Franken-swine
Schwarzbier (Black Beer) • All Grain • 5 gal
Schwarzbier Ale experiment. On deck.
September 30, 2009 pm 12:17pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 7 lbs
American Munich
American Munich
Munich Dunkels. Adds color/nutty flavor. Sometimes called Aromatic.
- 3 lbs
Belgian Pils
Belgian Pils
Pilsner style malted barley grain.
- 0.3125 lbs
Weyermann Carafa® III; Weyermann
Weyermann Carafa® III; Weyermann
Carafa I, II and III also are available de-husked. Adds aroma, color and body.
- 1 oz
Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 90 min
Hallertau
Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.
- 0.25 oz
Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 5 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 US-05 Safale US-05
Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05
The most famous ale yeast strain found across America, now available as a ready-to-pitch dry yeast. Produces well balanced beers with low diacetyl and a very clean, crisp end palate. Sedimentation: low to medium. Final gravity: medium. Pitching 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 27C± 3C(80F ±6F). 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(68F). 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.
Notes
Swarzbier Ale experiment single decoction mash. strike with 3.25 gal at 170 deg. target = 153deg. At 1-hour pull 1.1 gal decoction, boil 30-min. add back to main mash for mash out. rest 15-min. drain and sparge.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 4 - Dark Lager
Subcategory: C - Schwarzbier (Black Beer)
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.048 | 1.046 - 1.052 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.012 | 1.010 - 1.016 | |
| Color: | 20.4 SRM | 17 - 30 | |
| Alcohol: | 4.7% ABV | 4.4% - 5.4% | |
| Bitterness: | 25.0 IBU | 22 - 32 |
