American Lager All-Grain Template

American-Style Lager - All Grain

Recipe Description

This recipe is a base template for the American-Style Lager style. While you are welcome to brew this recipe as is it's intended to be used as a starting point for creating your own recipe.

  • Batch Size: 5 gal (18.9 L)
  • Boil Size: 6 gal (22.7 L)
  • Boil Time: 60 mins

Ingredients

  • Grains/Fermentables
  • 5.5 lbs (2.49 kg) 2-Row Malt (2 °L)
  • 3 lbs (1.36 kg) Flaked Rice (1 °L)
  • 4 oz (113.4 g) Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0 °L)
  • Hops
  • 0.75 oz (21.26 g) Hallertauer 4.4% AA (Boil - 45 mins)
  • Miscellaneous
  • 1 tsp (4.93 mL) Irish Moss (Boil - 15 mins)
  • Yeast
  • American Lager Yeast (Wyeast 2035) (Liquid)

Directions

Infusion Step: Mash at 150 °F (66 °C) for 60 minutes.

Single infusion mash. Add hops and irish moss at times indicated. Cool and pitch yeast.

Corn sugar is for bottle priming.

Hold in primary fermentor for 7 days at 53 °F (12 °C).

Transfer to secondary fermentor for 14 days at 45 °F (7 °C).

Allow to carbonate and age for 14 days.

If you started brewing this beer today you could be drinking it by Sept. 18, 2018. Start brewing this recipe.

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