Crystal Light

Source: Russ Schreiber
Recipe added: 09/22/98
Email: Brewer1155@aol.com

This is a great light summer beer that goes well with a twist of lemon. The crystal malt gives it just the right amount of body and sweetness. The last time I brewed this beer, I broke down and actually PAID money for the water at the new corner Water Mart. 30 cents a gallon. WOW, what a difference, it was alot crisper and cleaner tasting. I guess I'll just have to add $3 to each 5 gallon batch of beer from now on.

Specifics

Recipe type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5 Gallons
Starting Gravity: 1.029
Finishing Gravity: 1.008
Time in Boil: 60 Minutes
Primary Fermentation: 6 days @ 50F in plastic
Secondary Fermentation: 14 days @ 34F in ss soda keg

Ingredients:

5 lbs. Klages 2 Row
1.5 lbs. Crystal 20L
0.2 oz. Hallertauer Hop Pellets (3.2%AA) 60 minutes
0.5 oz. Hallertauer pellets 50 minutes
0.5 oz Hallertauer pellets 10 minutes
0.5 oz. Hallertauer pellets when I turn off the heat.
0.5 tsp. Irish moss last 15 minutes of boil

Procedure:

Added crushed grains to 6+/- qts. of 176F water and stabilise mash temp. at 150F for 60 minutes. Add 1+/- gallon boiling water to bring mash temp. up to 170F. Hold for 15 minutes. Sparge with about 4 gallons of 170F water. Top up primary fermenter with boiled and cooled water to 5.25 gallons.

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