Brew Day: India Pale Lager

I love a good lager! This was my first India Pale Lager attempt and now it’s going to be a staple in the brewery. It’s so crispy it’ll bring all the bois to the yard.

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Equipment used: 

Clawhammer Supply 120V Electric System: https://bit.ly/2ugBQKg 

Blichmann Riptide pump: https://bit.ly/3alWNnO 

Monster Mill: https://bit.ly/3aohPlJ 

Grain scale: https://bit.ly/2V0tOAO

Spike Flex Fermenter: https://bit.ly/2PyxZ3o

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India Pale Lager

4.9% (actual 5.9%) / 13.1 °P

Recipe by

Flora Brewing

All Grain

Batch Volume: 5.5 gal

Boil Time: 60 min

Mash Water: 7 gal

Boil Volume: 6.53 gal

Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.049 (Actual 1.053)

Vitals

Original Gravity: 1.053

Final Gravity: 1.016

IBU (Tinseth): 54

Color: 3.4 SRM 

Mash

Temperature — 152.6 °F — 45 min

Malts (11 lb)

6 lb (54.6%) — Rahr Pale Malt, 2-Row — Grain — 1.8 SRM

5 lb (45.5%) — Rahr Pilsner Malt — Grain — 1.7 SRM

Hops (5.5 oz)

0.5 oz (23 IBU) — Pekko (Whole) 18.6% — Boil — 30 min

2 oz (22 IBU) — Azacca Whole (Whole) 13% — Boil — 5 min

2 oz (5 IBU) — Amarillo Whole (Whole) 7.7% — Aroma — 5 min hopstand @ 194 °F

1 oz (4 IBU) — Azacca Whole (Whole) 13% — Aroma — 5 min hopstand @ 194 °F

Miscs

0.5 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Mash

1.4 g — Epsom Salt (MgSO4) — Mash

0.8 g — Gypsum (CaSO4) — Mash

Yeast

1 pkg — White Labs WLP810 San Francisco Lager

Fermentation

Primary — 55 °F — 14 days

Water Profile

Ca+2 13

Mg+2 5

Na+ 8

Cl- 13

SO4-2 37

HCO3- 16

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