American Light Lager Recipe - Butt Light Lager for Dan

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Butt Light Lager for Dan

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All Grain
6 Gallon(s)
8 Gallon(s)
60 min
73%
All Grain American Light Lager homebrew recipe. This homebrew recipe uses the following ingredients: 6-Row - US, Bohemian Pilsner - DE, Carapils - DE, Flaked Rice - US, Table Sugar - Sucrose - US, Hallertauer Mittelfrüh Hops, Fermentis Saflager W-34/70 Homebrew Yeast.

Fermentables

26% - 6-Row - US
2.25
35
2
Mash
24% - Bohemian Pilsner - DE
2
38
1
Mash
3% - Carapils - DE
0.25
33
2
Mash
35% - Flaked Rice - US
3
32
1
Mash
12% - Table Sugar - Sucrose - US
1
46
0
Late

Hops

Hallertauer Mittelfrüh
2
Pellet
Boil
10 min(s)
4
10.1

Yeast

Fermentis Saflager W-34/70
83%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Brewed on Saturday, 5-20-23
2.
With a target of approximately 152°, mashed in @ 145° with 1.3 qts (2.75 gal) X 8.5 lbs grist
3.
Added enough 180° water to pull temp up to 152°.......mashed for 60 minutes.
4.
Sparged for 8 gallons (I did see 1.005 before quitting [oops!], so if this beer suffers astringency, I'll know where it came from.)
5.
Boiled for 90 minutes (for the pilsner)
6.
At 60 minutes, added table sugar......I had tossed all my corn sugar.....brilliant!
7.
10 minutes before flameout, added 2 oz hops.
8.
5 minutes before flameout, added 1/2 tsp nutrient and one worfloc tablet
9.
OG was dead nuts on at 1.040!
10.
No coil prepped, so cooled the old fashioned way......in a sink full of ice....(must have taken 45 minutes or more - pain in the ass)
11.
Cleaned, sterilized and cranked up the freezer outside.....set at 45°
12.
Used cheesecloth as filter for draining boil kettle into carboy.....with constant starsan spraying on everything.
13.
Pitched TWO packs of CellarScience German lager yeast (https://cellarscience.com/products/german-dry-beer-yeast).....shook the hell out of it.
14.
Placed carboy in freezer and raised temp monitor to 55° (give the yeast a kick in the ass)
15.
Next day, dropped temp to 50°
16.
5-23-23: Appears to have stalled (already!), so, kicked temp up to 52.....let's see if that bumps it back on.
17.
5-24-23: Success - slow steady burping resumed.
18.
5-28-23: Appears to have stalled again, so, yanked from keezer and placed in house with ambient temp of 68°.
19.
Gravity test showed 1.040 (-10 points from OG)
20.
5-29-23: Yeast kicked into high gear.....was cruising for 24 hours. Placed back into keezer at 62°
21.
Scheduled temp range has been compromised.....guess I'm winging it from here on out.
22.
6-1-23: Tested gravity......reading 1.010, which, if accurate, puts it at 3.94% ABV
23.
6-4-23: Racked beer (now at 1.08 giving 4.2% ABV) into a secondary/lagering carboy, dropped temp to 35° and will lager (cold crash) for 4 weeks (after 6-30-23).
25.
Add 1/4 to 1/2 packet of same yeast and 5oz of corn sugar to beer in bottling bucket, then bottle.

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Recipe Facts

Butt Light Lager for Dan
American Light Lager
  • 6.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 8.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.039 OG
  • 1.007 FG
  • 10.1 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.26 BG:GU
  • 2.1° SRM Color
  • 73% Efficiency
  • 4.2% ABV Alcohol
  • 127 per 12oz Calories
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