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Author:

KC Kuhns

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.067

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/10/2019 2:50 PM

Notes: Add raw vanilla beans during fermentation. I do 2 beans, cut them open and drop them in the fermentation. Do not use extract. I let it sit for a week and then added more after tasting. Let another bean sit in for 2 days and then racked to secondary.

Add 0.5 cups of bourbon when kegging. I used Makers Mark but I'm sure others would be good too.

Author:

Benny Van B

Boil Size: 16.1 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 62

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/23/2017 5:25 PM

Notes: add tincture made from rum and speculaas spice mix from http://www.thedutchbakersdaughter.com/2009/12/speculaas.html, as well as half a vanilla bean to secondary.

add tincture to taste

prime with golden syrup or brown sugar

Author:

Boil Size: 26 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.06

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/23/2015 3:19 AM

Notes: og 1.064
This was meant to be:
5.85NZ Pale malt
.325 Carapils
.325 Crystal
But the bag had the other measurements written on it. I'm not sure if they made the mistake with the grain bill or just wrote it down wrong.

Author:

HopDawg

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/9/2016 11:04 PM

Notes:

Author:

llvtt

Boil Size: 5.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

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: 5/12/2016 4:06 AM

Notes: - Add brown sugar with 10 minutes left in the boil
- After 1 week fermentation: puree 4lbs overripe bananas (+6pts to gravity) with enough water to make a pourable paste. Bring mixture to 175F and let stand for 30 minutes. Add to secondary and siphon beer on top, allowing two more weeks' fermentation for the bananas.

Total OG (+ bananas) = 1.072
Approx ABV ~ 8%

Author:

Barter & Trade

Boil Size: 6.3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 79

Mash Thickness: 2

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: 9/12/2021 4:53 PM

Notes:

Author:

IsaacHardy

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.125

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/25/2018 1:39 AM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 2.6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.018

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: 5/11/2017 5:28 PM

Notes:

Author:

yottabit

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/31/2017 7:30 PM

Notes: Steep 20'
Add LME, boil
Add Brewer's Gold, boil 40'
Add Northern Brewer, boil 15'
Add Brewer's Gold, boil 5'

Author:

Cuervo

Boil Size: 6.6 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.2

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/10/2017 12:15 AM

Notes:

Author:

labcor

Boil Size: 30 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 69

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/13/2017 10:46 PM

Notes:

Author:

ragingmoon

Boil Size: 16 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.082

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.32

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 67 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/17/2016 12:36 PM

Notes: Primary fermentation for 4 weeks at 66-68
Transfer to secondary fermenter or barrel
Age 12 months in secondary then bottle

Author:

grosbeak

Boil Size: 6.75 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 70

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: 1/11/2012 12:48 AM

Notes: This is basically the NB recipe for St. Paul Porter, but swapping Chinook and Vanguard hops for the kit's Cascade and Cluster. I was going for more of a Troeg's Dead Reckoning and it worked. Brewed 5 gallons, had a dinner party with 3 couples and pretty much finished the whole batch in a night. Needless to say, a good time was had by all. Will brew this every October for December drinking.

Author:

jakesnake2384

Boil Size: 2.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.162

Efficiency: 55

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 72 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/22/2015 2:01 AM

Notes:

Author:

Big Bones Brewing

Boil Size: 6.25 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.055

Efficiency: 75

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: 9/8/2015 1:11 AM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/11/2015 2:03 AM

Notes:

Author:

Smidt & Storengen

Boil Size: 24 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/8/2014 7:57 AM

Notes:

Author:

Josh (Brewer's Friend)

Boil Size: 5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 75

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: 5/9/2011 3:27 AM

Notes: Blue Moon clone.

- Coriander crushed and added during last 5 minutes of boil, removed before fermentation
- Orange Peel added in last 15 minutes of Boil and removed before fermentation

- Wheat absorbed a lot more water than anticipated. Had to add an additional .75gal water before boil

- Racked 5/23/2011: gravity 1.012

- Bottled 5/31/2011: FG: 1.011

Author:

Spesme

Boil Size: 4 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/20/2014 1:16 PM

Notes: 11L for strike water accounting for 2.2L of grain absorption. (Rule-0.6G for 6 lbs of grain). Assuming 8.8L after.

After grains were placed in strike water, it was 158F - way too high. Added cold water from tap to get it down to 151.3 @ 52 minutes. Then, 151.0 @ 40, 150.8 @ 30, 149.0 @ 20, 147.9 @ 10, 146.3 @ 5. Mashed out for 10 minutes @ 168. Dunk sparge for 10 minutes @ 170.

Estimated 6.2L for dunk sparge, but actually got 8L. This made 16.8 (4.4G) in pre-boil Wort. SG was 1.034 @ 126F which equates to 1.044 actual SG. Apparently this is 86.83% pre-boil efficiency. Really high if it is true. On second thought, maybe my grain absorption was much higher. If I correct my pre-boil wort to 4.0 gallons, I get 78.22% - pretty much spot on with post-boil efficiency.

Assuming typical boil off rate is 14% it makes more sense. 14% of 4 gallons is 0.56 gallons, which roughly comes to 3.5 gallons in the fermenter.

Post-boil OG was 1.050! Pitched yeast @ 22C @ 9pm and will begin adding ice bottles at 7am in the morning. Reading in the ice bath is 20C, so will assume +2 for the fermenter, plus the traditional 3C for 1.050 OG and for the increased temps from ferm.

With 3.5G (maybe 3.4) of post-boil wort @ 1.050 OG, I have a brewhouse efficiency of 77.78% (or 75.56%). Why is it less than pre-boil efficiency?

First bottle on 07/28. Lots of head, although it dissipates after some sips. First impression is that it is very carbonated and sweet. Aroma has huge banana notes which will hopefully die down with age. This is probably because of the high and variable ferm temps. Does this mainly affect the aroma and not the flavour? I should also check my carbing process next time...

Side-by-side: 08/03 (Granville Island Hefe)

App: Mine is a straw gold colour, GI has a distinct orange hue. Both have same level of haziness and mine shows greater signs of carbonation.

Smell: Mine smells predominately like rotten bananas with a little bubblegum. I can chalk this up to the higher and variable ferm temps. GI is much more pleasent - citrus and banana, also with bubblegum.

Taste: Mine tastes better than it smells. Sweet and carbonated. Light banana notes. Gi is also very sweet but less carbonated. Much more of a bubblegum taste. Both are quite different but good in their own ways.

MF: Both have light body with medium high levels of carbonation. However, GI is a little bit heavier on the tounge.

Overall: I have to side with GI, mainly because of the aroma, given everything else equal.