Microbrewed Adventures - Charles Papazian [150]
Prime with sugar and bottle or keg when complete.
Malt Extract Recipe for 5 gallons (19 l)
6.75 lbs.: (3.06 kg) wheat malt extract syrup or 5.4 lbs. (2.5 kg) dried wheat malt extract
1 oz.: (28 g) German Hallertauer hops 4.4% alpha (4.4 HBU/123 MBU)—60 minutes boiling
¾ oz.: (21 g) German Hallertauer hops 4.4% alpha (3.3 HBU/92 MBU)—20 minutes boiling
¼ tsp.: (1 g) powdered Irish moss
German wheat beer yeast
¾ cup: (175 ml measure) corn sugar (priming bottles) or 0.33 cups (80 ml) corn sugar for kegging
To 2.5 gallons (9.5 l) of hot water, add malt extract and 60-minute hops. Bring to a boil.
The total boil time will be 60 minutes. When 20 minutes remain, add the 20-minute hops. When 10 minutes remain, add the Irish moss. After a total wort boil of 60 minutes, turn off the heat.
Immerse the covered pot of wort in a cold-water bath and let sit for 30 minutes, or the time it takes to have a couple of homebrews.
Then strain out and sparge hops and direct the hot wort into a sanitized fermenter to which 2.5 gallons (9.5 l) of cold water has been added. Bring the total volume to 5 gallons (19 l) with additional cold water if necessary. Aerate the wort very well.
Pitch the yeast when temperature of wort is about 70 degrees F (21 C). Ferment at about 70 degrees F (21 C) for about 1 week, or until fermentation shows signs of calm and stopping. Rack from your primary to a secondary fermenter and maintain temperature at 70 degrees F (21 C) until fermentation is complete.
Prime with sugar and bottle or keg when complete.
PRINTZ HELLES GERMAN LAGER
TARGET ORIGINAL GRAVITY: 1.054 (13 B)
APPROXIMATE FINAL GRAVITY: 1.013 (3.5 B)
IBU: ABOUT 27
APPROXIMATE COLOR: 10 SRM (20 EBC)
ALCOHOL: 5.5% BY VOLUME
All-Grain Recipe for 5 gallons (19 l)
7.5 lbs.: (3.4 kg) German pilsener malt
1 lb.: (454 g) Belgian aromatic malt
4 oz.: (113 g) German Caramunich malt
4 oz.: (113 g) German sauer malt
½ oz.: (14 g) Mt. Hood hops 6% alpha (3 HBU/84 MBU)—60 minutes boiling
½ oz.: (14 g) German Tradition hops 6.5% alpha (3.3 HBU/91 MBU)—60 minutes boiling
½ oz.: (14 g) crystal hop pellets—1 minute boiling
1/3 oz.: (10 g) crystal hop pellets—dry hopping
¼ tsp.: (1 g) powdered Irish moss
German or Bavarian-type lager yeast
¾ cup: (175 ml measure) corn sugar (priming bottles) or 0.33 cups (80 ml) corn sugar for kegging
A step infusion mash is employed to mash the grains. Add 9 quarts (8.6 l) of 140-degree F (60 C) water to the crushed grain, stir, stabilize and hold the temperature at 132 degrees F (53 C) for 30 minutes. Add 4.5 quarts (4.3 l) of boiling water, add heat to bring temperature up to 155 degrees F (68 C) and hold for about 30 minutes. Then raise temperature to 167 degrees F (75 C), lauter and sparge with 3.5 gallons (13.5 l) of 170-degree F (77 C) water. Collect about 5.5 gallons (21 l) of runoff. Add 60-minute hops and bring to a full and vigorous boil.
The total boil time will be 60 minutes. When 10 minutes remain, add the Irish moss. When 1 minute remains, add the 1-minute hops. After a total wort boil of 60 minutes, turn off the heat and place the pot (with cover on) in a running cold-water bath for 30 minutes. Continue to chill in the immersion or use other methods to chill your wort. Then strain and sparge the wort into a sanitized fermenter. Bring the total volume to 5 gallons (19 l) with additional cold water if necessary. Aerate the wort very well.
Pitch the yeast when temperature of wort is about 70 degrees F (21 C). Once visible signs of fermentation are evident, ferment at temperatures of about 55 degrees F (12.5 C) for about 1 week, or until fermentation shows signs of calm and stopping. Rack from your primary to a secondary fermenter and add the hop pellets for dry hopping. If you have the capability, “lager” the beer at temperatures between 35 and 45 degrees F (1.5–7 C) for 3 to 6 weeks.
Prime with sugar and bottle or keg when complete.
Mash/Extract Recipe for 5 gallons (19 l)
5.5 lbs.: (2.5 kg) light malt extract syrup or 4.4 lbs. (2 kg) light