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Author:

Marsh Mash

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 72

Mash Thickness: 1.3

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: 6/13/2016 1:12 AM

Notes: Mash at 154 °F (68 °C). Boil for 60 minutes. Ferment with neutral ale yeast at 75 °F (24 °C), then rack to barrel and add sour blend. Aging time is totally up to the barrel. This is where years of tasting and blending come in handy. If you want to blend, try ~ 20% of a sweeter (younger) barrel, ~30% of a nice mild sour barrel and ~50% of a well established “tour gripper” with nice oak notes (cherries, horse blanket, etc). (Young usually means ~ 1 year, mid range ~2 years and grippers are 3+ years.) But there are no rules here. Do whatever works for you.

Don’t have the budget (or room) for a barrel? Try this “poor man’s” method of emulating some of the aspects of barrel aging. Conduct your primary fermentation in a bucket or ferment the beer with ale yeast, then rack it to a bucket — adding any “bugs” that may be called for. Buckets are more permeable to oxygen than barrels are, so let the beer condition in the bucket for only about 3 months, then rack it to a carboy for the remaining conditioning time. Two weeks before racking, take 3.0 oz. (85 g) of oak cubes (French oak, medium toast) and soak them in wine. Use Chardonnay for the Temptation clone, Pinot Noir for La Roja, Cabernet Sauvignon for Darth Porter and Burgundy or Meritage for Grand Cru and La Folie. Change wine every 3 days to lessen the intensity of the new oak. Add cubes when beer is racked to carboy.

Author:

B_Herb

Boil Size: 7.54 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 55 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/7/2023 3:25 PM

Notes:

Author:

JimmySpeakaz

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 62 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/8/2014 2:55 PM

Notes: went by description on hill farmsteads website and guessed at time and amounts of hops/grains. ibu on site said 85 but historically I've noticed that if I hit the ibu on brewers friend it ends up too bitter in the beer so I'm going short on the ibus for this one. will tweak with v2 after assessment of this one. cross your fingers!

Author:

Ewibe

Boil Size: 30 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 35 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/18/2015 11:06 AM

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Author:

Betovar

Boil Size: 3.8 Litres

Boil Time: N/A

Boil Gravity: 1.153

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/28/2016 8:39 PM

Notes:

Author:

HG Brewing

Boil Size: 3.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.095

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: Corn Sugar

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/2/2013 9:58 PM

Notes: This actually finished at 9.04% for me because of the additional sugars from the pie filling, brown sugar, molasses, and juice. It's a great seasonal beer for the fall. Please follow standard partial mash/extract brewing procedure. Bottle condition for 4 weeks for best flavor.

Author:

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.038

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: 9/9/2020 4:00 PM

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Author:

Dhors

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3.1

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: 8/20/2018 2:38 PM

Notes: Add Blackberries to secondary fermenter as you rack the beer. This should help prevent contamination from the blackberries as they will have possible yeast/bacteria on them. I suggest freezing the blackberries beforehand for better juice extraction. If possible wash them before this to reduce any bacteria/yeast that may be present. spraying the fruit with properly diluted star san may also aid in this prevention. Note that contamination in a fruit beer is always a possibility, we will just try and minimize that risk as much as possible.

Author:

Boil Size: 25 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.055

Efficiency: 75

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: 5/9/2016 10:08 AM

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Author:

Mitchj01

Boil Size: 13 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 11.2

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 52 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/12/2016 10:42 PM

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Author:

R Ussery

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 70

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: 11/22/2015 8:47 PM

Notes: Strike temp-161

Author:

Crow's Nest Brewing

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.035

Efficiency: 64

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: 11/6/2016 6:24 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.061

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.5

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: 12/24/2017 6:06 PM

Notes: Toast the barley and oats at 300, stirring every 15 minutes, until golden
Add maltodextrin with ten minutes left in the boil

8oz coffee beans (dry-bean for 24 hours)
5oz Cacao nibs -- soak in vodka for four days, strain, freeze and remove fat cap before adding on bottling day

Bottling: .5 cup table sugar; add .5# lactose if desired

Author:

Matt McGreevy

Boil Size: 5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 75

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: 2/25/2011 1:56 PM

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Author:

Antmaniac

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.134

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: 2/26/2023 2:14 AM

Notes: ALL-GRAIN
Batch size: 5 gallons (19 liters)
Brewhouse efficiency: 67%
OG: 1.076
FG: 1.006
IBUs: ~95–100
ABV: 9.2%

MALT/GRAIN BILL
14 lb (6.4 kg) Rahr North Star Pils
5 oz (142 g) Weyermann Acidulated

HOPS & ADDITIONS SCHEDULE
2 oz (57 g) whole-cone Strata at mash hops
2.9 ml CTZ hop extract at 60 minutes [16 IBUs]
1.5 ml CTZ hop extract at 30 minutes [6 IBUs]
Yeast nutrient and Whirlfloc at 10 minutes
1.6 oz (45 g) Strata at 5 minutes [11 IBUs]

Whirlpool additions
15 oz (425 g) dextrose
2 oz (57 g) Mosaic Cryo [34 IBUs]
2 oz (57 g) Nelson Sauvin [18 IBUs]
1 oz (28 g) Mosaic [9 IBUs]
1.7 ml Simcoe hop extract [2.5 IBUs]

Dry-hop additions
4 oz (113 g) each Mosaic Cryo, Nelson Sauvin, and Strata; 2 oz (57 g) Mosaic, and 1 ml ALDC enzyme

YEAST
White Labs WLP001 California Ale

DIRECTIONS
Mill the grains and mash at 147°F (64°C) for 45 minutes. Recirculate until the runnings are clear, then run off into the kettle. Sparge and top up as necessary to get about 7 gallons (26.5 liters) of wort, depending on your evaporation rate. Boil for 90 minutes, adding hops, yeast nutrient, and finings according to the schedule. After the boil, add dextrose and mix in well, then do a whirlpool step: Stir or recirculate to create a vortex, chilling the wort to 180°F (82°C) or topping up with cold water to reach temperature. Add the whirlpool hops and allow 60 minutes to steep. Chill to 60°F (15.5°C), oxygenate thoroughly, and pitch plenty of healthy yeast. Ferment at 62°F (16.7°C) until the gravity has dropped to about 1.020, then allow free rise to 68°F (20°C). When fermentation is complete and the beer has been at terminal gravity for 3 days—usually by Day 8—add dry hops and ALDC (an enzyme that inhibits the production of diacetyl). Drop/remove hops 2 days after dry hopping. After 2 more days, drop hops again or rack and test for diacetyl (see “Hunting for Diacetyl,” beerandbrewing.com). Crash, package, and carbonate to about 2.65 volumes of CO2.

BREWER’S NOTES
Mash: You can easily hold the mash for an hour to help ensure full conversion. Don’t raise the temperature for a mash-out step, and sparge with 168°F (76°C) water, not higher.
Oxygenate: Use plenty of oxygen—I target 16 ppm of dissolved oxygen (DO). That takes about 3 liters per minute (LPM) on our system.
Efficiency: This beer is not designed to be a high yielder, and those hops will soak up some wort. If volume is your concern, try to get 6.5 gallons (25 liters) into your fermentor. Using a foam inhibitor such as Foam Blast, FermCap, or HopAid can help keep your yeast in the fermentor, to help ensure a healthy fermentation.
pH: I target a wort pH of 5.1 at knockout. So, depending on what the pre-boil pH is, I’ll adjust at whirlpool after adding hops.

Author:

SonnyK85

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 78

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: Corn Sugar

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/19/2016 10:07 PM

Notes: ** YEAST STARTER **

1. The day before 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 1-2 packet(s) of WLP530 into DME Solution.
4. Cover with Aluminum Foil + apply to Stir Plate for 18 hours.

** MASH **

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

Water Volume: 4.5 gallons for 1.5 lb/qt ratio.

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

pH: __________

2. STRIKE WATER: 163F.
3. Add Grains @ 161F.
4. Allow Temperature to fall to 150F prior to closing lid.
5. Check Mash pH ~15 minutes into Mash.

pH: __________

7. Total Mash Time: 90 minutes

FINAL MASH TEMP: __________F
FINAL MASH pH: __________

8. Add 1.3gal of Boiling Water at the end of Mash and stir into solution.
9. Begin Vorlauf!

** SPARGE **

1. Add 6.5gal 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: 1.046) + pH
** NOTE: Make sure to adjust for TEMPERATURE **

PRE-BOIL GRAVITY: __________ @ __________F

2. Adjust Gravity to Goal (1.046)

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: 1.066)
5. Add Tettnanger Hops @ 60 minutes.
6. Add Candi Syrup @ 15 minutes.
7. Add 1 crushed Whirlfloc tablet @ 5 minutes.
8. Chill wort to ~70F after completion of Boil
9. Auto-siphon wort from Kettle into Mash Cooler via Hop Cylinder with fine mesh bag attached (at the end of auto-siphon)
10. Gravity feed wort from Mash Cooler into Catalyst Fermenter
11. Allow Ranco/Chest Freezer to adjust wort temperature to goal starting temp

ORIGINAL GRAVITY: ______________ (goal: 1.066)

** FERMENTATION **

1. Beginning Fermentation Temp: 66F.
2. As signs of Fermentation begin to slow, increase temp by 1F/24hr up to 72F-73F.

Author:

JohnnyAH

Boil Size: 27 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 72.5

Mash Thickness: 2.5

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: 7/4/2018 9:56 AM

Notes:

Author:

Muddy Mo

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 62 ° F

Priming Method: Corn Sugar

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/10/2013 9:01 PM

Notes: Sweeter and darker than a Scottish Ale 80 Schilling; less alcohol than a Wee Heavy; Oak cubes, Scotch Whiskey & A hint of smoke from the Scottish yeast: It's a Scottish Porter!

Author:

The Keg

Boil Size: 30 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.032

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3.13

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 10 ° C

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 1.64 bar

Creation Date: 12/3/2024 12:23 AM

Notes: Step by Step
The traditional Pilsner Urquell utilizes an undermodified Pilsner malt that is malted by the brewery. The mash is subsequently triple decocted to help break down the protein matrix that is still present in the undermodified malts. For three reasons we have decided to change up the classic recipe. First homebrewers don’t often have access to undermodified Pilsner malts these days. Second, a triple decoction means a long and rigorous brew day for the brewer. Finally adding in a protein rest could be detrimental to the beer’s body and head retention. So we’ve simplified the mash procedure and added some malts to help adjust the color and add a slight toasted character that the triple decoction should otherwise add to the beer’s profile.

Mash grains with 15 qts. (14.2 L) soft water at 142 °F (61 °C) and hold for 30 minutes. Perform a decoction, pull 1/3 thick portion of the mash (~1.5 gallons/5.7 L) and bringing to a boil. Boil for 15 minutes being sure not to scorch the grain mix. Stir the decocted portion back into the main mash.

The main mash should now settle at 155 °F (68 °C). Hold for a 30 minute rest.

Mash out, vorlauf, and then sparge at 170 °F (77 °C) to collect enough wort to result in 5 gallons (19 L) after a 90-minute boil. Boil 90 minutes, adding hops at times indicated. Cool, aerate, and pitch yeast.

Ferment at 50 °F (10 °C) until signs of fermentation have slowed considerably. Some diacetyl is noted in Pilsner Urqell, but if there is a strong diacetyl presence at this point, 2-4 days at 65 °F (18 °C) is advised. Rack to secondary and lager for 4-6 weeks at 40 °F (4 °C). After lagering is complete, bottle or keg as usual.