day ramp up)
SP2: 68°
dh2: 72 (3 day attenuation/diacetyl rest)
SP3: 68°
dh3: 12 (1/2 day ramp down)
SP4: 34°
dh4: 168 (7 - 21 day lager)
SP5:34

Author:

DrSherlock

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 9.5

Efficiency: 63

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 58 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/18/2015 11:18 PM

Notes: Attempting to go grain to glass in 7 days here. Will document.

Author:

rangeley

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 1.25

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: 8/21/2015 6:04 AM

Notes:

Author:

Corey Leitch

Boil Size: 7.75 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.034

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/11/2015 4:07 AM

Notes:

Author:

Squarefishes

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

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: 1/7/2013 6:14 PM

Notes: