Lite Beer

Grain Bill / Fermentables

  • 3 lbs 2-Row Pale Malt
  • 2 lbs 6-Row Pale Malt
  • 5 lb Briess Flaked Corn

Hops

  • 3 oz Fuggle @ 2.3% AA

Yeast

  • LalBrew Diamond Lager

Other

  • Whirlfloc Tablet
  • 1/4 tsp citric acid
  • 2 tsp amylase enzyme
  • 1/2 tab campden tablet

Target Stats

  • 5.5 Gallons
  • OG 1.052
  • FG 1.012
  • ABV 5.25%
  • IBU 18.76
  • SRM 2.47

Final Stats

May 13, 2023 ?
  • 5.5 Gallons
  • OG 1.052 (1.048 Tilt)
  • FG 1.010 (0.992 Tilt)
  • ABV 5.51%
  • Efficiency 75%
  • Attenuation 80%

(Yeast cake from double packet pitched batch of Czech Out this Bohemianish Pilsner)

 

Brew Day

Heat 7 gallons of water to 156°.  (Unfiltered Dover City water with chlorine removed via campden tablet.)

Gently dough in grains until all grain is covered by water.

Mash grains at 152° for 1 hour.

Remove grain bag, rinse, squeeze and allow grains to drain.

Bring wort to a boil.

Once wort is boiling, add 2 oz Fuggle hops and continue for 40 minutes.

Add whirlfloc and 1 oz Fuggle hops and continue boil for another 5 minutes.

Reduce wort temperature, ideally to 59° or lower, and take OG reading.

Sufficiently aerate, transfer to primary fermenter and pitch yeast.

Allow beer 1~2 weeks in the primary to adequately ferment, raising the temperature to at least 70° for the final 20% of fermentation to cleanup any diacetyl produced.

Keg and carb.

Enjoy!

Notes:

May 13, 2023 ?
  • 2023-05-13 – Brew Day
    • 1.052 hydrometer reading (1.048 Tilt) @ 67°
  • 2023-05-14 – 1.038 Tilt @ 55°
  • 2023-05-15 – 1.029 Tilt @ 53° Set brew Jacket to 72°
  • 2023-05-16 – 1.000 Tilt @ 70°
  • 2023-05-17 – 0.992 Tilt @ 72°
  • Allowed beer to return to room temperature ~68° and sit on the yeast cake.
  • 2023-05-24 – 1.010 hydrometer reading @ 68°