Black Lager

[Sandcast]

Sandcast's Black Lager - Extract
Schwarzbier (Black Beer)


Type: Extract
Date: 11/17/2007
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer: Sandcast
Boil Size: 6.41 gal Asst Brewer: Incisal
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Brew Pot (7.5 gal) and Igloo Cooler (10 Gal)
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: -
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
9 lbs Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 90.00 %
1 lbs Carafa I (337.0 SRM) Grain 10.00 %
2.00 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00 %] (60 min) Hops 24.3 IBU
1.00 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00 %] (5 min) Hops 2.4 IBU
1 Pkgs Bavarian Lager (Wyeast Labs #2206) Yeast-Lager



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.075 SG
Measured Original Gravity: ????? SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.018 SG Measured Final Gravity: ????? SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 7.46 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: ???? %
Bitterness: 26.7 IBU Calories: ??? cal/pint
Est Color: 30.6 SRM Color: Color


Mash Profile: None
Mash Name: None
Total Grain Weight: 10.50 lb

I was wondering if any of you AG'ers out there could tell me about how long I should steep the "carafa I" ? This is a recipe I'm going to try in the not to distant future, I've had Sam Adams Black Lager and fell in love with it. So I want to try my hand at making one. If you guys got any Idea's I would appreciate it.

V.

[Ó Flannagáin]

I'm so jealous you can brew this. I still don't have the setup for doing lagers but I want to make a schwarzbier REALLY friggin' bad.

[Sandcast]

Technically, I don't have the stuff to do it. But if I get a external thermostat my sister had promised to give me her chest freezer. I'm really dying to start doing AG and lagers as well, just don't have the space at the moment. I hope I get to do this recipe soon though.... It's killing me...I want to try a homebrew black lager. I want to MAKE a good homebrew black lager....ARGGHH!

V.

[mr x]

I think I'm going to try this with a 1007 cake after I brew my alt. Might come close to a lager at the low end of the temp range, 55-68° F. I can manage that temp in my basement now.