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Author:

ShaKeyJ

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.064

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/4/2013 8:56 PM

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Author:

BigD'sBrewcave

Boil Size: 14 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.066

Efficiency: 70

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: 7/1/2017 2:28 PM

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Author:

Mellow Fellow

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.054

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/19/2015 3:05 PM

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Author:

run dan run

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.4

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/3/2017 2:33 PM

Notes: Before Mash, apread the pumpkin on a cookie sheet and bake for 20-30 minutes at 350 degrees F.

There will be several inches of trub almost regardless of how you try to contain the pumpkin. Your yield may be slightly less than 5 gallons.

Author:

crawmcgraw

Boil Size: 13.9 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.035

Efficiency: 90

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 9.56 psi

Creation Date: 2/9/2022 2:29 AM

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Author:

Tassie Pete

Boil Size: 30 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 3.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/27/2021 10:25 AM

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Author:

RustyBarrelHomebrewing

Boil Size: 12 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 58

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: 9/12/2020 2:27 PM

Notes: ==============================
12222020
Didnt take notes on the yeast but I'm 98% sure it was not wy Bavarian lager but instead 34/70 yeast cake reused from a previous batch of festbier or something. Adjusting recipe now. Previously recipe said 1015 FG with 90% attenuation but I'm not sure if that is measured or predicted.

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11/15/2020
won silver medal dark lagers and marzen in 2020 JRHB Dominion Cup.
Dont forget, this beer also won gold last year (diff contest, slightly different recipe)
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?/?/2020
Smh I didnt check my volume plan. Started with 12 gallons and boiled down to 10. Shouldve collected more and ended at like 11. Was only like 8 gallons in fermenters, topped with water to even 10 before taking gravity measurements. For mash, 154 strike water equaled 150 mash just like on 5 gallons.
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9/12/2020
scaled up to 10 gallons. will be second 10 gal batch. not sure on the pre / post / fermenter volumes. adding some acid malt for ph and a little caramunich to add some more color and possibly taste. thinking about decoction mash for this one.

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update 01/23/2020
despite the improvement notes below, I'm planning to rebrew this as is in the next week or so. For NHC possibly.

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update 12/5/2019.
This brew won gold medal at GRIST homebrew contest in northern VA. https://comp.gristhomebrew.com/

Listening to homebrewhappyhour episode with Rob from Pixel Perfect Brewing, he highlights a couple things that he says helped his octoberfest. fermenting under pressure, and decoction mash. he actually did the decoction on an extract brew with specialty grains. also he did 6 weeks conditioning.

this brew i thought was really good as is, and it was indeed a gold medal winner. but possibly adding these three techniques could make it even better. push it to BOS status.

also, judges said it was low carbonation and needs more head retention. touche.
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altered from Drew's March Beer from sept 2019 byo. i changed the hops to get rid of first wort hop addition and to use a single hop, in even oz amount. confirmed recipe uses 1.5 qt/lb mash. the MUNICH/OKTOBERFEST YEASTS REQUIRE DIACETYL REST. if wyeast 2308 yeast not available, check for WLP820 oktoberfest/marzen. Or for simpler wyeast 2124 bohemian lager, WLP833 german bock, Wyeast 2206 Bavarian lager (i might have some of this from last year?)

for diacetyl rest, copied from virginia lager recipe :
going to do byo fast ferment approach janFeb2017. reread but start at 44-50 let fermentation go 50% then (remove the probe from the fermentor let it reach ambient temp then...?) raise temp 5 degrees every 12 hours til you get to 65-68. once you get 100% you can crank down to lager temp for 3-5 days then you done. this will take care of diacetyl rest and apparently gets the lager completely done in 2-3 weeks.

Author:

thunderaxe

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/2/2020 2:19 PM

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Author:

fight-me-grrm

Boil Size: 1.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 30

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 61 ° F

Priming Method: turbinado

Priming Amount: 0.8 oz

Creation Date: 8/6/2019 2:20 AM

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Author:

Kingcur

Boil Size: 27 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: Forced

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/6/2018 6:24 AM

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Author:

Bradleyarthurwhite

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 75 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/18/2018 12:19 PM

Notes: -Boil fermentables and chill to 90 degrees

-Inoculate with lacto. and ferment for 3 days around 90-100 degrees

-Bring wort to 170 degrees for 15 minutes

-Chill to 68-100 degrees and inoculate with sach.

-Ferment for 3 days then add puree (and/or sugar free pineapple juice)

-After 1 day, add dry hops

Author:

BenchBrew

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: 1.42

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: Forced Carbonation

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/11/2017 8:47 PM

Notes: Trillium Inspired IPA first recipe in this style for my brewery was Hyperspace
Changed flaked wheat to wheat malt and added flaked barley and rolled oats
No crystal
Pale changed to Pilsner
Dropped dextrose by 4 oz (ABV from 7 to 6.4)
Changed Columbus to Centennial
Changed Galaxy to Mosaic and added Citra
2nd yeast (Sach Trois) added to nudge it to the wild side

Author:

SchuBrew

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.036

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 60 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/29/2015 8:16 PM

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Author:

Kost-ØL

Boil Size: 22 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 60

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: 1/29/2013 10:34 AM

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Author:

tdragot

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.117

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/1/2017 12:54 AM

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Author:

MrPopo

Boil Size: 20 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 3

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: 4/6/2016 4:37 AM

Notes: Liberty Bell Ale yeast

This beer sucked I don't know what I was thinking at the time.
Hop flavour ended up extremely herbal with notes of dill and lemony coconuts from the sorachi ace. Would not brew again.

Author:

10-7 Brews

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/24/2015 2:08 AM

Notes: Two pouches of yeast...brewing this weekend 11/1/15 for the first time. Update...12/15/15....wow this turned out great...it's a keeper...good mouth feel..slightly sweet but still enough bitterness...and very small hint of vanilla...perfect.

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.

Author:

JAllison

Boil Size: 5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.073

Efficiency: 40

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/7/2015 1:13 AM

Notes: Volume seemed low..4.5?og at 1.08 and finish 1.05

Author:

Planet Scott

Boil Size: 8.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.037

Efficiency: 69

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: 5/15/2015 2:46 PM

Notes: