- 20 pounds Briess 2 Row Brewer's Malt
- 2 pounds Briess Caramel 60
- 2 pounds Briess Carapils
hop
- 1 ounce Northern Brewer whole hops 60 minutes
- 2 ounces Northern Brewer whole hops 30 minutes
- 2 ounces Northern Brewer whole hops 20 minutes
yeast: Wyeast California Lager
comments:
Plentiful hops in this thick, caramelly rendition of an old school west coast lager.
batch size: 10 gallons
ambient outdoor temperature: 23 degrees Fahrenheit
ambient basement temperature: 60 degrees Fahrenheit
notes:
- 2 ounces of Northern Brewer hops. Some are a little brown. I do not know why. They taste good.
- Wheel barrow after adding the spent grains to the compost. I thought this looked wintery. It was cold this day but still no snow.
- This was right after a boil-over. I may never learn not to turn my back on the boil.
- One day later the fermentation is going well. It was slow to start ... about 16 hours. Once it started it went from nothing to krausen in a flash. Note the blow off hoses in the foreground. I do not think I will need them for this batch but the added security is worth it. Plus it might be less work than using an airlock.
