Batch No. 65 - thirteen° below

thirteen° below

Brewed - February 2, 2013

Style - Czech Lager

Ingredients:

• 16.0 lbs. Pilsner
• 2.0 lbs. Vienna
• 1.0 lbs. CaraPils/Dextrine
• 0.75 lbs.Munich

• 2.00 oz. Perle (60)
• 2.00 oz. Saaz (15)
• 1.85 oz. Saaz (0)

• Blend of Wyeast #2001 Pilsner Urquell and Wyeast #2278 Czech Pilsner (700 ml starter / 1 pack of each)

OG – 1.056
Primary – 63 days
Secondary - ?? days

Kegged - ??

FG - 1.017 
Attenuation - 69.6%
ABV - 5.11%

Notes:

• basically a repeat of a previous czech pils recipe that turned out really well
• Trying out a blend lager yeasts' mostly due to shop supply prior to brewday
• Mash at 150° and 70 min boil
• Not sure if it was the blend or just not a big enough starter, but attenuation was quite low here (~ 70% versus 83% on my last batch); sample at transfer tasted good, but it's pretty discouraging given the time I let this ferment (60+ days)

Batch #50 - MamaLou's in Shantytown

MamaLou's in Shantytown

Brewed - April 13, 2012

Style - Shantytown-style Czech Lager

Ingredients:

• 16.0 lbs. Pilsner
• 2.0 lbs.Vienna
• 1.0 lbs. CaraPils/Dextrine
• 0.75 lbs.Munich

• 2.00 oz. Perle (60)
• 2.00 oz. Saaz (15)
• 1.00 oz. Saaz (0)

• Wyeast #2001 Pilsner Urquell (800 ml starter / 2 packs)
• Wyeast #2278 Czech Pilsner (800 ml starter / 2 packs)

OG – 1.054
Primary – 48 days
Secondary - ?? days

Kegged - ??

Wyeast #2001 - Pilsner Urquell:
FG - 1.009 
Attenuation - 83.3%
ABV - 5.9%

Wyeast #2278 - Czech:
FG - 1.009
Attenuation - 83.3%
ABV - 5.9%

Notes:

• Batch #50!!!!!!!!!!!
• Hooverville - Seattle's Shantytown roots in SODO
• Trying out two different lager yeasts again
• Mash at 150° and 60 min boil
• Pitched at 55° and started fermentation temp at 43° in my chest freezer
• Planning on dry-hopping one keg with some Saaz

Batch No. 25 - Bohemian Pilsner

Powerful Pills

Brewed - January 8, 2011

Style - Bohemian Pilsner

Ingredients:

• 17.0 lbs. Weyerman Bohemian Pilsner
  
• 1.0 lbs. Weyermann Carahell

• 1.75 oz. German Perle (60)
• 1.50 oz. Czech Saaz (30)
• 1.75 oz. Czech Saaz (15)

• Wyeast #2278 Czech Pils (2 packs / 1500 ml starter)
  

OG – 1.054
Primary – 21 days
Secondary - 19 days

Kegged - February 17, 2011

FG - 1.016
Attenuation - 70.4%
ABV - 5.0%

Notes:

• Mash at ~ 151° for 60 minutes
• Sparge at ~ 171°
• Estimated OG was 1.050 and I measured at 1.054
  
• Only had 9 gallons of finished wort
• First Lager!!!