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Author:

bisand

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 3.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/21/2016 8:11 PM

Notes: Notes on Whirlpool taken from http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showpost.php?p=3565328&postcount=45

Alright, so now that they're carbed up and conditioned the side by side test was done today. I also had my friend taste them without knowing which one was which.

The recipe, it's pretty out of season.
10# pilsner
8# gambrinus "esb" malt
1# carafoam
.5# honey malt
mash @ 154
90 minute boil

.8oz magnum @12.5%

When it was chilling time i split the beer into 2 pots and added .7oz saphir to each, immediately chilling the first 5 gallons and letting the other 5 sit there while the first batch chilled. Each bucket received a re-hydrated pack of S-05. The OG was 1.042 and I didn't measure the FG.

The verdict? Steeping the hops for 20 or so minutes before chilling will get more aroma and flavor out of them. All the hops were pellets.

The one that was chilled instantly doesn't really have any hop qualities at all, maybe a tiny "green" or "plant" flavor if you search for it. Pretty much a waste of hops, it mostly has a mild candy-like sweetness with a bit of malt flavor, but overall it's quite a low-flavor chuggable beer. I'd probably like it more if it was hot outside.

The one that was steeped has a modest, bright hop essence that mixes nicely with that sweetness. You can actually smell a bit of hops in it and taste them too. It's still a real mild, chuggable low-flavor beer, but there's more going on than in the other one. I think the steeped beer has a teensy bit more bitterness, but I couldn't tell until i re-tasted them to see what the difference was.

So there we go! I'm excited to find out how much more intense my hoppy brews are going to start getting pretty soon here.

Author:

agilardi

Boil Size: 6.75 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/1/2022 2:28 PM

Notes: yeast harvested from Classic American Lager, 100% RO water. Mash pH ~ 5.38

Author:

ltrog

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 70

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: 3/20/2022 5:03 PM

Notes:

Author:

Alexandreira

Boil Size: 32.77 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 2.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 15 ° C

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 0.99 bar

Creation Date: 2/7/2022 9:33 PM

Notes:

Author:

Kobra

Boil Size: 2.3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: dextrose

Priming Amount: 2.6 oz

Creation Date: 1/14/2021 9:20 PM

Notes:

Author:

Herr Stein

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 78

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: 1/31/2020 4:47 PM

Notes: - Mecca Grade Pelton malt, Mecca Grade Shaniko wheat. Mecca Grade Lamonta (American Pale) Malt.
- Mash at 150° F for one hour.
- After fermentation slows add freeze dried strawberrys and vanilla bean, (optional), after fermentation completes dry hop for 1 week.

Author:

Bthoms96

Boil Size: 4 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.037

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 1.33

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 64 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/4/2019 4:08 PM

Notes:

Author:

Larsen

Boil Size: 175 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 12.4

Efficiency: 85

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.75

Primary Temp: 12 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/24/2018 2:24 PM

Notes: 3 step starter to 3971 billion cells

Author:

Fjord & Fjell Nano Brewery

Boil Size: 44 Litres

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 12.7

Efficiency: 63

Mash Thickness: 2.8

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 22 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/13/2017 11:00 AM

Notes: 1.5l starter at 10P / 170g DME, 1 day stirplate

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Another rebrew of my award-winning porter recipe, inspired by Fuller's London Porter. Beer brewed to this recipe scored 1st in I MKPD in Krakow in 2011. Competition brew had lower OG (to keep within style guidelines), rebrewed versions have higher OG to match Fuller's.

Author:

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 54

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/5/2017 7:02 PM

Notes:

Author:

deflep71

Boil Size: 6.41 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/16/2015 5:36 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 62

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/12/2016 3:39 PM

Notes:

Author:

llvtt

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.4

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/6/2016 6:07 AM

Notes:

Author:

Lazy Fat Man

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/1/2016 12:31 AM

Notes: First recipe using Rye Malt, I want something Spicy that also works with the mosaic flavour. Might need to increase or decrease the RYE dependant on the results.
From a microbrewery standpoint I like the idea of using the same Yeast for more than a few recipes.

Author:

baard@kent.nu

Boil Size: 55 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/30/2016 3:04 PM

Notes: Gjæring
19 grader i 5 dager
Dry hop etter 5
14 grader i 5 dager
Modnes på 0 grader i 15 dager

Ang bitterhumle:
I oppskrifta står det kun 7,5 G bitterhumle på 80 min. Dette gir en ibu på 12... Ved å justere opp bitterhumle til 55 g på 80 min kok, vil ibu bli på 22,6. Dette er et stykke under det brewdog selv opererer med på sine heimesider (35). Tar sikte på at speidelens utbytte på bitterhet ivaretar denne.

Author:

sarafizzle

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/23/2016 12:37 PM

Notes:

Author:

taylor perry

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/7/2016 2:24 AM

Notes: Added .75 tsp fresh ground pepper to primary after 48 hours post pitch

Author:

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 50 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/21/2015 5:14 PM

Notes:

Author:

BrookeTom

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.103

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: Dry malt extract (DME)

Priming Amount: 6.5 oz (185g)

Creation Date: 9/19/2015 9:08 PM

Notes: Primary fermenter - 7 days
Secondary fermenter - 14 days

I had to make this a hybrid because the place where I live in Europe didn't have all the American supplies that I needed. Therefore, I had to make some changes to my recipe. I wanted to use cascade hops, but had to substitute fuggles instead. I considered hallertauer, but went with the British version instead. Also on the yeast, I wanted white labs California yeast, but all they had were dry packets, so I went with the Safale U.S.-05. I read that others have done it, so I did too.

I haven't used dry yeast in 20 years, so I made a yeast starter for the first time that I can remember. I forgot to get dry malt extract (DME), so I made it from liquid. I used 3 cups of water and 1/3 cup of liquid malt extract (LME) for a starter target gravity of 1.040. My research said that it is hard to calculate what the cell density is. Manufacturer say >6B cells/gram. I used 6.5 for the calculator. Boiled for 10 minutes and cooled it in an ice bath. Made the starter 48 hours before I started the main wort boil. Didn't look like much was happening 12 hours after making the starter, but later in the day, it had the right smell and was bubbling nicely.

If you brew this using US ingredients, use Carapils and Crystal 40L for the steeping grains; Cascade in place of fuggles (they are close enough to keep the timing the same); but the yeast can stay the same, since it is a U.S. Yeast. Extract was Polish product. I don't think it would make a difference. A starter is absolutely necessary to get the pitch rate higher, particularly with a dry yeast. Use the calculator on brewersfriend.com to determine how many cells and how big a starter you need. Mine was 3 cups, which met my requirement, but only just.

First time I've used a hop bag, too. I have heard two,things about hop bags: agitate often to get flow through the bag and don't squeeze it afterward because you can squeeze out some off favors into your wort. The hop bags worked great. Much easier cleanup than trying to strain out the pellet mess. Most of the hops stayed in the bags. Only had to dump my nylon strainer 3 times during wort transfer. Just remember to stir often when using the bags.

For conversion, 28g of hops equals 1 ounce. So 33g is about 1.2 ounces. I wanted to use plugs or full flower, but again, not available. Typically, I don't use pellets because it is harder to strain afterwards, which is why I went with the hops bags this time. Based on how easy the pour was into the carboy and the clean up afterward, I will be using hop bags everytime I use pellet hops. It was much easier than in the past, when my strainer would get clogged 20+ times while pouring.

The wort was darker than the calculator said it would be, but the IG was almost right on. It was closer in color to what I would expect of an APA, but the model is showing a much lighter expected color. Attached photos show the boil and the carboy about one hour after pitching.

24 hours after pitching, the krausen was about 2 inches and dark green on the top, probably from dry hopping with the pellets.

A note on dry hopping. Next time, I will wait until the krausen begins to fade, then add the dry hops, probably in bags. See this post for more on how to dry hop correctly: http://www.brewersfriend.com/2009/07/25/dry-hopping-beer/. Hop bag, sanitized marbles, string and tape. Might even be best in the secondary. Remove just before bottling.

Left in primary for 7-days, at 70 degrees. Transferred to secondary. Gravity was 1.016 for alcohol of 5.2 percent. Strong bitterness, very hoppy aroma. Classic pale ale! Leave in secondary another 2 weeks, then prime as indicated and bottle.

Primary cleanup: the yeast cake trub will be full of bloated hop pellet mess (unless you bag the dry hopping pellets). You will have to use a strainer when dumping out the left over yeast cake to prevent clogging your drain. I recommend using plugs for dry hopping because the clean up is easier. Also, don't store or reuse this yeast because it is full of hops. Of course, you can use some bags, but I don't know what kind of flow you will get through the dry hopping bags.