"Crafting Summer Longer Lager: A Step-by-Step Guide"

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Summer Longer Lager

Brew Details:

• Brew Method: All Grain 

• Style: Kellerbier Amber Lager

• Boil Time: 90 minutes

• Batch Size: 10 gallons

• Boil Size: 7.28 gallons

• Boil Gravity: 1.074

• No Chill: Extra 30-minute extra boil time for hops (a way to skip fast cooling)

Statistics:

• Original Gravity (OG): 1.054 

• Final Gravity (FG): 1.011 

• Alcohol By Volume (ABV): 5.82%

• International Bitterness Units (IBU): 28.1 

• Standard Reference Method (SRM): 7.58

• Mash pH:  0 

Grain Bill: 

• 7.08 lbs Munich Light

• 7 lbs Flaked Barley

• 3 lbs Golden Promise

• 3.75 lbs Flaked Oats

• 3 lbs Golden Promise (added later)

Hops:

• 3 oz Golden Star (Pellet, 4% alpha acids, boil for 45 min)

• 3 oz Ultra (Leaf, 4.5% alpha acids, boil for 60 min)

• 4 oz African Queen (Pellet, 10% alpha acids, whirlpool for 25 min at 150°F)

• 3 oz African Queen (Pellet, 10% alpha acids, dry hop for 30 days)

• 3 oz Golden Star (Pellet, 4% alpha acids, first wort hopping)

Other Ingredients:

• 1 g Table Salt (added during the boil)

• 2 g Chalk (added during the boil)

• 3 tbsp Gelatin (to clear beer, added in primary fermentation)

• 8 oz Brown Sugar (added in secondary fermentation)

Yeast:

• Primary Yeast:  Wyeast American Lager 2035

•  Use a starter

• Liquid form

• 70% attenuation

• Medium flocculation

• Optimal temp: 48-58°F

• Fermentation temp: 60°F

• Pitch rate: 2 million cells per mL per °P

• Additional Yeast:  Saflager Swiss Lager Yeast S-189

Target Water Profile:

• Calcium: 0.15 grams per liter

• Magnesium: 0.01 grams per liter

• Sodium: 0.08 grams per liter

• Chloride: 0.15 grams per liter

• Sulfate: 0.16 grams per liter

• Bicarbonate: 0.22 grams per liter

Mash Guidelines:

• Start Temp: 156°F

• Target Temp: 200°F

• Time: 45 min

• Water Amount: 13.125 gallons

• Striking (Initial Mixing):

• Start Temp: 156°F

• Target Temp: 210°F

• Time: 60 min

• Water Amount: 6.065 gallons

• Starting Mash Thickness: 1.7 qt/lb

• Starting Grain Temp: 65°F

• Water Requirements:

• Suggested strike water volume: 10.09 gallons

• Strike water volume for 1.7 qt/lb mash thickness: 10.13 gallons

• Total mash volume with grains: 12.03 gallons

• Grain absorption losses: 2.98 gallons

• Remaining sparge water volume: 0.13 gallons

• Pre-boil volume: 7.28 gallons

• Boil off losses: 2.25 gallons

• Post-boil volume: 5.01 gallons

• Top-off amount: 4.99 gallons

• Final fermenter volume: 10 gallons

• Total Water Needed: 10.26 gallons
  

Summer Longer Lager

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