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Author:

sambecker1

Boil Size: 15.31 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.068

Efficiency: 76

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: 12/8/2016 2:28 AM

Notes:

Author:

Dred65

Boil Size: 26.78 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 4.49

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 1.24 bar

Creation Date: 10/6/2021 1:58 AM

Notes:

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:

BeerButcher

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 11.3

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 12 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/24/2017 12:30 PM

Notes: 3rd place in the VII. Hrvatsko homebrew prvenstvo in category Smoke and Wood beers

Author:

Pawka

Boil Size: 23 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 3.2

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 21 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/20/2017 7:16 PM

Notes: Actual Mash Thickness: 2.5l/kg (3.2 is after including dead space under false bottom.

Author:

Vincent M

Boil Size: 160 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.006

Efficiency: 78

Mash Thickness: 3

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: 10/13/2017 3:05 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/11/2017 2:41 PM

Notes:

Author:

J Andre

Boil Size: 25 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 22 ° C

Priming Method: Bottle

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/15/2017 7:03 PM

Notes: Leftover grains from previous recipes. Too much diastatic power of the grain, possibly caused by excessive base malts and the use of wheat malt (commonly uses as the main base malt in wheat beers) leads to increased OG and ABV (drier finish). Maybe compensate with higher mash temps (less fermentable wort), though not advisable.

Closest style maybe Altbier, both in color and IBU. Altbiers usually discard late hop additions for aroma, but a german noble hope like Saaz fits wel is not uncommon, if in low quantitiesl. On brew day, maybe an additional 0.5 oz on the bittering hops. BJCP style guidelines place bitterness from 35 to 50 IBU.

Common for Altbiers to adopt 75-90 min boils. Mash usually at lower end temps (64.4-65.5) for "more fermentable sugars and that crisper mouthfeel". Consider mashing at slightly higher temps for smaller attenuation and higher FG, although BJCP advises to "mash low at 144º - 148º F for a higher degree of fermentabilty and greater attenuation if doing a single-infusion mash"

Author:

HenryHimmel

Boil Size: 525 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.031

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: 2

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/12/2017 5:10 AM

Notes: 60% Pilsner
40% Wheat
some hops maybe? I guess we'd legally have to have some
sacc yeast
lacto (delbrucki and plantarum)

OG 1.030
should finish at 1.004, but mine have been finishing at 1.010 or higher.
1.004 would be 3.4%. (I should throw some Brett in one day to see how low it goes)

In terms of actually making it, I kettle sour like this:
Prep
starter
- 4l water
- 360g Pilsner Malt Extract
- 80g sucrose
- 60g chalk
- Boil for 10 minutes
- 3 packs of Wyeast 5335
- 15 tablets of ethical nutrient IBS support tablets
This starter contains approximately xxxx bacteria cells and will be
left at xxDegC for xxdays to grow to xxxx bacteria cells for addition

1. Mash in for 60min.
2. Boil for 10min to sterilise.
3. Drop temp to 35-40c.
4. Use lactic acid to lower the pH to 4.5 then pitch the lacto.
General rule is 1ml will drop 20l by 0.01
When pitching starter, do not add chalk from the starter!
5. Hold for 48 hours or until the pH is at 3.4-3.6.
6. Boil for 60min
7. Drop temp to 20c and put it into the fermenter.
8. Add the sacc yeast and let it ferment out.
9. Rack onto raspberries and leave until they've turned white.
10. Bottle.

Here's some more info:
http://sourbeerblog.com/fast-souring-lactobacillus/
http://sourbeerblog.com/lactobacillus-2-0-advanced-techniques-for-fast-souring-beer/

50% kegs, 50% bottles at 330

Bottle condition

Author:

Tradition Brewing

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.03

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/11/2017 2:58 AM

Notes: Took 2nd Place At The Cascade Cup in May 2017.

http://competition.cascadebrewersguild.com

Try to find Fawcett Crystal and Chocolate. Gordon Strong suggests this is the key to the recipe.

I could not track down Fawcett, so went with Hugh-Bairds Crystal and Chocolate.

Other hop options: Kent Goldings, Goldings, Fuggle.

Author:

Old Goat Brewing

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: 1.25

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/20/2013 7:56 PM

Notes: Steep spices in 1 cup hot water for 10-15 minutes, cool then add.

Add Brown Sugar in the last 15 minutes of the boil.

Author:

madrav

Boil Size: 60 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.081

Efficiency: 70

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: 11/27/2016 5:20 PM

Notes: sukker skal inn under koking.

Author:

Brew by Andre

Boil Size: 275 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.054

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 2.7

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: 10/4/2016 7:52 AM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 210 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/7/2016 8:09 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 28 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 17 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/22/2016 12:58 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 28.4 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 3.1

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 12 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/12/2015 11:32 PM

Notes:

Author:

Mr.Picu

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.033

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 2.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 17.5 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/9/2015 11:43 AM

Notes:

Author:

Deano1602

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.025

Efficiency: 35

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: 10/18/2015 6:26 PM

Notes: This one drinks like a pale ale.

Author:

Izzie1701

Boil Size: 22.56 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.036

Efficiency: 73

Mash Thickness: 4

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: Corn Sugar (3 gallons)

Priming Amount: 42g

Creation Date: 2/6/2016 4:40 PM

Notes: Excellent summer drinking beer. Light and refreshing.

Author:

Woodshop Brewer

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.034

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.3

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: 3/7/2014 5:28 PM

Notes: Drinking this now (3/30/14). Although there is a definite malt presence and pronounced hop bitterness in the beer, it is not balanced. My hope is that it will mellow with a little time. But that's been my hope with a brown ale that seems to be a little too sweet and it has not improved with a considerable amount of time. This was my last brew before receiving a Ward Labs report. I made significant alterations to my brewing water - primarily by blending it with 60% RO water - and am very interested to see how it affects the next beer. It is my Mystic Mama clone attempt split into two different fermenters with two different yeasts.
4/14/14 - dumped this beer due to infection. Also dumped the brown ale just because I was tired of trying to enjoy it.