NEPA Y-ling Lager

This is my attempt at a Yuengling Clone after weeks of experimentation and detective work. I will give some tasting notes in a few weeks when it is finished.

Brewer:	Chad P.		Email:	-
Beer:	NEPA Y-ling Lager		Style:	American Premium Lager
Type:	All grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	19 HCU (~11 SRM)		Bitterness:	25 IBU
OG:	1.049		FG:	1.011
Alcohol:	4.9% v/v (3.8% w/w)
Water:	Used Crystal Geyser bottled water -- it tastes most like water from NEPA. The water in Tucson, where I live is decidedly too hard for this lager recipe.
Grain:	3 lb. American 2-row 3 lb. American 6-row 2 lb. American crystal 40L 4 lb. Flaked corn
Mash:	55% efficiency
	Single step infusion at 154 deg. F
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.061	4 gallons
	Irish moss added 15 min to end of boil.
Hops:	.5 oz. Centennial (10.5% AA, 60 min.) .75 oz. Cluster (7% AA, 15 min.)
Yeast:	White Labs Bavarian Lager Yeast. Starter used 1/4 gallon 2 days before pitching.
Log:	Fermentation 52 deg. for 1.5 weeks. Lagering 34 deg. for 2-3 weeks.
Carbonation:	Carbonate to 2.7 volumes of CO2. I personally force carbonate over 2 to 3 days.
Tasting:	Initial tasting @ 2 weeks reveals a beer that tastes almost exactly like yuengling lager. The color is right on, the aroma is right on the malt profile is right on. For the first time, I feel perfectly comfortable living in AZ where I can recreate the greatest beer from PA.

Recipe posted 05/20/05.