15 gallons of Oktoberfest sparging now.
I did a late night brew. 2 batches, 1 pumpkin ale and a rye IPA. Got in late, about 2 am. Up by 7 for yard work.
Brewed a Helles today. Finally got enough of a pipeline to tie up my ferm chamber with a lager. Excited about this one, got the recipe from a brewery out in Colorado. I kept coming back to this beer and decided to give it a shot.
Seems many lager recipes hover around a similar grain bill. Anything special that stands out in this recipe?
Not so much the grain bill, that was pretty standard with pilsner, light munich, and melanoiden. It was the hop additions I was curious about. Turned out to be liberty to bitter, liberty and chinook for flavor, and Mt. Hood and chinook for aroma. Would never have thought to use chinook but I'm inexperienced with brewing lagers and formulating recipes. Just kind of thought I'd ask for a recipe I knew I enjoyed. Turned out also to be a pretty big lager coming in at 1.076. Wouldn't have guessed from drinking it.
Wow....goes in a different direction than the typical 1.050 lager with noble hops. Once done, would you mind posting your review?
Going for a larger ESB, or imperial, whatever you want to call it. 11 lbs Maris otter, 3 lbs Two Track Okefenokee pale malt, 12 oz crystal 60, 5 oz special b. 1 oz goldings 60, .75 Delta at 20, .50 at 10 and .75 at 0. S-04 yeast.
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