SpanishCastleAle
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- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- Wyeast Bohemian Lager #2124
- Yeast Starter
- Yes
- Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter
- No
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 5.75
- Original Gravity
- 1.067
- Final Gravity
- 1.015
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 90
- IBU
- 26
- Color
- 19
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 11 @ 48 F
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 30 @ 48 F
- Additional Fermentation
- 60 @ 34 F
- Tasting Notes
- Malty with some toasty and caramel flavors, no roasted flavor. Clean and balanced.
This brew was about 82% brewhouse efficiency.
All the German malts were Weyermann, Special B was Castle IIRC.
6# German Pils
3# German Light Munich
3# German Dark Munich
.75# German Caramunich II
.25# Belgian Special B
.125# German Carafa Special II
All whole hops from Hops Direct.
.5 oz. Hallertau 4.5% FWH
.25 oz. Magnum 14% 60 min.
.75 oz. Hallertau 4.5% 60 min.
.5 oz. Hallertau 4.5% 10 min.
Single-infusion mash @ ~149 F for 1 hour.
The short primary fermentation time is only because I rack it to a corny before it's done and then let it naturally carbonate during the next month. Then to the cold conditioning phase which lasts...as long as you can stand it! At least a month though. Any good lager fermentation schedule should be fine just give it more time conditioning than a typical low-gravity lager.
Also, I added ~1 tsp. of Calcium Carbonate (chalk) to the mash (not to the sparge water). I used approx. 20 qt. mash water.
All the German malts were Weyermann, Special B was Castle IIRC.
6# German Pils
3# German Light Munich
3# German Dark Munich
.75# German Caramunich II
.25# Belgian Special B
.125# German Carafa Special II
All whole hops from Hops Direct.
.5 oz. Hallertau 4.5% FWH
.25 oz. Magnum 14% 60 min.
.75 oz. Hallertau 4.5% 60 min.
.5 oz. Hallertau 4.5% 10 min.
Single-infusion mash @ ~149 F for 1 hour.
The short primary fermentation time is only because I rack it to a corny before it's done and then let it naturally carbonate during the next month. Then to the cold conditioning phase which lasts...as long as you can stand it! At least a month though. Any good lager fermentation schedule should be fine just give it more time conditioning than a typical low-gravity lager.
Also, I added ~1 tsp. of Calcium Carbonate (chalk) to the mash (not to the sparge water). I used approx. 20 qt. mash water.