Black Lager recipe

Any recipes out there for a SA Black Lager clone? SWMBO is a big fan (doesn't like brews with too much "bite"). I am brewing a Hefe for her and a bitter red for me.

All grain or extract? I have a black lager I do that isn't a clone of Sam Adams but it is n the style.

I would be interested in the extract version, don't know what 2nd Street needs though.

You could check out beertools(dot)com, as a matter of fact here is a link to a recipe which the author says was inspired by the SA black lager.
http://www.beertools.com/html/recipe.php?view=5896
I haven't tried it so I'm not sure how close it is to the original, might be worth a go though.

I can post both extract and all grain if it's wanted. I was getting ready to hit the sack when I posted last night and didn't want to dig them out. I'll put them up when I get home from work today.

Looking for the extract recipe. Drank my first ( california pale ale), have a red bitter in the secondary and a hefe in the primary. Don't think I'm ready to try an AG yet until I have a little more experience.

Here, maybe this is what you are looking for. You may want to try and compare it with others, I'm not sure if it's an accurate representation, I haven't brewed this myself. It's the same as the link to BeerTools that I provided but these are the brewing instructions which couldn't be found on the site.

Sam Adams Black Lager Clone
Brew Type: Extract
Style: American Dark Lager
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Volume: 5.72 gal - Boil Time: 60 min

Brewing Steps Check Time Step
4/9/2007 Clean and prepare equipment.
-- Measure ingredients, crush grains.
-- Prepare Water (5.72 gal total)

-- Steep Specialty Grains
Amount Item Type
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain
0.50 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain
0.25 lb Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain
0.25 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain

-- Add water to achieve boil volume of 5.72 gal
-- Estimated Pre-boil Gravity is: 1.039 SG with all grains/extracts added
Boil for 60 min Start to Boil
Amount Item Type
6.00 lb Amber Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) Extract
1.00 oz Hallertauer [4.80%] (60 min) Hops

50 min into boil Add 1.00 oz Hallertauer [4.80%] (10 min)
-- Cool wort to fermentation temperature
-- Add water (as needed) to achieve volume of 5.00 gal
-- Siphon wort to primary fermenter and aerate wort.
-- Add Ingredients to Fermenter
Amount Item Type
1 Pkgs SafLager West European Lager (DCL Yeast #S-23) Yeast-Lager

4/9/2007 Measure Original Gravity: ________ (Estimate: 1.045 SG)
4/9/2007 Measure Batch Volume: ________ (Estimate: 5.00 gal)
4 days Ferment in primary for 4 days at 68.0 F
4/13/2007 Transfer to Secondary Fermenter
7 days Ferment in secondary for 7 days at 68.0 F
4/20/2007 Measure Final Gravity: ________ (Estimate: 1.012 SG)
-- Bottle beer at 60.0 F with 3.8 oz of corn sugar.
4.0 Weeks Age for 4.0 Weeks at 52.0 F
5/18/2007 Sample and enjoy!

EDIT: I'm still a newb at brewing, but check the temperatures for fermentation and aging. I believe they should be lower than the recipe calls for here.

This looks like a good one - I'll try it this weekend! Thanks..

Zythos., thanks for the recipe. IMHO the SA Black Lager is a great example of the style and a tasty beer. I am a little curious about the authors comments on the flavor...specifically the black pils comment which wouldn't really jive with the big malty flavor that I recall of the SA version.

If it works out, post to the recipe database.

Hopefully it comes out great! I'd like to know how it turns out for you. If it's good, I might try it as my first lager when I have a bit more experience behind me. I like SA black lager myself, it'd be great to be able to brew it or something close to it. Best of luck.


EDIT: I just edited the post with the recipe, be sure to read it before brewing. The temperature for fermenting and aging seem a bit too high for lager so adjust accordingly. If someone more experienced could add their insight to this I will make the need corrections to the post.

anyone make this using the extract recipe?

Sorry to resurrect such an old thread, but I found this one through Google. I am looking for a Samuel Adams Black Lager extract clone. Did anyone ever end up brewing this? Was it close? Is there some other link to the clone that I am missing?

Looks like a good recipe. I was thinking about brewing this for my dad since he likes the Sam version a lot. I lack complete temp control, but i can handle the 68F fermentation, but when it comes to aging could it work at room temp or would a fridge (most likely under 52F) be better?