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McBoston Lager

McBoston Lager

Vienna Lager • All Grain • 5.5 gal

dmccrackin

Session Boston Lager.

November 5, 2008 am 10:27am

4.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (All Grain5.5 gal)

  • 7 lbs American 2-row

    American 2-row

    Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt

  • 3.5 lbs Belgian Pils

    Belgian Pils

    Pilsner style malted barley grain.

  • .75 lbs Crystal Malt 60°L

    Crystal Malt 60°L

    Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.

  • 1 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrüher - 5.8 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Hallertauer Mittelfrüher

    Fine, 'Noble'.

  • 1 oz Saaz - 2.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • 1 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrüher - 5.8 AA% pellets; boiled 2 min

    Hallertauer Mittelfrüher

    Fine, 'Noble'.

  • Wyeast 2206 Bavarian Lager

    Wyeast 2206 Bavarian Lager

    Used by many German breweries to produce rich, full-bodied, malty beers. Good choice for Bocks and Dopplebocks.

Notes

Brewed 11/14/08. Mash at 150. Actually used Tradition hops instead of Hallartau. O.G. 1.057. Calculated efficiency at 75%. Into secondary 11/28/08 at 1.015. To keg 12/28/08 at 1.014.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 3 - European Amber Lager

Subcategory: A - Vienna Lager

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.056 1.046 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.013 1.010 - 1.014
Color: 11.3 SRM 10 - 16
Alcohol: 5.6% ABV 4.5% - 5.5%
Bitterness: 29.7 IBU 18 - 30

Discussion

dmccrackin

Decent clone

2009-02-25 10:16am

This beer turned out quite nice. Great head, session beer. Medium hop flavor and aroma, with a slight fruitiness. The fruitiness would probably dissipated with longer lagering, but I drank it all because it tasted right. As I recall, the real Boston Lager has a slight fruitiness.

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