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Zachary's Birthday Brew
Special Birthday Brew
| Brewer: | Uncle Ralph | Email: | - | |||||
| Beer: | Zachary's Birthday Brew | Style: | California Common | |||||
| Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 14 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.070 | FG: | 1.012 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 7.5% v/v (5.9% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | 1 tsp - Water Crystals |
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| Grain: | 1 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) 1 lb. Flaked rice |
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| Steep: | Add grains to muslin sack. Steep in 1.5 gal of water maintained at 65C for 45 minutes. Slowly rinsed 1 gal of 78C water through sack in colander above boil pot. |
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| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.140 | 2.5 gallons | |||||
| 6 lb. 6 oz. Light malt extract 2 lb. Honey |
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| 1 tsp - Irish Moss 5 oz - Bakers Chocolate |
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| Hops: | 1 oz. Hallertauer (4.25% AA, 45 min.) 1 oz. Hallertauer (4.25% AA, 30 min.) 1 oz. Hallertauer (4.25% AA, 15 min.) |
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| Yeast: | Wyeast 2112 California Lager Yeast 25 Drops Beano |
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| Log: | Allow 7 days for primary fermentation using blow-off fermenter. Transfer to secondary. Add 1 tbs of finings gel to 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. Insert standard air lock. Allow to settle 3 days. Still cloudy. Transfer to primary. Clean settled material out of secondary. Return to secondary and treat with finings gel again. Allow to settle another 4 days. Much cleaner. Transfer to primary to bottle. |
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| Carbonation: | 1 rounded tbs cane sugar to prime beano does the rest | |||||||
| Tasting: | Goal is a very light colored Ale that kicks. | |||||||
Recipe posted 08/11/10.
