Rating System

1 - don't waste valuable beer calories on me
2 - tasty, walter approves
3 - so good you should have it for breakfast

Sunday, January 4, 2015

Bohemian Pilsner

5 gallon extract (Clone Brews, page 70)

6 oz Cara Hell
6 oz German Vienna

3.3 lbs Pilsner Light LME
3 lbs Extra Light DME

3 oz Czech Saaz (AA 3.3%) (60 min.)
1 oz Czech Saaz (15 min.)
1 oz Czech Saaz (3 min.)

WLP820 Oktoberfest/Märzen Lager

Pitched: 1/4/15 SG 1.042
Secondary: 2/8/15 1.014
Kegged: 3/8/15 1/014

Notes: Second attempt at a lagered beer; I decided to risk a direct pitch at a fairly warm temperature rather than doing a starter, so we'll see how close the result gets.