Honey Light Lager From

Honey Light Lager

From the BrewBlog of Nick Buraglio
Champaign, IL USA

Printed January 26, 2008
Specifics
Style: Premium American Lager
Yield: 5 gallons
OG: 1.039
General Information
Method: Partial Mash
Recipe
Extracts
3.00 pounds DME – Light 75% of grist
3.00 pounds Total Extract Weight 75% of grist
Grains
1.00 pounds Crystal Malt 20L 25% of grist
1.00 pounds Total Grain Weight 25% of grist
Adjuncts
2.50 pounds Honey (Clover)  
Yeast
White Labs Pilsner Lager yeast 1800ctp3115011 — Liquid — 35ml
Procedure

Added 1.5 Gallons spring water to pot 

Added 3lb Extra light DME

Added 2.5lb Honey (from Chestnut apiary)

Added 1lb 20L crystal malt

Added 1.5oz Cascade hop pellets

Added extra 1/2 cup of extra light DME (I had it around) 

Heated to boil

Removed the Grains @ 40 Min

Continue to boil and stir

Added .5oz cascade hop pellets @ 3 min 

Sparge directly into 3.5 gallons of cold water 

 

Waited till temp was around 75-80 and pitched Pilsner Lager yeast 1800ctp3115011 (White Labs) 

Target gravity was supposed to be 1.048 –  1.052

but it was 1.039-1.040

FG should be  1.004 – 1.008

 

01/26/2006 

So far the yeast seems to be doing it’s job.  Smells great. 

2/1/2007

Gravity is 1.011

It still has a lot of krausen.

 

BJCP Style Info
Style: Premium American Lager
O.G.: 1.046 – 1.056
F.G.: 1.008 – 1.012
ABV: 4.7 – 6.0%
Bitterness: 15 – 25 IBUs
Color: 02 – 06 SRM
Info:
Premium beers tend to have fewer adjuncts than standard/lite lagers, and can be all-malt. Strong flavors are a fault, but premium lagers have more flavor than standard/lite lagers. A broad category of international mass-market lagers ranging from up-scale American lagers to the typical “import” or “green bottle” international beers found in America.
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