Enjoy APA, Black IPA, Hoppy Pilsner.
Date Added | Name | Style | ABV | Amount | |
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4/18/2025 | ![]() |
German Pils | 5.3 % | 60 Liter(s) | |
4/16/2025 | ![]() |
German Pils | 5.3 % | 40 Liter(s) | |
2/26/2023 | ![]() |
German Pils | 4.3 % | 60 Liter(s) | |
2/26/2022 | ![]() |
German Pils | 5.0 % | 45 Liter(s) | |
10/22/2021 | ![]() |
German Pils | 5.0 % | 45 Liter(s) | |
2/14/2021 | ![]() |
Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | 10.5 % | 25 Liter(s) | |
11/4/2020 | ![]() |
Unknown Style | 5.3 % | 45 Liter(s) | |
12/31/2019 | ![]() |
German Pils | 4.9 % | 46 Liter(s) | |
8/20/2019 | ![]() |
American Pale Ale | 5.8 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
8/11/2019 | ![]() |
American IPA | 5.5 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
Date Added | Name | Style | ABV | Amount |
1.33 qt/lb = 2.85 l/kg; 1.6 qt/lb = 3.33 l/kg3.68 l/kg for this recipe = a thin mashMash pH = 5.2, sparge 5.3Use brew bag or find decent strainerGet autosiphonCounter flow chiller??Get milled grains :)
Mash 70 for 20 min , then 40 minutes at 65s.g. 1.075 @ 15 litre sparges.g. 1.060 @ 22.5 litre spare30 minute boil = 1.07090 minutes boil = 1.075Added 7 litres to bring down to 1.060
Strike water 30 litres @76 degreessparge = 25 litres @ 65 degreesMash was 71 at top, but 54 at bottom (dodgy rtd hookup for botttom?)added water at 15 minutes, rested at 64-63, unknown what real mash was and if it was effectivePh after start = 4.4Ph end = 5.0Pre boil 1st run 1.080 = 15 litres2nd = 1.053 = 8 litres3rd run = 1.043 = 15 litres4th(squeezed) 1.065 = 12 litresPre-boil=1.060 = 50 litresAdjusted with mineral water 1.051
Ph after rest = 5.66Ph after 15 minutes mash temp 1, 5.27 (buffer 2 tbl spoons)Water Ph = 7.00 (filter water) 15Mineral water Tong 42Pre boil 1st run 1.0642nd 1.0553rd 1.047Post boil 1.060Adjusted with mineral water 1.051
20L @ 71 3L@ 100 stage 2sparge as usual 10 litres in 2 batches of ~5 till 33L in kettle. (1 batch actual)Add water if required to fermenter..Added 4 litres to fermenter. (1 gallon) upto 5.5 Gal pretty frothy so couldn't really tell.Lost so much wort to the hops, and water boil off. Crazy wet hops, I had to squeeze them out.origial batch was 27L. with 34 litre boil. 75% grain efficiency.Wait wrong OG reading... 1.078!! AArrr. Added another Gallon of distilled water. to drop it to 1.066 ...
I have adjusted the main recipe which was 43 lite batch from 46L boill and 86% efficicency to 36l batch , 45 boil and 60% efficiency. Cut back the dry hop by about 4 Oz of cascade and citra.
Made with harvested yeast (1 month in the fridge). Surprised that my harvested yeast worked. 3 weeks fermenter, 1 week bottle a bit sweet and some hint of sulphide after taste, 2 weeks bottle tastes better, mellowed good bitterness, 3weeks well rounded, no after tastes good bitterness, no sulphide at all. Best IPA yet, the glass lasted about 3 minutes. 4 weeks, this beer is actually what I wanted! IPAs do age well.