Shiga IPA
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American IPA
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10 Litres |
1.064 |
1.015 |
6.45 |
53.83 |
5.71 °L
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995 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 19 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.034 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/27/2015 1:54 PM |
Notes: |
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7-hour Belgian Strong
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Belgian Specialty Ale
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3.5 Gallons |
1.089 |
1.022 |
8.81 |
38.94 |
4.59 °L
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995 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.062 |
Efficiency: 84 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 6/26/2015 5:46 PM |
Notes: 1.25L starter. Pitch at 64F, keep cool for a couple of days then allow to ramp up on its own.
7 hour boil!
No water additions except lactic acid and Campden tablet - the minerals in the water will concentrate over the 7-hour boil, so I don't want to add anything extra.
Mash with 6 gallons, then boil for an hour before topping up with 1-2 gallons of separately boiled, filtered water to replace the boil-off. Keeping the overall boil volume lower should help to use less propane, and might increase the rate at which the wort changes.
Need to make sure that:
1) the volume never gets too low and allows the wort to scorch
2) the final volume is reasonably close to the target
3) the propane doesn't run out before the boil is done |
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Test
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American Pale Ale
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25 Litres |
1.055 |
1.014 |
5.38 |
14.2 |
20.37 °L
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995 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 30 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.046 |
Efficiency: 63 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 7/10/2015 11:39 AM |
Notes: 72.6 kraadi vesi |
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Tarmarillo Black IPA
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American Amber Ale
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7.6 Litres |
1.075 |
1.022 |
7.03 |
111.02 |
35.1 °L
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995 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 8.5 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.068 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 1.5 |
Primary
Temp: 17.7 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/31/2015 3:58 PM |
Notes: |
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Mango Milkshake Hazy IPA
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English IPA
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5.25 Gallons |
1.071 |
1.024 |
6.22 |
58.53 |
8.94 °L
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995 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 7.3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.046 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/24/2022 7:41 PM |
Notes: |
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The Cardinal
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American Pale Ale
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12 Litres |
1.05 |
1.009 |
5.36 |
44.83 |
8.28 °L
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995 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 15 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.04 |
Efficiency: 50 |
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: 12/7/2016 3:40 PM |
Notes: |
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Texas Yeast Scream V1 (Bochet Braggot W/ Hornindal)
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Braggot
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5 Gallons |
1.087 |
1.014 |
9.53 |
25.08 |
20.81 °L
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995 |
1 |
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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.
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Cray Cray APA 2.5 Gallons 3
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American Pale Ale
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2.5 Gallons |
1.079 |
1.013 |
8.61 |
88.53 |
5.05 °L
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995 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 4 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.049 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/10/2017 2:43 PM |
Notes: |
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Golden Strong
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Belgian Golden Strong Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.063 |
1.015 |
6.29 |
48.25 |
3.65 °L
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995 |
2 |
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Boil
Size: 7.8 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.04 |
Efficiency: 72 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/13/2019 8:52 AM |
Notes: Will add the honey to fermentables after primary is done otherwise it messes with OG which messes with my targets
Honey will go in about half a gallon of hot water in secondary
Mashed in a little hot at 160f
Yeast is Impearial's B53 Precious which was previously called Fish Finder |
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106 - Golden Naked Stout - 26-11-17
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Sweet Stout
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21.5 Litres |
1.051 |
1.012 |
5.12 |
27.76 |
39.56 °L
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995 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 26 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 60 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 18 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/28/2017 9:25 PM |
Notes: |
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British IPA
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English IPA
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18 Litres |
1.064 |
1.015 |
6.5 |
77.68 |
6.36 °L
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995 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 24 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.048 |
Efficiency: 63 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 18 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/29/2018 9:39 AM |
Notes: |
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DAMO'S FIRST DORTMUNDER
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Dortmunder Export
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20 Litres |
1.055 |
1.012 |
5.6 |
29.02 |
5.38 °L
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995 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 26.5 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.041 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 13 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 6/7/2018 4:52 AM |
Notes: |
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21B - Specialty IPA - White IPA
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Specialty IPA: White IPA
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24 Litres |
14.75 |
3.374 |
6.15 |
48.05 |
5.27 °L
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995 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 26 Litres |
Boil Time: 30 |
Boil Gravity: 13.7 |
Efficiency: 67 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Plato |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/3/2018 6:22 PM |
Notes: Beefed up and hopped up version of the Beligan Wit.
- removed zest since the primary hop will be citra. and the wit I made with this zest was like drinking a meyer lemon. |
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London Fog Ale
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Strong Bitter
|
3.15 Gallons |
1.059 |
1.013 |
6.07 |
18.76 |
8.94 °L
|
994 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 4.66 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.046 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 2/7/2023 10:53 PM |
Notes: |
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2021-61 Mexican Vienna 'Lager'
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International Pale Lager
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5.5 Gallons |
1.041 |
1.007 |
4.41 |
22.41 |
5.13 °L
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994 |
1 |
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Boil
Size: 6.75 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.035 |
Efficiency: 68 |
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: 7/3/2021 2:26 PM |
Notes: 2g Gypsum
1.5g Epsom
4g CaCl
1g NaCl
1 10ml vial of ClarityFerm in fermenter
Dry hop in keg after cold crash. |
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Rødnisse
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Fruit Beer
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21 Litres |
1.057 |
1.013 |
5.8 |
18.82 |
4.87 °L
|
994 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 28.5 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: Sukkerlake |
Priming Amount: 6.5 |
Creation
Date: 9/18/2017 2:32 PM |
Notes: Legg vaniljestangen i sprit 2 dager tilsettes sammen med bringebær i sekundærgjæringen. |
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Xmas Porter
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Robust Porter
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1.25 Gallons |
1.058 |
1.014 |
5.79 |
35.11 |
24.71 °L
|
994 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 1.75 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 60 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 12/31/2016 8:16 PM |
Notes: Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Chocolate, & Vanilla Extract are added to primary, after fermentation is complete 5 days prior to bottling. |
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Rye Saison
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Saison
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6 Gallons |
1.053 |
1.009 |
5.88 |
40.62 |
4.56 °L
|
994 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 7.7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 75 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/16/2016 9:18 PM |
Notes: |
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#20. Helga
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British Golden Ale
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4 Gallons |
1.052 |
1.012 |
5.29 |
32.75 |
6.07 °L
|
994 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 5.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.034 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 2/14/2016 8:07 PM |
Notes: |
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Eksil Session American Wheat Beer
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American Wheat or Rye Beer
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27.5 Litres |
1.028 |
1.009 |
2.46 |
33.37 |
5.15 °L
|
994 |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 35 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.022 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 11/10/2015 10:30 PM |
Notes: |
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