India Pale Lager

The idea for this batch is to brew a Vienna style Lager but increase the hop bill to IPA levels. While still using traditional German Noble hops Hallertau and Tettnanger. This batch will be fermenting outside in the cool early winter temperatures in the mid 40's to mid 50's. Perfect for fermenting lager beers. I'm brewing this beer to discover the flavor of an aggressively hopped German style beer. When Americans travel to Germany I've many times heard that the beers were great but that everyone missed the flavor of hops. Most German beer styles are barely hopped compared American Craft Beer. Using Munich malt as the base malt to create a traditional Vienna style lager malt character with Noble German hops being showcased.

Recipe: Munich Malt, Biscuit Malt, Honey Malt, and Carastan. Bittered with Super Galena hops, flavored with Celeia hops, and then finished with Hallertau and Tettnanger hops. Fermented with Fermentis Saflager 34/70 German Lager Yeast.

2 comments:

  1. will the fluctuation in temperature affect the quality of your lager? For instance, if it is a warm 50 degree day, and then it drops into the 20s at night, and then back up to 50 the next day, would that skunk things up?

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  2. Yes, large fluctuations in temperature are not good. I'm manipulating this by only leaving outside for long enough to maintain 50ish degrees. It's been cold lately so I've had to keep a close eye on things.

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