Into the Brew Pot

A brewing journal and some recipes. Most of these recipes use extract with steeped grains, but a couple are mini-mash recipes that mash a few pounds of grains. Unless stated otherwise, I boil bittering hops for an hour, flavoring hops for 15 minutes, and aroma hops for a minute or less. I use whole-flower hops, unless otherwise stated. I always use either 1 oz. of Irish moss, or a Whirfloc tablet as a clarifying agent, added during the last 15 minutes of the boil.

March 12, 2009

Polish Lager

This lager (my first) was inspired by the hop shortage of 2008. Marynka and Lublin hops were way cheaper than other more popular hops. The spiciness of the Marynkas went well with the melanoidin malt. 

Grain bill (steep for 1 hour at 152°F)
5 oz Belgian Aromatic
8 oz Melanoidin

Extract/fermentables
7 lb Ultralight LME

Hop schedule
Bittering 0.25 oz Galena pellets (12.4% AA)
1.0 oz Lublin pellets (3.8% AA)
Flavoring 0.5 oz Lublin pellets
1.0 oz Marynka pellets (8.9% AA)
Aroma 0.5 oz Lublin
1.0 oz Marynka

Yeast
San Francisco Lager yeast (WLP 810) (1000 ml starter 2 days prior)

O.G = 1.056
F.G. = 1.012
Approx ABV = 5.8%

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