Pumpkin Spice Ale
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Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
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10 Litres |
1.077 |
1.015 |
8.15 |
25.47 |
8.43 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 13 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.06 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 22 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/4/2016 7:53 PM |
Notes: |
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American Dark Lager
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International Dark Lager
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11 Gallons |
1.048 |
1.007 |
5.4 |
13.79 |
16.7 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 12.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 70 |
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: 8/14/2021 10:23 PM |
Notes: |
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Big Eye
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American IPA
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21 Litres |
1.073 |
1.014 |
7.73 |
89.64 |
11.02 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 27 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.057 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/18/2020 10:19 AM |
Notes: |
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Dusty's Cider
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Common Cider
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5 Gallons |
1.05 |
1.001 |
6.48 |
0 |
0 °L
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1K |
2 |
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Boil
Size: 5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.05 |
Efficiency: 100 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 14.89 psi |
Creation
Date: 8/28/2018 5:47 AM |
Notes: Pressed enough apples for 10 gallons of cider. Apples came from my dad's summer culinary tree and summer crab apple tree. I tried to mix apples evenly before pressing.
- add crushed campden tablets 24 hours prior to yeast pitch.
- add pectic enzyme when adding campden tablets
- Rehydrate yeast with about 1/4 cup of water that has been boiled with go form. Use an ice bath to cool the solution down before adding yeast. Let yeast rehydrate for thirty mins before pitching into cider.
- After fermentation has started, add hydrated fermaid o with about 1/8 to 1/4 cup cooled water (with chlorine removed).
Oxygenated cider with pure O2 for 1min 10 sec.
Yeast:
Red Star Premier Blanc in 5 gal - 1.048 OG
Mangrove Jack M02 in 5 gal - 1.05 OG
Apples gathered on 8/25/2018
Cider pressed on 8/26/2018
Packaging - Kegging ONLY
NOTE: These steps must be followed in order. If metabisulfite is added after sorbate then chemical reactions can occur that will give the cider a 'geranium' off flavor.
- add 1/4 tsp potassium metabisulfite to 5 gal of cider to inhibit yeast and bacterial growth.
- Wait at least 12 hours.
- add 2-1/2 tsp potassium sorbate to 5 gal of cider to halt fermentation.
- Wait at least 24 hours. 48 hours is ideal.
- Transfer cider to a keg.
- Purge oxygen from headspace.
- Remove a sample of cider and add apple juice concentrate until you're happy with the flavor.
- Take a gravity reading of the cider sample, then dose the main batch until the gravity readings match. Err on the side of too little.
- carbonate to desired levels
Very good read on backsweetening -
http://beersmith.com/blog/2017/03/07/how-to-backsweeten-beer-cider-and-mead/
8/23/2019 tasting notes:
I tasted and back-sweetened the ciders today. The preference of my wife and I was the champagne yeast batch. The champagne yeast batch had a dry champagne quality that we both enjoyed; it was smoother too. The mangrove jack batch was nice an clean, with a slight bitterness on the backend. Both finished at 0.994. I tend to like my cider on the dryer side, but not bone dry. I back-sweetened the mangrove jack cider to 1.002 and the champagne yeast cider to .999 with frozen apple juice concentrate from the grocery store. I decided to backsweeten the mangrove jack batch a little more to help balance out the bitterness; it seemed to do the trick. No additional tannins or acidity were required. The crab apples did a great job of adding the acidity the cider needed.
The mangrove jack cider was slightly more bitter than the champagne batch, this is probably due to the ratio of crab apples to culinary apples. The champagne batch was obviously darker than the mangrove jack. This could be due to oxidation or the ratio of apples. The cider carboy was less full, while the mangrove jack carboy was filled to the brim, so oxidation could certainly be a factor. However, campden tablets are supposed to help with oxidation, both batches certainly had a decent amount of campden tablets added to halt the yeast. I'm used to oxidation flavors in beer, I don't get those stale flavors from the champagne batch. The fact that my wife and I prefer the champagne batch would indicate that it's probably not oxidized. Time will tell, I'll update this if it starts to exibit oxidation flavors.
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Churro Vienna Lager
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Märzen
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2.6 Gallons |
1.078 |
1.016 |
8.2 |
19.42 |
13.89 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Author:
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Boil
Size: 3.77 Gallons |
Boil Time: 45 |
Boil Gravity: 1.054 |
Efficiency: 60 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 58 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 7/20/2018 5:18 PM |
Notes: Tasting notes 9/19
Darker than expected, dominant cola flavor, cinnamon is hard to pick up, could use more sweetness
May consider less dark malt as it seems to mask the cinnamon
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Party-Gyle Grisette
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Saison
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17.55 Litres |
1.04 |
1.003 |
4.8 |
30.82 |
3.04 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 21.47 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.032 |
Efficiency: 72 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 25 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 3/9/2018 7:40 PM |
Notes: 27.45 LTS. |
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Bananas
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Imperial Stout
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5 Gallons |
1.102 |
1.013 |
11.69 |
52.4 |
46.43 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.079 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/13/2018 3:50 AM |
Notes: Cold steep all the dark grain for 24 hours... with 2 qt of water. Add it at flameout.
Add two things of bananas to the mash.
Add coconut to boil. Add chocolate syrup to secondary.
Coconut extract and Vanilla beans to secondary. |
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SchuBrew Berliner 2018
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Berliner Weisse
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5.5 Gallons |
8.035 |
1.869 |
3.24 |
3.07 |
3 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 5.9 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Plato |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 66 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/6/2018 1:11 AM |
Notes: after mash..boil for 15 minutes
cool down to 120
pre-acidfy to under 5.0
pitch lacto for 48 hours
then pitch yeast |
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Sierra Nevada Clone
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American Pale Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.053 |
1.012 |
5.3 |
33.45 |
6.25 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.088 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: Dextrose |
Priming Amount: 4oz |
Creation
Date: 2/26/2017 5:36 PM |
Notes: Steep grains in 2 gallons of 160 degree water for 30 minutes
Sparge with 1/2 gallon of 168 degree water
Bring to boil and add malt extract
Add 1oz. Perle 7.8% AAU hops (@60 minutes)
Add 1oz. Cascade 5.6% AAU hops (@15 minutes)
Add 1oz. Cascade 5.6% AAU hops (@5 minutes)
Cool wort to 70 degrees and add 3 gallons of cold water
Pitch White Labs California Ale Yeast
Add 4oz. priming sugar at bottling |
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Lagunitas IPA Attempt
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American IPA
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3 Gallons |
1.06 |
1.02 |
5.24 |
72.53 |
14.61 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3.75 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.048 |
Efficiency: 52 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.5 |
Primary
Temp: 67 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 11/13/2016 7:43 PM |
Notes: |
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Kris' Pale Hop Pouri
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American Pale Ale
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2.5 Gallons |
1.053 |
1.01 |
5.63 |
33.17 |
6.99 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 30 |
Boil Gravity: 1.044 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.5 |
Primary
Temp: 64 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/16/2015 6:21 PM |
Notes: |
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Smashing Pumpkin Northern Brewer
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American Amber Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.052 |
1.009 |
5.58 |
23.76 |
9.64 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Author:
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counterbrewrecipes
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Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.044 |
Efficiency: 72 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 9/14/2016 8:38 PM |
Notes: 8.64 Gallons of Water
6 gallons at 159 F
Then 2.64 Gallons boiling to rise to 168-170 F
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Amerikansk Light-øl
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American Light Lager
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23 Litres |
1.034 |
0.999 |
4.56 |
13.94 |
2.6 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 30.6 Litres |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.025 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: sukker |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/28/2016 6:22 AM |
Notes: Gjæra på:
12 grader i 5 daga, Tilsatt amylase
18 grader 5 daga
0 grader så lenge ej gadd |
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Black Squirrel Stout
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American Porter
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5 Gallons |
1.008 |
1.002 |
0.83 |
0 |
2.4 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.006 |
Efficiency: 70 |
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: 3/27/2016 12:45 PM |
Notes: |
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Unknown Soldier
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American Amber Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.049 |
1.015 |
4.51 |
8.53 |
50 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.082 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/28/2016 1:35 PM |
Notes: Resting grains for 20min at 140 and then mashing at 150 for 60 min. Overkill? Probably. |
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Belgian Chocolate Bourbon Barrel Coffee Oatmeal Milk Stout
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American Light Lager
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5.5 Gallons |
1.058 |
1.017 |
5.35 |
27.76 |
32.42 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.106 |
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: 12/24/2015 6:17 AM |
Notes: |
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Američki #1
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American Pale Ale
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27 Litres |
1.049 |
1.012 |
4.8 |
33.54 |
4.84 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 12 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.11 |
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: 11/23/2015 11:12 PM |
Notes: |
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Citra APA
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American IPA
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5.5 Gallons |
1.064 |
1.016 |
6.3 |
77.31 |
5.62 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
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: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/12/2015 4:56 PM |
Notes: |
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Golden Frog Two
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Belgian Pale Ale
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20 Litres |
1.052 |
1.009 |
5.62 |
42.66 |
5.69 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Author:
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vulcan42
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Boil
Size: 11 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.048 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
Brew
Method: Partial Mash |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 9/13/2015 3:42 AM |
Notes: |
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Big Belgian
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Belgian Golden Strong Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.1 |
1.025 |
9.91 |
40.74 |
9.99 °L
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1K |
0 |
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Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.052 |
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: 5/14/2015 2:05 PM |
Notes: |
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