Batch #60 - President's Day Bohemian Lager

Started batch on Feb 21, 2011:

Recipe:

  • 6.0 lb Pilsen Malt Extract (Northern Brewer)
  • 1.5 lb Mutson Plain Light (dry)
  • 0.5 oz hop pellets (Nugget, 12% alpha) 60 min
  • 0.5 oz hop pellets (Nugget, 12% alpha) 30 min
  • 0.5 oz hop pellets - finishing (Tettnang, 4.5% alpha) 15 min
  • 0.5 oz hop pellets - aroma (Tettnang, 4.5% alpha) less then 1 min
  • Wyeast #2124 (Bohemian lager type)
  • Specific gravity 1,062

Procedure:

Sanitized everything with Star San. Boiled wort for 60 minutes and then cooled down with cooper coil cooler. Pitched yeast at 65F. Covered plastic bucket with the tight cover and the airlock filled with brandy. Kept in room temperature (62F-70F) for a day, moved to 60F in basement and to the 53F-55F fridge when fermentation started.

Progress log:

  • Feb 21, 2011 punched activator pack 4hrs before pitching
  • Feb 21, 2011 after boiling for 1 hr cooled down to 65F and pitched swollen Wyeast.
  • Feb 22, 2011 fermentation full swing
  • Feb 25, 2011 fermentation in the morning still strong: every 3 seconds
  • Feb 27, 2011 fermentation in the morning slowed down: every 10 seconds
  • Mar 01, 2011 racked to secondary at specific gravity 1,018. Lowered fridge temperature to 51F.
  • Mar 03, 2011 Lowered fridge temperature to 48F.
  • Mar 20, 2011 kegged ad specific gravity 1,014.
  • Mar 31, 2011 moved to fridge.
  • Apr 02, 2011 very good beer, carbonation has very little bubbles, very pale

Evaluation:

  • Mar 01, 2011 taste at racking to secondary: clean and delicate. Color: very light
  • Mar 20, 2011 color very light at kegging. Taste good and very clean.
  • Mar 31, 2011 Very weel carbonated, good head and taste, first glass cloudy.
  • Apr 14, 2011 Gone. It was very good beer, got better every day.