Twelfth Lager

Classification: pale lager, all-grain

Source: Alex Jenkins (atj@mirror.tmc.com) Issue #57, 1/24/89

Slightly hazy and very light colored. This should not lack body.

Ingredients:

10 pounds, lager grain
4000 mg, ascorbic acid
1 pound, light dry malt extract
9 ounces, Chinese yellow lump sugar
1 ounce, Talisman hops (leaf)
1 ounce, Hallertauer hops pellets
1 teaspoon, Irish moss
1 ounce, Cascade hops
Red Star ale yeast

Procedure:

Add grain to 3 gallons of 170 degree water giving an initial heat of 155 degrees. Mash at 130-155 degrees for 2 hours. Sparge and add extract and Chinese lump sugar. Boil. In last 20 minutes add Talisman hops. In last 10 minutes add Hallertauer hops and Irish moss. Strain. Add Cascade hops and steep. Strain into fermenter when cool and pitch yeast.

Specifics:

O.G.: 1.043
F.G.: 1.010
Primary: 35 days