verysupple
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Doing my first lager. Brewed the AG version of the Vienna lager from BCS on Sunday. Slightly over shot OG and got 1.052 and it's happily fermenting at 10 C and is down to 1.032 already. I'm not sure what the big deal about brewing lagers is. But then again it's not done yet and it might taste awful.
Here's the recipe adapted to my 2 pot stove top BIAB system.
Vitals:
OG: 1.052 (measured)
FG: 1.014 (calculated)
ABV: 5.1% (bottle primed to 2.5 vols)
IBU: 25
EBC: 21
Grist:
2.00 kg Bestmalz Vienna
1.30 kg Bestmalz Pilsner
1.15 kg Bestmalz Munich light
0.05 kg Weyermann Carafa Special II
Mash:
66 C for 60 min
Mash out at 76 C for 10 min
Dunk sparge in 10 L at 76 C for 5 min
Boil 60 min (~20% evap)
40 g Hallertauer Mittelfruh (4.5% AA) - 60 min - 23 IBU
15 g Hallertauer Mittelfruh (4.5% AA) - 10 min - 2 IBU
Chilled to 4 C
Pitched at 9 C (~20 million cells/mL of Wy2308 Munich Lager)
Allowed to free rise to 10 C
Maintaining at 10 C until ~75% attenuation and then raising to 15 C for diacetyl rest
Maintain at 15 C for 48 hours or until forced diacetyl test is negative
Lager at 0 C for as long as I can stand not drinking it - probably 2 weeks, hopefully longer.
EDIT: Typo on the mash temp
Here's the recipe adapted to my 2 pot stove top BIAB system.
Vitals:
OG: 1.052 (measured)
FG: 1.014 (calculated)
ABV: 5.1% (bottle primed to 2.5 vols)
IBU: 25
EBC: 21
Grist:
2.00 kg Bestmalz Vienna
1.30 kg Bestmalz Pilsner
1.15 kg Bestmalz Munich light
0.05 kg Weyermann Carafa Special II
Mash:
66 C for 60 min
Mash out at 76 C for 10 min
Dunk sparge in 10 L at 76 C for 5 min
Boil 60 min (~20% evap)
40 g Hallertauer Mittelfruh (4.5% AA) - 60 min - 23 IBU
15 g Hallertauer Mittelfruh (4.5% AA) - 10 min - 2 IBU
Chilled to 4 C
Pitched at 9 C (~20 million cells/mL of Wy2308 Munich Lager)
Allowed to free rise to 10 C
Maintaining at 10 C until ~75% attenuation and then raising to 15 C for diacetyl rest
Maintain at 15 C for 48 hours or until forced diacetyl test is negative
Lager at 0 C for as long as I can stand not drinking it - probably 2 weeks, hopefully longer.
EDIT: Typo on the mash temp