Recipe #43 - Standard American Lager

 The recipe I'm about to describe is a Standard American Lager extract recipe that uses an Extra Light DME base and some Crystal 10L steeping grains for head retention. This style of beer has little to no malt aroma and a light floral or spicy hopping, in keeping with this style I have selected Willamette hops for bitterness, flavor and aroma.

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Recipe:
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Recipe: Size 2.13 gallons: Estimated IBU=21, SRU=5, OG=1.046, FG=1.012, ABV=4.5%

1/2 pound Crystal 10L

2 pounds Muntons Extra Light DME

1/2 ounce Willamette pellet hops boiled for 30 minutes

1/4 ounce Willamette pellet hops boiled for 12 minutes

1/4 ounce Willamette pellet hops boiled for 5 minutes

Wyeast 2007 - Pilsen Lager™ (Activate 3 hours before pitching)

Pitched at 65F and fermented at 50F

Directions:
Steep grains at 150-170F for 30 minutes in 3.5 quarts filtered water

Boil 3.5 quarts of filtered water
Add 1/2 oz. hops and boil for 30 minutes

Add 1/4 oz. hops and boil for 12 minutes

Stir in 2 lbs. DME then boil for 10 minutes

Add 1/4 oz. hops and boil for 5 minutes

Place in ice bath until wort temperature cools to 65F

Add 4 quarts filtered water to Mr. Beer fermenter

Pour cooled wort into fermenter keg aerate and pitch yeast

Ferment at constant 50F temperature for 21 days

Screwy Brew Day

 Today I finished brewing the four lager beer recipes I had designed last weekend using qBrew and recommendations made by Joe Bair. Joe is the owner of Princeton Homebrew and a homebrewer with many years of experience brewing great beer. Again I left Joe's with more knowledge about brewing beer than I had when I walked in and with four completely new lager beer recipes. 

American Standard, Pilsner, Bohemian Pilsner and Oktoberfest/Marzen Lagers

  Each of the four recipes are centered around using 2 Lbs. Muntons Extra Light DME in combination with Hallertauer, Willamette, Saaz or Cluster hops and Carahell, Chrystal 10L, Munich and Melanoidin grains.

  Can You See The Guy In The Hotbreak?

 After warming up for 3 hours in One-Step the lager yeast was ready to pitch. The wort temperature was 70F at the time I pitched the Pilsner yeast.

Pitching Wyeast 2007 Pilsen Lager Yeast