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Lawmower Light Lager

179 calories 18.9 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Light American Lager
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 6.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.047 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Source: SirCordit
Calories: 179 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 18.9 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Saturday March 9th 2019
1.054
1.014
5.4%
16.5
9.9
5.4
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
5 lb United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale5 lb Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 37%
7 lb American - Munich - Light 10L7 lb Munich - Light 10L 33 10 51.9%
1 lb Flaked Oats1 lb Flaked Oats 33 2.2 7.4%
0.50 lb Belgian - Biscuit0.5 lb Biscuit 35 23 3.7%
13.50 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.50 oz Citra0.5 oz Citra Hops Pellet 11 Boil 60 min 16.5 25%
1 oz Amarillo1 oz Amarillo Hops Pellet 8.6 Boil 0 min 50%
0.50 oz Citra0.5 oz Citra Hops Pellet 11 Boil 0 min 25%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.20 oz Calcium Chloride Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
Danstar - Munich Classic Wheat Beer Yeast
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
63 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
58 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 115 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Yeast was San Francisco and made in a starter of wort 3 days before hand. I will add the yeast in the morning, when it has cooled down more, to a SS fermenting bucket. (Like a mini chronicle.)

Pre-boil measured volume at 8 Gal's and post boil it took 4 hours to drop 110 degrees in the 40 degree weather to 6.75 Gal's.

Citra had a much higher alpha acid, so it was split up in the very beginning at .5 oz and then 1.5 oz at flame out at 5:10pm EST.

With the evaporating overnight and a bit of trub in my keggle, it should all fit nicely with the 1/3 Gal. of starter come morning.
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
8.5 gal Sparge -- 120 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 5.06 20.3  
Mash volume with grains 6.14 24.6  
Grain absorption losses -1.69 -6.8  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.95 g | 19.8 qt) 4.38 17.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 8.08 g | 32.3 qt) 7.5 30  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume 6.5 26  
Going into fermentor 6.5 26  
Total: 9.44 37.8
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Hello Brewer,

Going to be brewing with a buddy on Fri. 3/15/19. Looking for a basic easy drinking beer to share with others in the spring/summer of 2019. The goal to mock the lawnmower beer made by a St Arnold's Brewery and spice up the taste, but not being to hoppy. I want to draw other outsiders into brewing and will invite over some acquaintances. Want them to know that they don't have to settle for crappy commercial light beers.

St. Arnold's Brewery actually made a solid beer that ended up being a staple in their line up and what started out as mockery of a summer beer, but actually lead to a solid beer still brewed today. That is what I am seeking instead of the higher ABV and standard seasonal beers made over the last 9 years.

Really looking forward to trying the lager out on my new stainless steel conical fermenter arriving early next week. She is called a "213-FE820 Brew Bucket Brewmaster Ed. 7 Gal." This should be easy to clean,

Try it out sometime to share with the non-brewers in your neighboring communities.

SirCordit

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  • Last Updated: 2019-03-16 01:27 UTC