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Kiene Miete Vienna Lager
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Vienna Lager
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5.5 Gallons |
1.049 |
1.007 |
5.4 |
23.56 |
12.35 °L
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| Boil
Size: 7.25 Gallons |
Boil Time: 75 |
Boil Gravity: 1.037 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.5 |
Primary
Temp: 50 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 3/16/2017 4:12 AM |
| Notes: Quick Lager Method: Pitch at 48. Hold temp at 48-50 for 5 days. On day 6, raise temp 3 degrees every 12 hours until hitting 65 (might have to take it out of fridge to get it that warm). Let sit for 4 days at that temp to clean up. Then, ramp temp down 5 degress every 12 hours to get to 32 degrees and let sit there for a day or two before adding gelatin and racking to keg two days later. |
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World's Darkest Beer (Clawhammer)
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Dry Stout
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5.5 Gallons |
1.055 |
1.011 |
5.77 |
26.76 |
50 °L
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.045 |
Efficiency: 72 |
Mash Thickness: 1.7 |
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: 4/5/2024 5:08 PM |
Notes: Ingredients
We used a ton of dark malt for this beer - like, almost 20% of the grain bill is dark malt. We've never gone over 8%! So, a word of caution: this beer will need a bit of time to condition and age after fermentation. Otherwise it's going to be a bit rough around the edges.
Water
7.56 gallons of good ol' Asheville city water.
Grain
The key to making any beer dark is dark malt. Though, what most experienced brewers will tell you is that a little bit goes a long way. For example, a stout can be made to look convincingly dark with a grain bill comprised of only 4% dark malt. A Dry Irish Stout might be made with such a ratio and nobody will bat an eye at the finished product. The beer will, for all intents and purposes, look "black." So, if we're trying to make the darkest beer, how can we tell if it's really darker than a competing shade of "black!?"
The trained eye will be able to tell a really dark beer almost immediately. And it isn't determined by looking at the liquid in the bottom of the glass. The easiest way to tell how dark a beer really is is by looking at the "head." The head is the foam on top of the beer. The head on a glass of Guiness, for example, is almost white! So it's a dark stout, but it's not a really dark stout. Look at the head on the beer we've brewed. It's a very deep shade of brown.
world's darkest beer
Another way to determine the darkness of a beer is to test it with a flashlight. Light is easily shone through semi-dark beers. When we turned off all of the lights and tried to shine light through our beer, absolutely nothing passed through. That's how you can tell a beer is very, very dark.
Also, technically, there is a scale for judging beer darkness, called the Standard Reference Method (SRM) which can be calculated by brewing software. Without the cocoa powder, the SRM of our beer is 104. However, we added special Dutch "black cocoa" powder, which is heavily roasted and highly alkalized. Adding just a bit of this to cookie dough, for example, is enough to turn them black. With the addition of this the SRM is likely quite a bit higher, but we don't know how much.
So, exactly how did we brew the darkest beer in the world? As we mentioned, dark malts! Here's exactly what we used
6 lbs Vienna Malt
1 lb 4 oz Caramunich Malt
1 lb 4 oz Victory Malt
1 lb Black Malt
1 lb Chocoloate Malt
1 lb Chocolate Wheat Malt
1 lb Riverbend Base Camp Malt
9 oz Black Patent Malt
8 oz Carafa III Malt
Hops and Adjuncts
4 oz Saaz Hops
4 oz BlackCocoa Powder
Yeast
1 pkg Czech Budejovice Lager (White Labs #802)
Process
To make this beer we tried our best to follow the steps below. However, admittedly, we aren't great brewers. Heck, we might not even be good brewers. What we're trying to say is that you can probably do this better than we can, even with a minimal amount of effort. Good luck!
world's darkest beer
Fill the kettle with water and begin heating to mash temp (152F).
Grind the malt finely in a mill (.025 inches).
Add a basket and stir the grain into the water once mash temp is met.
Allow grain to steep for 1 hour.
After steeping pull the basket (and the grain) from the liquid and heat to a boil.
Once boiling, set a timer for 60 minutes and add 2 oz. of Saaz hops.
With 10 minutes left in the boil, add 4 oz. of black cocoa powder.
At the end of the boil, turn off the heat and add 2 oz. of Saaz hops.
Chill to room temperature
Transfer to a keg or a fermenter or a keg fermenter.
Aerate with an O2 tank or by shaking for 120 seconds.
Add yeast
Add an air lock or a spunding valve
Allow to ferment for 2 weeks.
Chill and carbonate if kegging, or add to cans or bottles.
Allow to age and condition for 3-4 weeks
Serve and enjoy!
https://www.clawhammersupply.com/blogs/brewing/the-worlds-darkest-beer |
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Hopped Lager
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Czech Pale Lager
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5 Gallons |
1.057 |
1.012 |
5.96 |
20.86 |
6.74 °L
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951 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.095 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 12.27 psi |
Creation
Date: 2/20/2022 7:01 PM |
| Notes: |
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Rye Black IPA
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Specialty IPA: Black IPA
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5.5 Gallons |
1.06 |
1.018 |
5.56 |
21.63 |
48.79 °L
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951 |
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Author:
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TerrBear
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.044 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: 1.33 |
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: 2/15/2019 4:05 AM |
| Notes: |
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Apple Mango Vanilla Milkshake Ipa
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American IPA
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25 Litres |
1.071 |
1.025 |
6.05 |
52.23 |
5.67 °L
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951 |
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| Boil
Size: 28 Litres |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.051 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 2.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/13/2019 11:17 PM |
| Notes: |
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MilleniAle Falcon
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American IPA
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5.5 Gallons |
1.057 |
1.012 |
6.02 |
57.96 |
8.53 °L
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951 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.6 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 67 ° F |
Priming Method: Table Sugar |
Priming Amount: 7.1 oz |
Creation
Date: 8/27/2018 4:39 PM |
| Notes: |
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Biscuits
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Oatmeal Stout
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20 Litres |
1.058 |
1.015 |
5.73 |
29.7 |
33.46 °L
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0 |
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| Boil
Size: 27 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.043 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.25 |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 12/31/2017 4:43 AM |
| Notes: |
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Not The Gumdrop Buttons
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American Brown Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.059 |
1.012 |
6.05 |
26.04 |
30.74 °L
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951 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.75 Gallons |
Boil Time: 75 |
Boil Gravity: 1.038 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.4 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: sucrose |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 12/11/2017 10:02 PM |
| Notes: add molasses 5 minutes left in boil. |
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I*D Rye Pale Ale
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American Pale Ale
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5.25 Gallons |
1.057 |
1.013 |
5.75 |
25.89 |
7.52 °L
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| Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.043 |
Efficiency: 60 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 2.0 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/19/2017 3:05 AM |
Notes: Seth Clearwater That is a lot of honey malt. I would drop it entirely for a pake ale. Swap in some Munich or Victory to add some character if you'd like
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Denny Bannon
Denny Bannon I agree with dropping the honey malt. Munich will not affect the color but give your some flavor that will work in a pale ale.
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Jordan Brown
Jordan Brown No honey malt. And that's a lot of crystal. Use more base malt or rye instead. I used 3 lbs of rye in the double rye pa I'm drinking now and I think it needs even more. I used 1 lb in my first rye pa.
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Steve Thanos
Steve Thanos Like it’s been stated already too much honey malt and crystal malt. This will clash with the rye. Try adding either biscuit/victory. Up the rye malt too
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Chris Williams
Chris Williams I'm still new to this and learning. Thanks for comments
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James Adams
James Adams Agreed ditch the honey malt. Half the crystal 30. Add a pound of chocolate malt.
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Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson Don’t ditch the honey Malt but drop it to ~5%, lower the crystal Malt to one pound and either make it up with your pale Malt, or if you want to go crazy use some pearl malt to make up the difference. Not sure I’m feeling the galaxy with rye but to each their own...I’ve always liked centennial in a rye, but if you want something new perhaps glacier would be nice
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Sam Lockwood
Sam Lockwood ditch the honey altogether and too much chrystal (too much chrystal will make your beer end up cloyingly sweet)
oh and if you really want to make a rye then it should make up about 50% of the grain bill otherwise its just an adjunct IMO
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David Minich
David Minich My rye ale uses both rye malt and rye flakes. About 1.5 pounds of each
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Zing BrewClub
Zing BrewClub Sierra Nevada posted a homebrew version of their Ruthless Rye. It was one of the beers that really looked forward to each year. I have yet to brew it, but it's on my Fall To Brew List.
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Chris Williams
Chris Williams I do like that one. But I have to keep the hoppiness down for my wife.
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Adam Mathews
Adam Mathews Too much honey malt...add Munich or biscuit malt but not 2 lbs....
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Jeff Hagner
Jeff Hagner Too much Crystal too
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Robert Walker
Robert Walker Yea, I'd agree, considering you probably want balance that's a lot of speciality malts. Most beer styles keep it under 10% in total, not including the rye
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Vince Feminella
Vince Feminella Trim the crystal and honey malt to .25 pound each, boost the rye to 3.75 and the pale malt to 9.75 pounds. For that rye bread flavor try adding Caraway seeds to taste |
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A Wit Summer Nights Dream
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Witbier
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5.5 Gallons |
1.052 |
1.011 |
5.42 |
27.25 |
3.24 °L
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951 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 8 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.036 |
Efficiency: 75 |
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: 3/30/2017 7:18 PM |
| Notes: |
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Ipa
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American IPA
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23.5 Gallons |
1.066 |
1.02 |
6.08 |
56.96 |
8.03 °L
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951 |
0 |
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Author:
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maconbeerprez
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| Boil
Size: 25 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.062 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.5 |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 8/12/2013 12:02 AM |
| Notes: |
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Stumpin Coffee & Milky Stoutin
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American Light Lager
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5.5 Gallons |
1.068 |
1.022 |
6.07 |
35.58 |
50 °L
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951 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.044 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: 18 |
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: 1/8/2017 11:43 PM |
| Notes: |
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Scotch Ale
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Scottish Export
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15 Litres |
1.057 |
1.015 |
5.55 |
23.75 |
17.88 °L
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951 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 15 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.057 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 18 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 12/11/2016 6:21 PM |
| Notes: |
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Pilsner IPA
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American IPA
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20 Litres |
1.057 |
1.013 |
5.74 |
94.51 |
8.01 °L
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951 |
0 |
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Author:
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Mall
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| Boil
Size: 26 Litres |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.044 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 2.6 |
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: 11/17/2016 2:56 AM |
| Notes: |
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#30 Burmese Milk Stout
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Sweet Stout
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10.4 Litres |
1.065 |
1.021 |
5.75 |
12.71 |
41.23 °L
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951 |
0 |
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Author:
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Bikestickball Brewing
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| Boil
Size: 18 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.037 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 20 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/3/2016 12:01 AM |
| Notes: *Not Using "Cane Sugar" as a fermentable. I am using instead Myanmar 3 in 1 tea packets, 10 of them. |
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Plagiarism Blonde 3
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Blonde Ale
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5.5 Gallons |
1.058 |
1.011 |
6.12 |
30.98 |
5.9 °L
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951 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.105 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 72 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 6/11/2016 8:41 PM |
| Notes: |
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Rampage Red
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Irish Red Ale
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10.5 Gallons |
1.058 |
1.015 |
5.61 |
23.54 |
18.39 °L
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951 |
0 |
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| Boil
Size: 13 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.046 |
Efficiency: 80 |
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: 7/18/2015 10:22 PM |
| Notes: Remove melanoiden, switch base malt to 100% Maris Otter, bump up roasted barley slightly. |
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Todd's IRA
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American IPA
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5 Gallons |
1.063 |
1.019 |
5.77 |
60.73 |
7.81 °L
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951 |
0 |
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Author:
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oly-brew
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| Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.045 |
Efficiency: 66 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 72 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 7/10/2015 11:50 PM |
Notes: Heat 9 G 180F
Transfer to hot water tank target 165-170F
Transfer 3G mash tun target 153F |
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Black House #2
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Oatmeal Stout
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5.5 Gallons |
1.058 |
1.015 |
5.67 |
34.11 |
41.78 °L
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951 |
0 |
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Author:
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badcactus@gmail.com
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| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: 1.25 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.5 |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/23/2015 3:32 AM |
| Notes: |
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Mr. G Spot
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Cream Ale
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5 Gallons |
1.056 |
1.014 |
5.6 |
22.45 |
12.82 °L
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951 |
0 |
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| 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: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 3/4/2011 4:28 PM |
| Notes: |
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