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Honey Lager

Honey Lager

Premium American Lager • Extract • 5 gal

April 13, 2002 am 05:13am

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Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 1/4 lbs Crystal Malt 40°L

    Crystal Malt 40°L

    Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.

  • 1/4 lbs Midwest Wheat Malt

    Midwest Wheat Malt

    Light flavor and creamy head. For American weizenbier, weissbier and dunkelweiss.

  • 3 3/4 lbs Liquid Light Extract

    Liquid Light Extract

    A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • 1 1/2 lbs Dry Amber Extract

    Dry Amber Extract

    Cream-colored and full-flavored; will produce amber colored beers such as pale ales, IPAs, and bitters. Made of pale and crystal malts.

  • 1 lbs Honey

    Honey

    Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.

  • 1 oz Cascade - 5.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 1/4 oz Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Hallertau

    Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.

  • 1/2 tsp Irish Moss - (omitted from calculations)

    Irish Moss

  • True Brew American Lager

    True Brew American Lager

    Slight diacetyl, complex, woody, bold.

Notes

Steep grains until wort begins to boil. Remove grains. Add malt extracts, honey and Cascade hops. Boil for 60 minutes. Add Hallertauer hops and Irish Moss in last 5 minutes of boil. Cool wort, and pitch yeast. Primary for 7 to 10 days at 50 to 55 degrees. Secondary for 3 to 4 weeks at 40 to 45 degrees. Age in bottle 2 to 3 weeks.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 1 - Light Lager

Subcategory: C - Premium American Lager

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.048 1.046 - 1.056
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 1.008 - 1.012
Color: 7.7 SRM 2 - 6
Alcohol: 5.0% ABV 4.6% - 6%
Bitterness: 28.3 IBU 15 - 25

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