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[strangebrewer]

I got a PM that someone was looking for a Yuengling lager recipe. Here is one I put together over the years. I won't say its a dead ringer but it's pretty close and never lasts long in the kegerator Yuengling. Recipe Specifics ---------------- Batch Size (Gal): 5.00 Wort Size (Gal): 5.00 Total Grain (Lbs): 10.50 Anticipated OG: 1.059 Plato: 14.53 Anticipated SRM: 6.8 Anticipated IBU: 7.7 Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 % Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes Pre-Boil Amounts ---------------- Evaporation Rate: 15.00 Percent Per Hour Pre-Boil Wort Size: 5.88 Gal Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.050 SG 12.44 Plato Formulas Used ------------- Color Formula Used: Morey Hop IBU Formula Used: Rager Grain/Extract/Sugar % Amount Name Origin Potential SRM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 76.2 8.00 lbs. Pilsener Germany 1.038 2 9.5 1.00 lbs. Flaked Corn (Maize) America 1.040 1 9.5 1.00 lbs. Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt 1.033 2 4.8 0.50 lbs. Crystal 60L America 1.034 60 Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon. Hops Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.25 oz. Cascade Whole 5.75 6.2 60 min. 0.25 oz. Cluster Whole 7.00 1.5 10 min. Yeast ----- WYeast 2035 American Lager Mash Schedule ------------- Mash Name: Total Grain Lbs: 10.50 Total Water Qts: 13.97 - Before Additional Infusions Total Water Gal: 3.49 - Before Additional Infusions Tun Thermal Mass: 0.00 Grain Temp: 60 F Step Rest Start Stop Heat Infuse Infuse Infuse Step Name Time Time Temp Temp Type Temp Amount Ratio --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sacc rest 5 30 154 154 Infuse 168 13.97 1.33 mash out 5 30 166 166 Infuse 210 4.38 1.75 Total Water Qts: 18.35 - After Additional Infusions Total Water Gal: 4.59 - After Additional Infusions Total Mash Volume Gal: 5.43 - After Additional Infusions

[positiveContact]

I have to be honest - it's an okay beer. i'm not sure why you'd want to recreate it though. maybe just as a personal challenge?

[MyaCullen]

likely nostalgia

[Jdtirado]

I asked for it in another conversation. I like it, but of course I probably like a lot of stuff that is just so so. I do know that I won't be drinking Coors or Bud!!!

[Big Nake]

7.7 IBU? Really?

[Jdtirado]

7.7 IBU? Really?

Smoooooth!

[MtnBrewer]

*makes bitter beer face*

[Jdtirado]

*makes bitter beer face*

why?

[Big Nake]

I think the lowest IBU that I ever saw in a recipe was in Beer Captured and it was for GRAIN BELT. 12 IBUs and I couldn't believe that. 7.7 does not compute. And I'm a guy who makes very low IBU beers compared to other homeys.

[MtnBrewer]

why?

Thought it would get a laugh. Guess not.

[positiveContact]

I asked for it in another conversation. I like it, but of course I probably like a lot of stuff that is just so so.
I do know that I won't be drinking Coors or Bud!!!

it's not that it's bad - it just doesn't have a lot of taste.

[Brauer]

Wow, 7.7 IBU, that's Berliner Weisse territory!

[Jdtirado]

it's not that it's bad - it just doesn't have a lot of taste.

Studs is there other beer that is similar that you recommend? We often find Yuengling on draft here in Virginia which is probably why I like it.

[positiveContact]

Studs is there other beer that is similar that you recommend? We often find Yuengling on draft here in Virginia which is probably why I like it.

If you are looking for lagers I enjoy o'fests, bocks, vienna lagers (no adjuncts), bohemian pils, dunkels - I guess stuff that is generally somewhat malty.

lagers are a little more challenging to make due to the temperature constraints on the fermentation so if you wanted to make an ale I'd give ken's MLPA a try. it's pretty easy drinking and clean and isn't over the top in any way. it does however still have a good amount of taste.

eta: wait - were you asking about what to make or what to drink at the bar?

Edited by StudsTerkel, 02 May 2012 - 05:24 AM.

[Jdtirado]

Sound advice. At some point, I would like to make a lager. Perhaps after I get my temperature controlled conical fermenter...just kidding.

[Jdtirado]

I think I'm going to be one of these guys with all the shiny new gear, but can't brew the most basic beer.

[MyaCullen]

the most basic beers are the least forgiving, and hardest beers to get right you want a challenge try making a perfect clone of Coors Light

[Jdtirado]

the most basic beers are the least forgiving, and hardest beers to get right

you want a challenge try making a perfect clone of Coors Light

Now I feel deflated...I hate Coors

[MyaCullen]

Now I feel deflated...I hate Coors

Ok insert any Domestic Light Lager, they are difficult to duplicate because of their resemblance to water

[MtnBrewer]

Ok insert any Domestic Light Lager, they are difficult to duplicate because of their resemblance to water

Sex in a canoe.