Hey Guys and Gals! A light all-grain beer brewed with pale malt, flaked rice and American lager yeast. Makes 5 US gallons.
Ingredients
Grain
5 lbs 0.3 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US
3 lbs 1.4 oz flaked rice
Hops
0.8 oz Cascade (5.5%), start of boil
0.4 oz Saaz (4.0%), 15 minutes before the end
0.4 oz Saaz (4.0%), 2 minutes before the end
Yeast and bottling
1 pkg American Lager Yeast (White Labs WLP840)
3 oz priming sugar
Directions
1. Sanitize everything that touches the brew: fermenter, airlock, lid, hose, hydrometer, test jar and stopper.
2. Bring 3.25 to 3.5 gallons of water to 170F and add the grains in a grain bag. The temperature drops to about 120 to 130F.
3. Stir, slowly raise to 143 to 150F and hold for 30 minutes.
4. Remove the grain bag without squeezing it and let it drain into the pot.
5. Bring the wort to a rolling boil, avoiding a boil over, and boil 60 minutes, adding the hops on the schedule above.
6. Cool the wort, transfer to the primary, top off with cold water, aerate, and take a hydrometer reading.
7. At around 75F, pitch the yeast as a 2L starter. Ferment 1 week at the yeast’s suggested temperature, keeping the carboy about a third empty.
8. Rack to a secondary carboy for one more week.
9. Add the priming sugar, siphon slowly and bottle.
Stats: OG 1.041, FG 1.007, ABV 4.4%, 20.8 IBU.