Jeffro
Well-Known Member
I'm going a whole different route from my normal overly hopped 2 row pale ales this time.
I bought 11 Lbs of Gamrinous Pils Malt, and 2 Oz of Mt Rainier 4.7 pellets. I'm figuring on doing a single infusion mash in the low 150's at a rate of 1.5 Qts/Lb. Then batch sparge with 170* water until I collect 6.5 gallons. Do a normal 60 minute boil and use the 1 Oz at 60, .5 Oz at 30, .25 Oz at 15, and .5 Oz at 5 minutes hop schedule.
Then I'm going to cool it and pitch it on the yeast cake from last weeks brew. Last weeks brew was a slight variation of Ed's Haus Pale that I used Wyeast NW Pale Ale yeast on.
I'm going to turn down the heat in my fermentation chamber to 62* and just let it sit until the gravity drops into the mid teens. May take awhile, may not... I dunno... They yeast profile says it can work as low as 65* and I'm hoping to kind of press the envelope in that regard.
So, Basically, I'm trying to brew a lager at ale fermentation temps and using ale yeast. Once fermentation is completed I will definitly be lagering the keg I rack it to. This will be a summer beer.
I bought 11 Lbs of Gamrinous Pils Malt, and 2 Oz of Mt Rainier 4.7 pellets. I'm figuring on doing a single infusion mash in the low 150's at a rate of 1.5 Qts/Lb. Then batch sparge with 170* water until I collect 6.5 gallons. Do a normal 60 minute boil and use the 1 Oz at 60, .5 Oz at 30, .25 Oz at 15, and .5 Oz at 5 minutes hop schedule.
Then I'm going to cool it and pitch it on the yeast cake from last weeks brew. Last weeks brew was a slight variation of Ed's Haus Pale that I used Wyeast NW Pale Ale yeast on.
I'm going to turn down the heat in my fermentation chamber to 62* and just let it sit until the gravity drops into the mid teens. May take awhile, may not... I dunno... They yeast profile says it can work as low as 65* and I'm hoping to kind of press the envelope in that regard.
So, Basically, I'm trying to brew a lager at ale fermentation temps and using ale yeast. Once fermentation is completed I will definitly be lagering the keg I rack it to. This will be a summer beer.