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National Lite

National Lite

Lite American Lager • Extract • 5 gal

gswbrewery

Just a simple good lite beer! With a bit of a kick on the alcohol %.

December 16, 2009 pm 02:27pm

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Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 4.0 lbs Dry Extra Light Extract

    Dry Extra Light Extract

    For making very pale ales and lagers.

  • 4.0 lbs White Table Sugar (Sucrose)

    White Table Sugar (Sucrose)

    Common household table/baking sugar. Lightens flavor and body of beer. Can contribute a cider-like flavor to the beer if not cold-fermented or used in large quantities.

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

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • .5 tsp Irish Moss - (omitted from calculations)

    Irish Moss

    A dried red-brown marine algae. Fining agent to remove large proteins. Negatively charged polymer attracts positively charged protein-tannin complexes (extracted from grain husks and hops) during the boil. This action is aided by the clumping of proteins in the boiling process. Irish moss settles to the bottom of the brew kettle with spent hops and hot break material at the end of the boil.

  • White Labs WLP060 American Ale Yeast Blend

    White Labs WLP060 American Ale Yeast Blend

    Our most popular yeast strain is WLP001, California Ale Yeast. This blend celebrates the strengths of California- clean, neutral fermentation, versatile usage, and adds two other strains that belong to the same 'clean/neutral' flavor category. The additional strains create complexity to the finished beer. This blend tastes more lager like than WLP001. Hop flavors and bitterness are accentuated, but not to the extreme of California. Slight sulfur will be produced during fermentation.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 1 - Light Lager

Subcategory: A - Lite American Lager

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.072 1.028 - 1.040
Terminal Gravity: 1.006 0.998 - 1.008
Color: 2.0 SRM 2 - 3
Alcohol: 8.7% ABV 2.8% - 4.2%
Bitterness: 8.9 IBU 8 - 12

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