Recipe Advice Thread

by denimglen

Feb 17, 2009

Thought it might be handy to have a thread for some of the more advanced brewers to give some advice on recipes.

Let's see how it goes eh...
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    Michael

    Gladfield American Ale Malt - 4.760kg
    Gladfield Light Crystal Malt - 230g 
    Wyerman CaraAroma Malt       - 230g
    Gypsum 5 gram
    Hops
    Chinook (NZ)  17 gram - First Wort   22.9 IBU
    Columbus Hops 21 gram - 15 Min     14.8 IBU
    Centennial    42 gram - 0 min                  0 IBU
    Cascade (USA) 30 gram - Dry Hop
    Mash @ 66c for 90 mins
    Ferment - probably 20c
    Yeast - I do not know. I am aiming for something like a california common. The yeast I have are not typical for this...I have Wy1056, Wy1968, US04, or US05...? I would like to ferment at 20c if possible due to the room this will be in is always that temp, and my fermentation chamber is koozered.
    Est OG - 1.050
    Est FG - 1.013 ???
    IBU 37.7
    Color 11.5 SRM
    Est ABV 5% 
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    Apr 18, 2020

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      Michael

      Brewing right now...

      5.50 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 96.0 %
      0.23 kg Carahell (Weyermann) (13.0 SRM) Grain 2 4.0 %
      20.00 g Chinook, New Zealand [12.10 %] - First Wort 90.0 min Hop 3 24.1 IBUs
      20.00 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 4 12.6 IBUs
      42.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 5 0.0 IBUs
      30.00 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 6 0.0 IBUs

      Mash @ 67

      Yeast: llamand Bry-97 - American West Coast

      Est Original Gravity: 1.043 SG
      Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
      Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.0 %
      Bitterness: 36.7 IBUs
      Est Color: 4.7 SRM

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      May 8, 2020

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        Michael

        More in line with the kind of beer i brew according to the people who know me on this forum... Any advise on this? I am planning to brew this on Friday.


        10.00 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins) 
        0.36 kg Oat Hulls (0.0 SRM) 


        6.10 kg Gladfield American Ale Malt (2.5 SRM) Grain 3 78.8 %
        0.64 kg Gladfield Gladiator Malt (5.1 SRM) Grain 4 8.3 %
        0.64 kg Gladfield Medium Crystal Malt (56.3 SRM) Grain 5 8.3 %


        28.00 g Simcoe     Boil 90.0 min
        14.00 g Columbus Boil 30.0 min 
        14.00 g Simcoe     Boil 30.0 min
        21.00 g Columbus Boil 15.0 min
        14.00 g Simcoe  - Boil 15.0 min 
        28.00 g Cascade, NZ Boil 10.0 min
        14.00 g Columbus Boil 0.0 min
        14.00 g Simcoe    Boil 0.0 min

        14.00 g Amarillo      - Dry Hop 5.0 Days
        14.00 g Centennial  - Dry Hop 5.0 Days
        14.00 g Columbus   - Dry Hop 5.0
        14.00 g Simcoe      - Dry Hop 5.0 Days
        14.00 g Amarillo      - Dry Hop 3.0 Days
        14.00 g Centennial   - Dry Hop 3.0 Days
        14.00 g Columbus  [ - Dry Hop


        2.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50.28 ml] Yeast 14 -

        Est Original Gravity: 1.078 SG
        Est Final Gravity: 1.017 SG
        Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 8.1 %
        Bitterness: 116.7 IBUs
        Est Color: 10.9 SRM

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        May 20, 2020

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