Munich Helles Lager – Spaten Clone (Extract)
Thursday, January 15th, 2009Makes an excellent light lager, but not an American light lager, slightly maltier and more bitter. Very drinkable beer, easy on the palate but not watered down at all. Helles means ‘light’ in German.
This is pretty close to Spaten.
| Target Volume (Gallons) | 5 | |||
| Total Cost | $33.35 | |||
| Yield (ounces) | 630 | |||
| Cost per 12 oz bottle | $0.64 | |||
| Boil Time | 60 | min | ||
| GRAINS | Pounds | Points/Gal | Total Points | Cost |
| Extra Light DME (pilsner) | 5.5 | 46 | 253 | $16.50 |
| Steep – 30 min at 150 F | ||||
| German Pilsner | 1 | 20 | 20 | $1.50 |
| HOPS | Ounces | Alpha Acids | Boil Time (min) | Cost |
| Hallertau | 2 | 3.60% | 60 | $4.00 |
| YEAST | White Labs – German Lager Yeast | Cost | ||
| Attenuation Low | 74% | $6.95 | ||
| Attenuation High | 79% | 6 pints water, 8oz DME into growler, 70F (room temp) for 24 hours | ||
| Optimum Temp | 50-55F | Primary ferment at 50 for 2-3 weeks, may need 3 day dialectal rest at 65-70F | ||
| Flocculation | Medium | Rack and ‘lager’ at 40 for 4-6 weeks | ||
| Starter | YES (48hrs @ 70F) | 8 oz DME stater | $1.50 | |
| STATS | ||||
| Expected Original Gravity | 1.055 | |||
| Expected Final Gravity Theoretical | 1.011 – 1.014 | |||
| Expected Final Gravity Actual | 1.011 – 1.013 | |||
| IBUs | 18.44 | |||
| Apparent Attenuation | 80.39% | AA = 1 – FG / OG | ||
| Alcohol By Volume – Theoretical | 5.85% | |||
| Alcohol By Volume – Actual | 5.38% | |||
| BREWING: | ||||
| ½ tbs Irish Moss last 15 minutes of boil | $0.10 | |||
| 5 tsp Gypsum, about 0.6 oz | $0.75 | |||
| Added half of the DME in the last 10 minutes to boost hops utilization. | ||||
| Water Source Wort | Tap water | |||
| Water Source Dilution | Tap water | |||
| DATES | Date | SG | Cum. Days | Notes |
| Brewed | 10/29/08 | 1.051 | 0 | |
| Racked | 11/17/08 | 1.012 | 19 | Dialectal rest started 11/12 @55F, 11/13 @60F, 11/14 @65F, 11/15 – room temp (68F), 11/16 – room temp (68F), 11/17 – racked |
| Bottled (SG pre bottling) | 12/11/08 | 1.010 | 43 | |
| DRINK BY (60 days): | 12/28/08 | |||
| BOTTLING | ||||
| Priming Method | Force Carbonated | $0.30 | ||
| Caps, cleaners, etc | $1.75 | |||
| Container | Capacity | Qty | Total Volume | |
| Corny Keg | 640 | |||
| Total Bottled: | 640 | |||
| TASTING | ||||
| 12/15/08 | Clear flavor, a little bready tasting (yeast may not have settled out completely yet) | |||
| 01/12/08 | Slightly citrus aroma, Bready taste has dropped off completely, now we have a clear crisp slightly malty flavor. | |||
| High amount of drinkability, meaning I want another sip right away. | ||||
