Spoon River Mud
Dark American Lager • All Grain • 5 gal
I wanted a dark ale that was not bitter but had flavor. This is what I came up with.
November 23, 2006 am 10:48am
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 6.70 lbs
English 2-row Pils
English 2-row Pils
Pilsner base malt.
- 0.30 lbs
Melanoidin Malt
Melanoidin Malt
Red Ales
- 0.24 lbs
Belgian Cara-Pils
Belgian Cara-Pils
Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.
- 0.29 lbs
American Chocolate Malt
American Chocolate Malt
Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.
- 2.37 lbs
Corn Sugar
Corn Sugar
Use in priming beer or in extract recipes where flaked maize would be used in a mash.
- 0.4 oz
Cascade - 5.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
- 0.48 oz
Willamette - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Willamette
This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy
- 0.50 oz
Organic Hallertau - 8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Organic Hallertau
Commonly used for aroma variety.
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Wyeast 2035 American Lager™
Wyeast 2035 American Lager™
Bold, complex and aromatic, good depth of flavor characteristics for a variety of lager beers.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 4 - Dark Lager
Subcategory: A - Dark American Lager
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.054 | 1.044 - 1.056 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.010 | 1.008 - 1.012 | |
| Color: | 15.4 SRM | 14 - 22 | |
| Alcohol: | 5.7% ABV | 4.2% - 6% | |
| Bitterness: | 15.1 IBU | 8 - 20 |
Discussion
Taste like iced coffee
2006-12-24 8:44am
Too much chocolate malt. Overpowering roasted taste.
