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Below is my recipe for the 2014 Big Spruce Comp. Took 2nd place in the Big Spruce comp and wanted to share with everyone. When I brewed this, I brewed it around a beer for mom which was a success and I'm brewing a batch for her annual boxing day event. It's a beer for the every day beer drinker.

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Recipe: Liquid Gold
Brewer: Keith Forbes
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Wheat or Rye Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 31.10 l
Post Boil Volume: 24.44 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 22.00 l
Bottling Volume: 19.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.044 SG
Estimated Color: 3.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 23.7 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 76.9 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
35.74 l American Wheat Water 1 -
6.77 g Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 2 -
4.13 g Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 3 -
3.99 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins Water Agent 4 -
5 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) CDN (2.0 SRM) Grain 5 52.6 %
4 lbs White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 6 42.1 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 7 5.3 %
0.30 oz Galena [13.90 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 8 14.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Galena [13.90 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 8.9 IBUs
0.50 oz Galena [13.90 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 11 -


Mash Schedule: BIAB, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 9 lbs 8.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Saccharification Add 35.74 l of water at 158.4 F 151.5 F 75 min
Mash Out Heat to 168.0 F over 7 min 168.0 F 10 min

Sparge: If steeping, remove grains, and prepare to boil wort
Notes:
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Congratulations on placing!!! I've heard it's really good!

Is Mike out spreading rumors again haha.

In typical Mike style, sharing lots of rumors but not sharing much beer

Haha. I didn't send him with any other than a belly full.

Here are my scores and Overall Impression notes. I'd post a copy of my score sheets, but unsure if it's common practice to share these.

Final Assigned Score: 39
Place Awarded: 2nd

Judge 1
Aroma: 10/12
Appearance: 3/3
Flavor: 16/20
Mouthfeel: 4/5
Overall Impression: 7/10
Total: 40/50
Notes: A nice easy to drink crowd pleaser! Well brewed. Personally, I would like a bit more hop flavor, but that is biased

Judge 2
Aroma: 8/12
Appearance: 3/3
Flavor: 17/20
Mouthfeel: 4/5
Overall Impression: 7/10
Total: 39/50
Notes: Easy to drink, no obvious flaws, nice beer.

Judge 3
Aroma: 9/12
Appearance: 2/3
Flavor: 16/20
Mouthfeel: 4/5
Overall Impression: 7/10
Total: 38/50
Notes: Pleasant beer, crisp and refreshing, slightly pale colour for style.

Judge 4
Aroma: 8/12
Appearance: 3/3
Flavor: 15/20
Mouthfeel: 4/5
Overall Impression: 7/10
Total: 37/50
Notes: An easy drinking wheat beer. American wheat flavor, could benefit from higher carbonation. Well made.

Judge 5
Aroma: 10/12
Appearance: 3/3
Flavor: 14/20
Mouthfeel: 4/5
Overall Impression: 7/10
Total: 38/50
Notes: High quality brewing. Clean, well finished. Very commercially appealing.

Judge 6
Aroma: 6/12
Appearance: 2/3
Flavor: 13/20
Mouthfeel: 3/5
Overall Impression: 7.5/10
Total: 31.5/50
Notes: Very solid. Well suited to mass commercial appeal.

Good job Keith.

Nicely done indeed.

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Well done.

I think posting score sheets is okay if you block out the judge info section - or at the very least their email