Day 3: Premium American Lager

Well I've made it to day 3! It feels like a bigger accomplishment than it really is. I'm trying to think if there was ever a time when I actually brewed 3 days in a row. I know I've done two in a row...but 3? Doesn't sound like a lot, but when you think about it, it doesn't make much sense to home brew three days in a row. All the cleaning and prepping, and blah blah blah.

The first two batches both took off last night. Note: Using a blow off tube the first couple days is usually a good idea...for now, I'm just wiping down the airlocks now and again...not ideal.

On to the beer-

Beer #3 - Float Your Boat Lager

Style: Premium American Lager (1C)

Recipe: For 2 Gallon (Extract)

2.75 lb Munton's Light Liquid Malt Extract
4 oz Flaked Maize (steeped at 152F for 20 minutes)
4 oz Bohemian Pilsner Malt (steeped at 152F for 20 minutes)
.5 oz Cascade Hops (5% AAU) (30 minutes, full boil)
.25 oz Hallertau Hops (4.5% AAU) (last 15 minutes)
Wyeast 2007 Pilsen Lager Yeast

Brewing notes: I named this one after the Full Sail Session Lager, as I'm hoping for something similar. Can't say I'm a huge fan of the style, but on a hot day, they go down nice and easy. Wasn't a huge fan of the steeping grains...this style tends to be better off as partial-mash or all-grain recipe, lighter color, and pilsner grain, though I could have used Briess' Pilsen Light, which is a great malt. I had some Munton's to use up, which will add a bit more color. Gonna try and Lager around 52F. Original Gravity looks to be at 1.054. I might be a bit high for the style on my final gravity reading.

Cheers!
Aaron

UPDATE 9/11/2009 (24 days) : Bottled directly from the primary. Not recommended unles you're in a hurry, and don't mind a lot of settling on the bottoms of your bottles. The lager tastes great, but definitely, if I was doing a larger batch, I'd probably filter and force carbonate it. FG finished at 1.014.