Recipe Author: Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers
Beer Style: Hoppy Lager
Batch Size: 5.5
Boil Time: 60 minutes
Original Gravity: 1.050
Est Final Gravity: 1.008
IBUs: 30
ABV: 5.5%
Malt/Grain/Sugar/Extract:
| 5.25 lbs |
Pale 2-Row malt |
48.8% |
| 5.25 lbs |
Pilsner malt |
48.8% |
| 0.25 lbs |
Carafoam |
2.4% |
Water Profile
| Bru’n Water: Dry Yellow |
| Acidify to a mash target of 5.3/5.4 |
Mashing
| Main Rest – 150°F for 60 minutes |
Hops:
| 30 IBUs worth of the desired hop for flameout (2 minutes at end of boil – whirlpool for 30 minutes) |
| 1.5 oz of hop in the fermenter at knockout |
| 5 oz (142 g) of your favorite hop at second dry hop for 1 week |
Yeast:
| Wyeast 2124 Bohemian Lager, Fermentis SafLager W-34/70, or favored lager strain |
Misc:
Notes:
| Pitch and add first dry hops at 50F (10-14 days) |
| After hitting terminal gravity, add second dry hops for 7 days at 50°F |
| Cool to 32°F and rest until brew hits 28 days. |
