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  1. stijn26

    POF+ flavors from WLP 066

    Hi, I recently made this recipem what should become a Triple NEIPA: OG: 1.078 FG: 1.013 Golden Promise 40% Pils 40% Golden Naked Oats: 15% Oat flakes: 5% single step mash on 66°C Hops: Sabro & Mosaic It received 420 grams of hops on a 50 liter batch. Yeast: London Fog wlp 066. Somewhat...
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    Suitable hops for Belgian Tripel

    So we have brewed a belgian tripel with wyeast 3726. Only amarillo hops were used, 8 grams per liter where 4 gr were in the dryhop. But due to covid we cant get Amarillo at this moment... I'm looking for suitable replacements from the hops I have and don't want anything clashing with the yeast...
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    Can Conditioning - process?

    Hi, I'm thinking about buying a Oktober Can Seamer. But how I bottle now, I have a bottling wand where I fill bottles and then put the cap on (no cap on foam). Afterwards there is a refermentation on the bottle. I don't have oxidation issues this way. Homebrew stays good for at least a year...
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    Farmhouse IPA

    Hi, Looking to do my first attempt at a farmhouse IPA. I want a very hoppy beer but the yeast character needs to come through, a little... Looking to get 30 liters (8 gallons) into the fermenter. Volume post-boil should be 35 liters OG: 1.052 Expected FG: 1.003 Mash on low temp (66°C, 151...
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    use immersion chiller to keep the mash warm

    Hi, I'm looking to build following system: - Keep the temp in the HLT tank (left) steady with (multiple) heating elements and an inkbird - The temp sensor of the inkbird is located in the mash - Circulate hot water through the mash using a immersion chiller (heater in this case). Some...
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    Starting my own cider orchard

    Hi, I live in Belgium and I make my own cider. Now I want to begin with my own little orchard. I selected the following varieties: cox 2 trees gloster 2 trees keuleman 2 trees pomme d'or 1 tree reine des reinettes 2 trees yarlington mill 1 tree marie mesnard 1 tree Comments, tips are...
  7. stijn26

    Brewing a Barley Wine

    Hi, I Want to brew a Barley Wine. Beer specifications: Desired volume ambient wort (colled down wort): 23L OG: 1.080 FG: 1.019 Ibu: 85 Mash temp 66 degrees celsius, mash for 90 mins Mash grist: Pale 95% Special B 5% Boil for 120 mins Hops: Bitter hops (whatever I have in my fridge): boil...
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    First time Gose

    Hi, OG: 1.040 FG: 1.007 predicted Batch size: 21 liters Grist: 80% pils 10% malted wheat 10% oat flakes Mash for 90 min at 65 degrees celsius. Boil: Magnum 60 min bittering addition, looking for 22 IBU. Hallertau Blanc Whirlpool addition, 1,5 gr per liter. Sea Salt: 20 grams Yeast: Lallemand...
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    First Belgian IPA

    Hi, I Want to brew a Belgian IPA. Beer specifications: Desired volume ambient wort (colled down wort): 23L OG: 1.070 FG: 1.013 Ibu: 75 Mash grist: pils 85% vienna 10% sugar 5% Mash temp 67 celsius, mash for 60 mins Boil & hops: Challenger: 67 gr boil for 60 mins Magnum: 18 gr boil for 60...
  10. stijn26

    Belgian Tripel with Vanille

    Recipe Overview Style: Belgian Tripel ABV: 8,6% Original Gravity (OG): 1,083 IBU's (Tinseth): 36,5 Bitterness to Gravity Ratio: 0,44 Colour: 11,6 EBC = 5,9 SRM Kettle Efficiency (as in EIB and EAW): 62 % Efficiency into Fermentor (EIF): 53,1 % Note: This is a Pure BIAB (Full Volume Mash)...
  11. stijn26

    Milk stout cocoa nibs

    BIABacus Pre-Release 1.3T RECIPE REPORT BIAB Recipe Designer, Calculator and Scaler. (Please visit www.biabrewer.info for the latest version.) MILKSTOUT - Batch 1 Recipe Overview Style: Milk Stout ABV: 5,7% Original Gravity (OG): 1,055 IBU's (Tinseth): 31,3 Bitterness to Gravity Ratio: 0,57...
  12. stijn26

    Bloodhound - ale with blood oranges

    Hi, I'm brewing this recipe soon: Batch size: aiming for 4 liters (1 gallon) to go in the fermentation vessel. Malt: - extra premium pilsener weyermann 75% - brewferm munich 15% - carapils weyermann 5% - flaked wheat 5% Single mash at 66°C (151°F) for 60 min. Boil 75 min. Hops: 2,5 gr...
  13. stijn26

    Chloride to sulfate ratio in session IPA

    Hi, I'm figuring out a water profile and for now I decided for a chloride to sulfate ratio of 0.22. What ratio do you guys use and how did they turn out? The beer is a session ipa with only pale malt and an abv of 4.3%. Used hops are chinook & mandarina bavaria.
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    IBU seems off

    Hi, Recently I brewed: BIABacus Pre-Release 1.3T RECIPE REPORT BIAB Recipe Designer, Calculator and Scaler. (Please visit www.biabrewer.info for the latest version.) IPA - Batch 6 Recipe Overview Style: IPA Source Recipe Link: ABV: 3,4% (assumes any priming sugar used is diluted.)...
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    adding dry hops while fermentation is ongoing

    Hi, After some reading up about bioconversion of hop oils I wanted to do the following: - Throw in a first load of pellet hops when the SG is 1.015 (I always get 1.011 FG). - Throw in the second load of pellet hops the day after this first load - Let them soak for 2 more days - 1 day...
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    Recipe adjustment of my session IPA

    Hi, I currently use this recipe to create my session ipa of 4,3% abv (4% abv before bottling). Grain: 100% pale malt, mash at 66° celsius for 35 mins boil for 75 mins: Chinook 44 gr at 15 mins Chinook 133 gr at 55 mins Mandarina Bavaria 133 gr at 55 mins Chinook 88 gr at 70 mins Mandarina...
  17. stijn26

    Increase body in light IPA

    Hi, I now use 100% pale malt for my IPA that has 4,5% abv. I want to increase the body and maybe even lower the abv a little bit to 3,9%. Things I'm considering: - Increase mash temp from 66° celsius to 69° celsius. (I single mash for 35 mins). - Change the malt bill: --maybe i can...
  18. stijn26

    Dryhop experiments

    Hi, I'm brewing a low alc. IPA with around 100 ibu and 4,5 abv. The hops that I use now are Chinook for bittering, flavor, aroma & dryhop. Mandarina Bavaria only for flavor & aroma. I'm now on the quest the find the perfect dryhop for this beer. For now I have come up with the...
  19. stijn26

    Malt efficiency turned out higher than expected

    Hi, Yesterday I brewed an IPA that typically has a abv of 4,5% after bottling. I first heated 95 liters water to 67° degrees celsius and then I took some of the water (25 liter) to use later in the sparge. Then I added 12,35 kg's of pale malt to the water. I mashed 35 mins in water of...
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