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Author:

stargazerbrewco

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: 1/14/2013 3:03 PM

Notes: This was my first all grain kit, purchased from Midwest Supplies. For ease of entry into all grain I decided to use the Brew In A Bag method. Since I decided to brew at more or less the last minute, I purchased a pair of 5 gal, nylon paint strainer bags and used those as my BIAB bags. They worked well, but it was a bit unwieldy wrangling 2 bags full of soaked grain out of my brew pot. I may try a larget bag next time, but have a feeling I may not be using the BIAB method for long, instead opting to make a mash tun.

Brewday actually went pretty smoothly. I used 3 gal of strike water at approximately 165* and surprisingly it gave me almost exactly 152* once everything was all mixed up in the brew pot. The brew pot did not hold temp very well, as I expected, but fortunately I had the foresight to immediately get a pot of water on the burner so that I could warm the mash as needed. I was able to keep it within a couple of degrees of the target mash temp the entire time and ended up using approximately 5 gallons of water total by the end of the mash.

One failing was that I did not tie off the tops of the bags, so I did get a small amount of grain spilled into the wort, but I was able to scoop it out with a small strainer as it was coming to the boil, along with some of the hot break.

The boil went well, but I think I had more evaporation than I expected, at the -15 min hop addition I checked my level and found I was about 1/2 gallon down, so I added some more water and kicked the burner into high gear to get it back to a boil quickly. This extended my overall boil time by about 5(ish) minutes.

This was my first time using a yeast smack pack. Followed the instructions on the back of the pack, and it had a good 5 hours to get going in the pack before I pitched. I spent a lot of time feeling the bag to ensure that I got the inner pack broken and shook it a ton to make sure it was mixed, but after nearly 5 hours there was was there ZERO additional bulging of the pack. The outside of the pouch got thoroughly sanitized prior to pitching so I'm not worried about contamination. Yeast was pitched at approximately 6pm yesterday (2013/01/13) but and as of 11am today (2013/01/14) there is absolutely zero fermentation activity. None. Concerning?

Hardware mod/improvement:
I took my Dremel with a cutting wheel to the lid of my brew pot and cut a notch for the chiller. It worked great and the hop bag did a nice job of filling the spaces in the notch, making for a pretty snug fit.
Also, I rigged a female hose fitting to a piece of hose for my chiller so that I could use hose water to chill. Did not want to purchase 2 bags of ice. I'm torn whether I want to keep using that method or go back to the 'recirculating chiller water through a cooler full of ice. Torn because I like using less water (ice) but don't like the additional cost of said ice and I'm too forgetful to make up a bunch of ice ahead of time.

Author:

Kaarlo

Boil Size: 19 Litres

Boil Time: N/A

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 22 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/20/2018 5:02 AM

Notes: Add ca. 100 ml sauerkraut juice to yeast starter. Pitch starter, let ferment and sour. Boil whole berries for 2 min in water to sanitize. Discard water, crush berries and add to beer. Juice a medium-sized beet, boil the juice to sanitize and add to beer. Package after a couple of weeks.

Author:

Dire Brew

Boil Size: 2.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.106

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: Corn Sugar

Priming Amount: 5.4 oz

Creation Date: 7/7/2015 7:49 PM

Notes: Made with green coriander this beer comes out as a half-hefeweizen half-wiessbeer. With a very mild sourness and wonderful aroma with hints of banana and citrus.

Author:

Trub_maker

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.058

Efficiency: 72

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: 9/22/2015 9:32 PM

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Author:

SJB Homebrew

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 79

Mash Thickness: 3

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: 11/5/2015 10:50 PM

Notes: Cold steep over night ...

300gms carafa 2
100gms chocolate
100gms black

Author:

KenK

Boil Size: 4 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.067

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: Table sugar

Priming Amount: 4.0 oz

Creation Date: 7/18/2017 3:07 AM

Notes: Add cold water to fermenter to bring OG down to 1.053 (should be about 5 gallons -- maybe a little less). Use swamp cooler to keep temp around 64-68 deg F. Dry hop in secondary for 4 days. Remove hops on about day 12 and cold crash in icewater tub for 2-3 days. Adjust bottling sugar to bottling temperature (ended up being 2.7 oz table sugar).

Author:

MaximS

Boil Size: 23 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 11.4

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 15 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/15/2016 3:07 PM

Notes: Plus 2 kilo of baked pumpkin to the boil

Author:

MKJ

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 75

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: 5/26/2016 9:23 PM

Notes: Brewed for Covenant CRC's Fair Share auction fundraiser.

Author:

Nigel Derksen

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

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: 6/20/2016 9:19 PM

Notes: $63 for ingredients

Author:

Izzie1701

Boil Size: 24 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.038

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 3

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: 12/12/2016 11:44 PM

Notes:

Author:

Nosybear

Boil Size: 4.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 72

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: 7.75 psi

Creation Date: 8/18/2020 6:36 PM

Notes: Acidify wort with lactic acid to pH 4.5 before souring.
Incubate lacto to pH 3.6 using sous vide, water bath. Kettle sour: Cool to 110 degrees, pitch lacto, cover wort with plastic wrap and purge headspace with CO2.
Boil, add hops and spices per recipe.
Add pureed cucumber at high krauesen, 2 days into fermentation.
Check saltiness at packaging and adjust as necessary.
Can test pitching lacto with yeast.

8/18: Pitching K-97 without aeration, rehydration as test.

8/13/21: Modifications: Acidulated malt removed, added 4 oz wheat malt. Using Philly Sour yeast. Brewtan B removed, yeast nutrient added. Lactobacillus removed.

Author:

Jimbo64

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 72

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: 2/10/2013 2:03 AM

Notes: Toasted 2 lbs 6 Row for 25 minutes at 350F (not 2 row as shown above, 6 row wasnt an option in menu pull down)

Author:

Birra Bendita

Boil Size: 25 Litres

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 3

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: 3/25/2020 7:28 PM

Notes: 1er Dry Hopping:
- Agregar el día después de inocular la levadura. Al tercer día purgar birra (sacar lúpulo y no leva)

2do Dry Hopping:
- Agregar día 7. Después de 3 días purgar (sacar lúpulo y no leva)

3er Dry Hopping:
- En frío 3 días. Después de 3 días purgar (sacar lúpulo y no leva)

Author:

Ozarks Mountain Brewery

Boil Size: 15 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 80

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: 5/9/2018 6:52 PM

Notes:

Author:

jlyonsvancity

Boil Size: 2 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.031

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 72 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/10/2017 1:35 AM

Notes: Put blueberries on the stove top with a dash of water and keep them moving to extract the blueberry syrup. Pour syrup into primary. If there's still headspace, put solids in muslin bag for 'dry hop' into primary. Give it at least another week in primary and make sure yeast have finished with it to avoid bottle bombs.

Author:

How3ll

Boil Size: 5.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 1.073

Efficiency: 76

Mash Thickness: 1.3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 69 ° F

Priming Method: keg @ 38F

Priming Amount: 10 psi

Creation Date: 2/3/2016 9:44 PM

Notes: Add Candi Sugar to Primary.
Dry hop at 38F.

Author:

Redleg Ed

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 78

Mash Thickness: 1.38

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: Keg CO2

Priming Amount: 10-15 psi

Creation Date: 10/27/2015 10:29 AM

Notes: Modified from ldobbs66, http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/20469/lancaster-milk-stout-clone
Use two 11 g sachets Nottingham Ale.

Author:

watt

Boil Size: 26.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.077

Efficiency: 72

Mash Thickness: 3

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: 6/15/2015 8:44 PM

Notes:

Author:

Andy Peart

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: 7/28/2012 11:06 PM

Notes:

Author:

brewgna

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 20

Boil Gravity: 1.104

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: Dextrose

Priming Amount: 5oz

Creation Date: 3/20/2014 2:58 PM

Notes: