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Back to the Grind

Well I finally bought a grain mill. Here goes!

Brewer: Lunatech Brewing Email: dburrill@cogeco.ca
Beer: Back to the Grind Style: German Lager
Type: Extract w/grain Size: 16.5 liters
Color:
7 HCU (~5 SRM)
Bitterness: 31 IBU
OG: 1.063 FG: 1.018
Alcohol: 5.8% v/v (4.5% w/w)
Water: Water was charcoal filtered reverse osmosis deionized, as pure water as you can get.
Grain: 5 lb. German Lager
Steep: Steeping: 1 hour @ 35°C, 1 hour @ 50°C, 20 minutes each @ 60, 65, 70°C, then 15 mins @ 77°C. Sparged with a further 5L of water @ 77°C.
Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.103 10 liters
3 lb. Light dry malt extract
12 oz. Corn sugar
Hops: 1 oz. Cascade (5.9% AA, 60 min.)
0.5 oz. Northern Brewer (8.3% AA, 60 min.)
.5 oz. Cascade (5.9% AA, 30 min.)
.5 oz. Cascade (aroma)
Yeast: Pitched 8 grams of Cooper's Pure Brewer's Yeast directly into wort.
Log: Original gravity measured at 1.060. I had to introduce a steeping efficiency value of 58% in order for the calculated OG to match the measured value. Who would have guessed I was actually that efficient? Certainly not my wife!
Carbonation: 133 grams of dextrose used as priming sugar at bottling. This works out to 8 g/L in finished product so should make a nice fizzy brew. Also accounted-for in alcohol content calcs.
Tasting: Now THAT'S a BEER! Next time I'd likely increase the final volume to 19-20L, just because this one's pretty strong and a bit too chewy for some of my friends' taste, but I like it as-is. May add a touch of Irish Moss next time around as well.

Recipe posted 02/10/10.