Devils Backbone Vienna Lager Clone Brew Session

Brew Session Info

6/11/2019
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

I mashed with a single infusion at 149F as I didn't have a lot of time today. The mash efficiency was crazy as I hit an OG of 1.062 rather than the recipe's indicated 1.050. C'est la vie. I pitched all 5g of yeast flakes that were sent to me. Thanks DoubleA. 6/17 - bottled today. Sample aroma and flavor was malt and somewhat earthy, interesting. Very clean considering it was fermented at 85F.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

6 lb kg
°FC
°FC
qt/lbl/kg
90 min.
3 gals liters

Equipment Profile

0.15 gals/lb liters/kg
0.01 gals/lb liters/kg
0 °FC
0.25 gals liters
0.5 gals liters
1 gals/hour liters/hour
0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

6.16 gals liters
0.48 gals liters
0.25 gals liters
0.00 °FC
0.00 °FC
-0.65 gals liters
5.91 gals liters
5.20 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

5.4 PH
150 °FC
°FC
75 minutes

Boil

1.045 1.044 (estimated)
4 gallons liters 5.20 (gallonsliters estimated)
90 minutes minutes (90 minutes estimated)
3 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 4.00 gallonsliters at 1.045 for 90 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.50 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.062.

You were planning on an OG of 1.062 so you are right on track. Nice job!

Fermentation

3 gallons liters 3.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.062 (1.062 predicted)
1.009 (1.009 predicted)

Conditioning

6/17/2019
10
Dextrose
oz g

Tasting Notes (1)

CheeseNips

Tasted on 7/6/2019 by CheeseNips

Notes:

Pours half a finger of foam in hazy burnt orange color. Aroma is a sweet bread, some caramel, and then an undertone of earthy mushroom. Flavor is similar to aroma though not sweet, very bready malt flavor, a mushroom-like flavor, and then a slight edge that is almost metallic but not. Body is medium to full and carbonation is lightly sharp. Overall, this beer is interesting in how unique its flavor is but I don't really want more and I can't say if it's a good example of a Vienna lager; it is clean so long as the mushroom flavor isn't from the yeast. 3 stars for being unique.

Recipe Facts

Devils Backbone Vienna Lager Clone
Vienna Lager
  • 3.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 4.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 90  min Boil Time
  • 1.062 OG
  • 1.009 FG
  • 21.3 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.34 BG:GU
  • 9.5° SRM Color
  • 85% Efficiency
  • 6.8% ABV Alcohol
  • 206 per 12oz Calories
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