Opti-celebrinator

This was my first foray into lagers. I don't have a temp. control yet for my fridge, so the fermentation temps have been inconsistent. I was able to maintain 48-54 for most of the time, but had some 40 degree readings.

Brewer:	Tim Livingston		Email:	catntim@yahoo.com
Beer:	Opti-celebrinator		Style:	Doppelbock
Type:	Partial mash		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	74 HCU (~29 SRM)		Bitterness:	21 IBU
OG:	1.087		FG:	1.020
Alcohol:	8.7% v/v (6.8% w/w)
Water:	New seasons filtered water.
Grain:	5 lb. German Pilsner 2.5 lb. German Munich 1 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) 1 lb. American chocolate light 170L 2.0 lb. American crystal 60L 1.5 lb. British Carastan light 20L
Mash:	65% efficiency
	Single infusion (German NO NO! :) ) at 152° F. 60 minutes. Sparge with 170° to reach 6.2 gallons.
Boil:	90 minutes	SG 1.071	6.2 gallons
	3 lb. Light dry pilsner malt extract
	Irish moss at 20 minutes. A DME to hot water and add to pre boil pot. I did not have room in the mash tun for all the grain needed for a full all grain brew-hence the DME.
Hops:	.75 oz. Perle (7.3% AA, 90 min.) .5 oz. Hallertauer (3.7% AA, 30 min.) .5 oz. Hallertauer (aroma)
Yeast:	Wyeast 2206 (Bavarian lager) used 2 smack packs-no time to do starter.
Log:	10/12/07-Brewed OG 1.087 10/26/07 Racked to secondary SG 1.030 11/26/07- Should be ready to bottle.
Carbonation:	2/3 cup corn sugar for priming
Tasting:	So far, it tastes good, still needs to finish fermenting-still sweet. Nice flavors-a bit more chocolatey than most dopplebocks. I used a dopplebcok recipe from BYO.

Recipe posted 10/27/07.