Pale Lager
Just another easy drinking light lager.
Brewer: | John Tossberg and George Aux | Email: | - | |||||
Beer: | Pale Lager | Style: | American Pilsener | |||||
Type: | All grain | Size: | 12 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 25 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.052 | FG: | 1.010 | |||||
Alcohol: | 5.4% v/v (4.3% w/w) | |||||||
Water: | 30 gallons of water was drawn up the night before brewing. Added 1 tbsp. CaCl2. Water was at 79C for strike temp. |
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Grain: | 15 lb. German Pilsner 1.5 lb. German Vienna 1.5 lb. German Munich |
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Mash: | 92% efficiency | |||||||
Dough in grains and temp stablized at 65°C. Hold 15 min. and then add 4 gallons of water. Temp stablized at 67 to 68°C. Hold 45 minutes, recirculate and begin sparge. |
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Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.048 | 13 gallons | |||||
Hops: | 3.5 oz. Liberty (4% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Liberty (4% AA, 10 min.) 2 oz. Liberty (aroma) |
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Yeast: | One carboy was fermented on a cake of American Ale yeast from previous batch. Other was fermented with Czech Pils yeast (2278)about 750 mls. both carboys were given a good shot of 02. |
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Log: | 3/6/03 |
Recipe posted 03/09/03.