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Texas Steamer
California Common Texas Style
| Brewer: | Uncle Ralph | Email: | - | |||||
| Beer: | Texas Steamer | Style: | California Common | |||||
| Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 41 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.077 | FG: | 1.012 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 8.3% v/v (6.5% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | 1-tsp water crystals to tap water. |
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| Grain: | 8 oz. American victory 1 lb. American crystal 10L 1 lb. Flaked rice |
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| Steep: | Added grains to muslin sack. Steeped in 1.5 gal of water maintained at 65C for 60 minutes. Slowly rinsed 1 gal of 78C water through sack in colander above boil pot. |
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| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.153 | 2.5 gallons | |||||
| 7 lb. Light malt extract 1 lb. Brown sugar 1 lb. Honey |
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| 1-tbs Irish Moss 45 minutes into boil. |
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| Hops: | 1 oz. Northern Brewer (8.5% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Northern Brewer (8.5% AA, 45 min.) 1 oz. Northern Brewer (8.5% AA, 30 min.) 1 oz. Northern Brewer (8.5% AA, 15 min.) |
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| Yeast: | Wyeast 2112XL California Lager Smack Pack Added 25 drops of Beano to fermenter to help the yeasties digest the harder to digest sugars. |
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| Log: | Allowed 7 days for primary fermentation using a blow-off airlock. Transferred to secondary. Added 1 tbs finigs gel to 1 cup of cold water and allowed to swell for 30 minutes. Heated to 82C then cooled to 30C before adding to secondary. Topped to 5 gallons with cold water. Inserted standard airlock and allowed to settle another 7 days. |
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| Carbonation: | Added 1 well rounded tbs of cane sugar to prime and beano does the rest. | |||||||
Recipe posted 07/29/12.
