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Lite Ale
When racking to secondary, rack on to 3 crushed tablets of Beano to achieve the ultra low FG (and low carb). Also, to really get clear beer after a week in secondary, move carboy to fridge for at least 3 day for cold conditioning (it really clears things out). After
| Brewer: | Vetch | Email: | holveck_c@yahoo.com | |||||
| Beer: | Lite Ale | Style: | English Light Mild | |||||
| Type: | All grain | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
| Color: |
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Bitterness: | 29 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.042 | FG: | 1.005 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 4.7% v/v (3.7% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | Soft water & charcoal filtered, boiled 6.5 gallon to 6 to remove any residual chlorine. | |||||||
| Grain: | 5 lb. American 2-row .5 lb. American crystal 40L |
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| Mash: | 80% efficiency | |||||||
| Step Mash. 104 F/ 30min, 140 F@30min, 148 F@60min, Sparge @ 175 and luster to about 6 gal. Full wort boil of 6 gallon, boil down to about 5.5 gallon before starting hop schedule. | ||||||||
| Boil: | 90 min minutes | SG 1.035 | 6 gallons | |||||
| 1 lb. Belgian candi sugar | ||||||||
| Boil @ 6 gallon 45 min, then begin hop schedule. Irish moss can be used in last 15 min. Definitely use 1 tsp yeast nutrient in last 15 min. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1 oz. Hallertauer (4.25% AA, 45 min.) 1 oz. Fuggles (4.75% AA, 15 min.) 1 oz. Fuggles (4.75% AA, 5 min.) 1 oz. Fuggles (4.75% AA, 1 min.) |
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| Yeast: | Wyeast London ESB prefered (floculates very clear with a high attenuation) | |||||||
| Log: | This is my first all-grain of this recipe and determined my mash efficiency was 80% when I thought at best I'd get 70%!! My previous batches only used Fuggles hops (my favorite English hop), but this time I had an ounce of Hallatauer (and an ounce short of Fuggles). . | |||||||
| Carbonation: | 2.0 volumes | Keg: 21.8 psi @ 72°F | ||||||
| You can artificially carbonate as printed. I prefer to rack to the 5 gal carboy with 2/3 cup priming sugar and naturally carbonate for 7-10 days and then keg-to-keg transfer off sediment and tap from the keg or counterpressure fill. Lot's of transfering, but the result is a highly clarified ale with a think, creamy dense head. | ||||||||
| Tasting: | Should be a very clear, highly carbonated "low carb" session beer. Carmel color, maltiness balances with the citrus notes from the Fuggles hops and a light body and decent head retention. Enjoy | |||||||
Recipe posted 04/22/06.
