Steeping: 1 lb eachGerman Vienna Malt
Simpson's Extra Dark Crystal
Simpson's Chocolate
Took it up to 160 on the kitchen stove and let it steep for 20. Poured it through sieve and the micronet funnel into the corney, then measured in the rest of the 5 gallons.
Boil: 2 x 3lbs Munton's Plainlight Spray DME (10EBC)
Add: 4 oz Brown Sugar
25 mins boil with .5 oz Yakima Magnum (14.4%) (bittering)
25 more with another .5 oz Yakima Magnum
10 mins no heat with .5 oz German Hallertau (4.2%) pellets
Yeast: Wyeast 2308 Munich liquid
So, a full hour boil for the protein break. Chill and spill the smack pack - OG: 1072.
This is my first lager, let's keep our fingers crossed.
Final gravity: 1018. For all that sugar, it's still got some bitter, and a resonant coffee overtone. Too strong to call it a Xingu – it's something other, but that other is what it is. Gonna finish this off as we brew a honey lager in late March.
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