God Bless America Beer Recipe | BIAB Pre-Prohibition Lager | Brewer's Friend
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God Bless America

189 calories 20.1 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
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
1.057
1.015
5.6%
25.7
3.8
n/a
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
 
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
0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
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
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
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

Whirlpool

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