God Bless America

Method: BIAB
Style: Pre-Prohibition Lager
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.55 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.05 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.044 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.057 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Source: Tylor Miranda
Calories: 189 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 20.1 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Tuesday December 22nd 2020

Original Gravity:

1.057

Final Gravity:

1.015

ABV (standard):

5.6%

IBU (tinseth):

25.7

SRM (morey):

3.8

Mash pH

n/a

Cost $

22.45

Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
8 lb	Rahr - Standard 6-Row8 lb Standard 6-Row	$ 1.86 / lb $ 14.88	36.3	2.3	77.6%
2 lb	Flaked Corn2 lb Flaked Corn	$ 1.89 / lb $ 3.78	40	0.5	19.4%
5 oz	Briess - Carapils Malt5 oz Carapils Malt		34.5	1.5	3%
10.31 lbs / $ 18.66

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
35 g	Cluster Hops35 g Cluster Hops Hops	$ 2.79 / oz $ 3.44	Pellet	6.75	Boil at 212 °F	30 min	25.67	100%
35 g / $ 3.44

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Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
35 g	Cluster Hops (Pellet) 35 g Cluster Hops (Pellet) Hops	$ 2.79 / oz $ 3.44	25.67	100%
35 g / $ 3.44

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
4 gal	mix mix mix!	Strike	160 °F	152 °F	5 min
4 gal	run the wart over the grains with your pump	Vorlauf	152 °F	152 °F	60 min
		Top Off	--	--	--
2.5 gal	rinse the grains	Sparge	152 °F	152 °F	5 min

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
0.50 g	Sea salt		Water Agt	Boil	30 min.
2 g	Whirlfloc tablet	$ 0.17 / g $ 0.35	Fining	Boil	10 min.
$ 0.35

Yeast

Wyeast - Pilsen Lager 2007

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	73%	Flocculation:	Medium
Optimum Temp:	48 - 56 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	51 °F	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 93 B cells required

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Priming

Method: sucrose Amount: 4.4 oz Temp: 68 °F CO₂ Level: 2.5 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Balanced Profile

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
0	0	0	0	0	0
Water used: https://www.mudomaha.com/sites/default/files/2018%20CCR%20MUD.pdf
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Notes

Prohibition - Oversimplified
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAGIi62-sAU&t=21s

BU:GU= .5; neither malty nor hoppy; balanced

"...IBUs dropped from a pre-Prohibition level of 30–40 to 25–30 after Prohibition." - BJCP So, if you prefer to have a more authentic version of the pre-prohibition lager, then up the cluster hops to 46 grams for 30 minutes of the boil.

Carapils did not exist prior to U.S. prohibition laws, so it is not an authentic addition. It is included to increase head retention. For a more authentic pre-prohibition style, remove the Carapils malt from the recipe and brew with the same amounts of all other ingredients. This will adjust the alcohol content and IBU, but only a small amount.

Whirlfloc tablets did not exist prior to U.S. prohibition laws, so they are not an authentic addition. They are added to clarify the beer. The method to clear the beer of the high residual proteins from the 6-row malt that is used in this recipe would have been to include a protein rest.

https://www.midwestsupplies.com/blogs/bottled-knowledge/what-is-a-protein-rest-when-do-i-need-to-use-it

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Last Updated: 2020-12-22 06:16 UTC

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