Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Day 19: Dark American Lager

Good news to all you home brewers out there- hop prices are coming down. Just got an email from my distributor yesterday saying they've started adjusting prices based on current inventory and future inventory. Yay! So if you haven't seen price decreases at your local home brew shop yet (mine will be coming down soon), you should this month.

On to the beer...

Beer #19 - Born On The Bayou Black Lager

Style: Dark American Lager (4A)

Recipe: For 2 Gallon (Extract)

1 lb Muntons Extra Light Dry Malt Extract
1 lb Rice Syrup Solids
6 oz Corn Sugar
2 oz Chocolate Malt
1 oz Muntons Dark Crystal Malt (135L)
.15 oz Columbus Hops (14.2%) (30 minutes, full boil)
Wyeast 2042 Danish Lager Yeast

Beer notes: I have a hard time taking any beer style serious when coloring agents are appropriate. This is pretty much Pabst in a black t-shirt. The style should remain light, and should have very few roasted, toasted, toffee, coffee or any other flavor you might find in a dark malt...but it should be dark. If I had debittered black patent, it probably would've went in this one instead of the chocolate. Gravity, if I did my temperature adjustment right, is 1.046.

Cheers!
Aaron

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