Spencer's Wild Lager

Brewer:	Kurt A. Christensen		Email:	-
Beer:	Spencer's Wild Lager		Style:	-
Type:	All grain		Size:	5.5 gallons
Color:	11 HCU (~8 SRM)		Bitterness:	29 IBU
OG:	1.052		FG:	1.008
Alcohol:	5.7% v/v (4.4% w/w)
Water:	One teaspoon of lactic acid to the mash and one teaspoon to the sparge water.
Grain:	8 lb. American 6-row 12 oz. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) 2 lb. Flaked corn 1 lb. 2 oz. Rice (Wild) 8 oz. American crystal 10L
Mash:	70% efficiency
	Mash in at 122 degrees and hold for twenty minutes. Add cooked wild rice to mash and hold at 140 degrees for twenty minutes. Bring flacked corn to boil in three quarts of water. Add to mash and hold at 150 degrees for sixty minutes. Mash out at 165 degrees by boiling the first run and adding it back to the mash. Sparge with five gallons of 170 degree water.
Boil:	90 minutes	SG 1.039	7.25 gallons
	One teaspoon of rehydrated Irish Moss to the last fifteen minutes of the boil.
Hops:	1 oz. Mt. Hood (4.5% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA, 30 min.) 1 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA, 15 min.)
Yeast:	Wyeast Munich yeast cake from a prior batch.
Log:	Primary at 50 degrees for ten days. Bring temperture up to 60 degrees and hold for one day. Rack to secondary and slowly step the temperture down to 32 degrees and hold for four weeks.
Carbonation:	2.8 volumes	Cane Sugar: 5.51 oz. for 5.5 gallons @ 70°F
Tasting:	A very clear tea colored beer with a flavor that starts at the tip of the tongue and goes all the way to the back of the mouth. This beer would be a hit at any brew pub.

Recipe posted 05/10/00.