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Author:

Yooper

Boil Size: 12 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.036

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

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: 7/20/2014 2:04 PM

Notes: A flavorful version of the American light beer. Still crisp and easy drinking, but with an excellent malt flavor that will please both craft beer drinkers and macro lager drinkers alike.

Author:

Ridicule Brewing

Boil Size: 12 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/11/2014 2:11 PM

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Author:

emsroth

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.055

Efficiency: 85

Mash Thickness: 1.44

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 72 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/27/2017 6:18 PM

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Author:

Stvervaag

Boil Size: 27 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 85

Mash Thickness: 4

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: 11/14/2019 4:34 PM

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Author:

Chris Hamilton

Boil Size: 25 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 2.8

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: 5/1/2017 3:37 AM

Notes: - Assuming 4L of water lost to grist.
- Pureed raspberries added at diacetyl rest.

Author:

Alulim

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.075

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: Dextrose

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/3/2016 8:35 PM

Notes: Pitch 1gal starter WLP099 after 2 days

Author:

plohm12

Boil Size: 3.75 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.038

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 2

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 12.27 psi

Creation Date: 7/29/2022 8:30 PM

Notes:

Author:

Durmania

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 68

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: 1/23/2012 9:36 PM

Notes: Drink, repeat.

Author:

Colton

Boil Size: 1 Gallons

Boil Time: N/A

Boil Gravity: 1.084

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 63 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/27/2017 5:18 PM

Notes: Used a gallon of Sam's Club Apple Juice, and Sam's Club Honey.

Author:

jturnage40

Boil Size: 2.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.128

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 72 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/6/2016 7:52 PM

Notes: 1. Yeast starter
2. Collect and heat 2.5 gallons of water.
3. Add 0.5 oz of Amarillo hops directly into the boil kettle.
4. For mail-order customers grains for extract kits come
crushed by default, but if you requested uncrushed
grains, crush them now. Pour crushed grain into
supplied mesh bag and tie the open end in a knot. Steep
for 20 minutes or until water reaches 170°F. Remove
bag and discard.
5. Bring to a boil and add the 6.3 lbs Gold malt syrup.
Remove the kettle from the burner and stir in the
Gold malt syrup.
6. Return wort to boil. The mixture is now called “wort”,
the brewer’s term for unfermented beer.
- Add 2 oz Warrior hops and boil for 60 minutes.
- Add 2 lbs Golden Light dme 15 minutes from then
end of the boil.
- Add 2 oz Amarillo hops at the end of boil.
7. Cool the wort. When the 60-minute boil is finished,
cool the wort to approximately 100° F as rapidly as
possible. Use a wort chiller, or put the kettle in an ice
bath in your sink.
8. Sanitize fermenting equipment and yeast pack. While
the wort cools, sanitize the fermenting equipment –
fermenter, lid or stopper, fermentation lock, funnel, etc –
along with the yeast pack and a pair of scissors.
9. Fill primary fermenter with 2 gallons of cold water,
then pour in the cooled wort. Leave any thick sludge in
the bottom of the kettle.
10. Add more cold water as needed to bring the
volume to 5 gallons.
11. Aerate the wort. Seal the fermenter and rock back
and forth to splash for a few minutes, or use an aeration
system and diffusion stone.
12. OPTIONAL: if you have our Mad Brewer Upgrade or
Gravity Testing kits, measure specific gravity of the wort
with a hydrometer and record.
13. Add yeast once the temperature of the wort is 78°F or
lower (not warm to the touch). Use the sanitized scissors
to cut off a corner of the yeast pack, and carefully pour
the yeast into the primary fermenter.
14. Seal the fermenter. Add approximately 1 tablespoon of
water to the sanitized fermentation lock. Insert the lock
into rubber stopper or lid, and seal the fermenter.
15. Move the fermenter to a warm, dark, quiet spot until
fermentation begins.

Author:

rrenaud

Boil Size: 7.6 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.037

Efficiency: 63

Mash Thickness: 1.4

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/25/2015 8:27 AM

Notes: I decreased IBU from base recipe, hoping for more acidity from the lacto.

Added dregs from a Bruery Oude Tart, Drie Fonteinen Gueze, allagash ghoulship, bfm bon chien.

14.5 brix @ 4.8 gal, will dilute to 5

4/20/2016: 1.008 grav, moderately sour, still some sweetness/malt in the background, pleasing.

9/10/2016: 1.005 grav, smells a tiny bit horsey, tastes pretty sour, not much sweetness anymore. putting on 2 pounds dry black currants`

Author:

blanch

Boil Size: 4 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.079

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/21/2015 8:08 PM

Notes: Pitched 65F
Fermented 65-70 for two weeks
primed with 2 cups water boiled with 6.8 grams of corn sugar (approx 3/4 cup) added to priming bucket cooled.
Bottled. 51 bottles.

Author:

Brewing Bard

Boil Size: 6.2 Gallons

Boil Time: 120

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: 12/1/2012 12:28 AM

Notes:

Author:

miscon2

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.031

Efficiency: 90

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: 6/27/2014 9:18 PM

Notes: This kit comes with "Steep to Convert" instructions, which basically translates to doing what is effectively an all-grain approach - two pounds of grains are steeped for 45 minutes between 148 and 152 degrees in one gallon of water. 1/2 gallon of 150deg water is then rinsed through the draining grain bag.

Because of this, and the large amount of late additions of sugars, it is hard to get the numbers to show correctly here - I had to set brewhouse efficiency to 90% to get them in the correct ranges.

From the Brewer's Best recipe sheet:

IBUs: 20 - 25
ABV: 5.25 - 5.75%
OG: 1.048 - 1.052
FG: 1.011 - 1.015
Color: Deep Gold

A light bodied, effervescent ale with warm malty flavors and a slight orange hue from the steeping grains. Golden Candi Syrup lends a faint caramel sweetness and a hint of fresh plums. The included Belgian style yeast strain completes this farmhouse style ale by contributing a spicy and peppery background.

Author:

stephen.h.irving@gmail.com

Boil Size: 12 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: Keg

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/2/2015 11:01 PM

Notes: 06NOV15: STARTER, used 2 packets of WLP001 pure pitch dated 21SEPT15, 7.3 oz DME, 1/2 tsp yeast nutrient, used pro brewer .75 pitch ratio

KY COMMON RESEARCH:
Historical Beer: Kentucky Common
Aroma: Low to medium grainy, corn-like or sweet maltiness with a low toast, biscuity-grainy, bready, or caramel malt accent. Medium to moderately-low hop aroma, usually floral or spicy in character. Clean fermentation character, with possible faint berry ester. Low levels of DMS are acceptable. No sourness. Malt-forward in the balance.
Appearance: Amber-orange to light brown in color. Typically clear, but may have some light haze due to limited conditioning. Foam stand may not be long lasting, and is usually white to beige in color.

Flavor: Moderate grainy-sweet maltiness with low to medium-low caramel, toffee, bready, and/or biscuity notes. Generally light
palate flavors typical of adjunct beers; a low grainy, corn-like sweetness is common. Medium to low floral or spicy hop flavor. Medium to low hop bitterness, which should neither be coarse nor have a harsh aftertaste. May exhibit light fruitiness. Balance in the finish is towards the malt. May have a lightly flinty or minerally-sulfate flavor in the finish. The finish is fairly dry, including the contributions of roasted grains and minerals. No sourness.

Mouthfeel: Medium to medium-light body with a relatively soft mouthfeel. Highly carbonated. Can have a creamy texture.

Overall Impression: A darker-colored, light-flavored, malt-accented beer with a dry finish and interesting character malt flavors.

Refreshing due to its high carbonation and mild flavors, and highly sessionable due to being served very fresh and with restrained alcohol levels.

Comments: Modern characterizations of the style often mention a lactic sourness or sour mashing, but extensive brewing records from the larger breweries at the turn of the century have no indication of long acid rests, sour mashing, or extensive conditioning.

This is likely a modern home brewer invention, based on the supposition that since indigenous Bourbon distillers used a sour mash, beer brewers must also have used this process. No contemporaneous records indicate sour mashing or that the beer had a
sour profile; rather the opposite, that the beer was brewed as an inexpensive, present-use ale.

History: A true American original style, Kentucky Common was almost exclusively produced and sold around the Louisville Kentucky metropolitan area from some time after the Civil War up to Prohibition. Its hallmark was that it was inexpensive and
quickly produced, typically 6 to 8 days from mash to delivery. The beer was racked into barrels while actively fermenting (1.020– 1.022) and tightly bunged to allow carbonation in the saloon cellar. There is some speculation that it was a variant of the lighter common or cream ale produced throughout much of the East prior to the Civil War and that the darker grains were added by the mostly Germanic brewers to help acidify the typical carbonate water of the Louisville area. Up until the late 19th century,
Kentucky Common was not brewed in the summer months unless cellars, usually used for malting, were used for fermentation. With the advent of ice machines, the larger breweries were able to brew year round. In the period from 1900 to prohibition, about 75% of the beer sold in the Louisville area was Kentucky Common. With prohibition, the style died completely as the few larger breweries that survived were almost exclusively lager producers.

Characteristic Ingredients: Six-row barley malt was used with 35% corn grits to dilute the excessive protein levels along with 1 to 2% each caramel and black malt. Native American hops, usually about .2 pounds per barrel of Western hops for bittering and a similar amount of New York hops (such as Clusters) for flavor (15 minutes prior to knock out). Imported continental Saazer-type hops (.1 pounds per barrel) were added at knock out for aroma. Water in the Louisville area was typically moderate to high in carbonates. Mash water was often pre-boiled to precipitate the carbonate and Gypsum was commonly added. Considering the time from mash in to kegging for delivery was typically 6 to 8 days, clearly aggressive top-fermenting yeasts was used.

Style Comparison: Like a darker-colored cream ale emphasizing corn, but with some light character malt flavor. Malt flavors and balance are probably closest to modern adjunct-driven international amber or dark lagers, Irish red ales, or Belgian pale ales.

Vital Statistics: OG: 1.044 – 1.055
IBUs: 15 – 25 FG: 1.014 – 1.018
SRM: 11 – 20 ABV: 4.0 – 4.4%

Commercial Examples: Occasional brewpub and microbrewery specials

References: Wahl & Henius, Louisville Breweries, Brewing Logs from Phoneix and Oertel Breweries. Research and initial writeup by Dibbs Harting, support by Conrad Selle and Leah Dienes.

Author:

Boil Size: 40 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.038

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: 3/8/2015 6:47 PM

Notes:

Author:

Camp Rock Grove Brewing

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.085

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: Forced

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/2/2017 3:25 PM

Notes: Slice up strawberries and basil leaves and stored in a quart jar with the vodka while the beer is in the primary fermenter. Use a big mouth bubbler secondary fermenter with a depth charge hop basket and dump the strawberry/basil/vodka mixture into the depth charge hop basket. Leave in the secondary for 14 days.

Author:

paulhholub@gmail.com

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.037

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 50 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/14/2018 4:25 AM

Notes: 2g gypsum

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.

Author:

Boil Size: 36 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.031

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 1.25

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: 8/17/2018 11:17 PM

Notes:

Author:

jeremydgreat

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.038

Efficiency: 71

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: 4/26/2013 8:20 PM

Notes: >>>BATCH 1<<<
4-28-13: OG 1.063.
5-22-13: Longest fermentation since I started brewing. 3 weeks solid. FG is 1.008. So, ABV 7.2%
>>>BATCH 2<<<
8-25-13: 71% BHE. OG: 1.06 @ 5 gallons. Going to rack onto peaches. I boiled for about 15min before starting the 1hr timer. For some stupid reason. Now I'm exactly at 5gal with 1lt starter added. Note to self: If you have about 6 gallons at flameout, that's GOOD.