Black Cat Hoodoo Lager
Schwarzbier (Black Beer) • All Grain • 5.0 gal
Steep Carafa II in 1/2 gal. water @ 170F. Mash base malt @ 148F for 20 min. Step mash to 156F for 40 min. Sparge and strain carafa into brew kettle. Hop as noted
June 1, 2004 pm 01:10pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5.0 gal)
- 5 lbs
English 2-row Pils
English 2-row Pils
Pilsner base malt.
- .50 lbs
Weyermann Carafa® II; Weyermann
Weyermann Carafa® II; Weyermann
Carafa I, II and III also are available de-husked. Adds aroma, color and body.
- 5 lbs
German Dark Munich
German Dark Munich
Enhances body and aroma. Stout, schwarzbier, brown ale, dark and amber ales.
- 1.0 oz
Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Hallertau
Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.
- .50 oz
Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 40 min
Hallertau
Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.
- .50 oz
Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 20 min
Hallertau
Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.
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Fermentis S-23 Saflager S-23
Fermentis S-23 Saflager S-23
This bottom fermenting yeast is originating from the VLB (Berlin) in Germany and is known under the code RH. The strain is used by Western European commercial breweries and has been reported to produce lagers with some fruity and estery notes. Sedimentation: high. Final gravity: medium. Instructions:Re-hydrate the dry yeast into yeast cream in a stirred vessel prior to pitching. Sprinkle the dry yeast in 10 times its own weight of sterile water or wort at 23C ± 3C. Once the expected weight of dry yeast is reconstituted into cream by this method (this takes about 15 to 30 minutes), maintain a gentle stirring for another 30 minutes. Then pitch the resultant cream into the fermentation vessel. Alternatively, pitch dry yeast directly in the fermentation vessel providing the temperature of the wort is above 20C. Progressively sprinkle the dry yeast into the wort ensuring the yeast covers all the surface of wort available in order to avoid clumps. Leave for 30 minutes and then mix the wort e.g. using aeration.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 4 - Dark Lager
Subcategory: C - Schwarzbier (Black Beer)
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.047 | 1.046 - 1.052 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.012 | 1.010 - 1.016 | |
| Color: | 21.1 SRM | 17 - 30 | |
| Alcohol: | 4.5% ABV | 4.4% - 5.4% | |
| Bitterness: | 33.4 IBU | 22 - 32 |
