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American Lager

155 calories 15.5 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Light Lager
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 8 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.032 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Source: Brad Burnett
Rating:
5.00 (1 Review)

Calories: 155 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 15.5 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Wednesday January 16th 2019
1.047
1.011
4.7%
22.2
2.6
5.8
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6 lb American - Pale 2-Row6 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 66.7%
3 lb Flaked Corn3 lb Flaked Corn 40 0.5 33.3%
9 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Tettnanger1 oz Tettnanger Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil 30 min 14.04 66.7%
0.50 oz Mount Hood0.5 oz Mount Hood Hops Leaf/Whole 4.8 Boil 45 min 8.13 33.3%
1.50 oz / $ 0.00
Priming
Method: Sugar       Amount: 5.0       CO2 Level: 2.0 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Ph 5.2
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
20 qt Sparge Bath Sparge -- 150 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 20 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 45.72 gal (182.88 qt). Suggest reducing strike water volume to 11.28 gal (45.12 qt) and adding 33.72 gal (134.88 qt) sparge/top-off. 45 180  
WARNING: Based on your provided mash thickness (20 qt/lb), your strike volume will exceeds the total water needed for the recipe (9.38 g). Reduce mash thickness to 4.16 qt/lb or increase pre-boil volume to 43.63 g.    
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 20 qt/lb 45 180  
Mash volume with grains 45.72 182.9  
Grain absorption losses -1.13 -4.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.06 g | 28.2 qt) 8 32  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.06 -0.2  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 9.38 37.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"American Lager" American Light Lager beer recipe by Brad Burnett. All Grain, ABV 4.73%, IBU 22.17, SRM 2.59, Fermentables: (Pale 2-Row, Flaked Corn) Hops: (Tettnanger, Mount Hood)
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  • Last Updated: 2019-02-16 18:43 UTC