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Sam Adams's Long Lost Brother Bob's Boston Lager

Shooting for a Sam Adams clone... I'll update this when it's ready.

Brewer: Randy Champagne Email: randyc@accuserve.net
Beer: Sam Adams's Long Lost Brother Bob's Boston Lager Style: American Premium Lager
Type: All grain Size: 5 gallons
Color:
11 HCU (~8 SRM)
Bitterness: 22 IBU
OG: 1.050 FG: 1.004
Alcohol: 5.9% v/v (4.6% w/w)
Water: Gypsum w/tap water
Grain: 8 lb. Schreier 2-Row Pale 1.7
1 lb. Briess Caramel 40
Mash: 75% efficiency
- Struck 2.25 gallons of 174° water with grist in mash tun cooler
- Stirred mash & maintained avg. of 146° for 90 minutes
- Lautered and sparged with 4.5 gallons of 175° water (~20 minutes)
Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.041 6 gallons
Irish moss for last 15 minutes
Hops: .5 oz. Hallertau Mittelfrüh Leaf Hops 5% (5% AA, 60 min.)
.5 oz. Hallertau Mittelfrüh Leaf Hops 5% (5% AA, 15 min.)
1 oz. Tettnang Pellets 4.5% (4.5% AA, 15 min.)
1 oz. Tettnang Pellets 4.5% (aroma)
Yeast: White Labs WLP830 German Lager Yeast
Log: Brewed on April 21, 2001 on my back porch

- Pitched @ 78°
- Began fermentation in glass primary @ 68° for 1 day
- Fermented @ 40° in fridge for 6 days
- Racked to glass secondary @ 40° and dry hopped for ...
Carbonation: 2.7 volumes Keg: 12.8 psi @ 37°F

Recipe posted 12/29/00.