Named for the previous owner of Caleb’s house that helped get the family settled in. This light lager has nowhere to hide flaws in your brewing technique. As talked about in Brew Files 129 – Caleb’s Existential Gold
Beer Style:
American Light Lager
Batch Size:
5.0 gallons
Boil Time:
60 minutes
Original Gravity:
1.045
Final Gravity:
1.005
IBUs:
12.00
SRM:
2.60
Malt/Grain/Sugar/Extract:
| Weyermann Floor Malted Pilsner | 40% | |
| Briess Brewers Malt | 40% | |
| Briess Flaked Maize | 20% | |
Mashing
| 146°F (63.3°C) for 75 minutes |
| Ramp and rest at 168°F (75.5°C) for 10 minutes |
| Mash at 5.25 (using lactic acid to adjust) |
Hops:
| Hallertauer Mittelfruh | 8 IBUs | 60 minutes | |
| Hallertauer Mittelfruh | 4 IBUs | 15 minutes |
Yeast:
| Imperial L17 Harvest |
Notes:
| Ferment at 50°F
Calcium – 34 ppm, Magnesium – 10 ppm, Sodium – 3 ppm, Sulfate – 75 ppm, Chloride – 35 ppm, Bicarbonate – 16 ppm, Alkalinity – 13 ppm, Residual Alkalinity = -17.17 |