AG#39 Old Man's Lager

[ArmChair]

I told my dad I would brew him a lager, so I got a recipe for the old Colt 45, which ive not seen in years. So this brew is based around Colt 45.
Name: Old Man’s Lager
Grain Bill:
3862g Lager Malt 78%
883g Flaked Maize 18%
165g 60L Crystal Malt 4%

Hops:
60g Hallertau Traditional Pellet 2.0% 60min
Irish Moss 15min
Mash at 65°C for 90 minutes
Boil for 60 min.
Yeast: 2 x Brewferm Lager Yeast
Ferment at 10°C
Brew to 24 litres
IBU: 13
SG: 1054
FG: 1012
Brew Date: 30/07/2014
Grain Bill

Mash Tun wrapped up

Target mash temp 65c

First runnings

Time for a glass of Nooky Blonde 6.0% whilst sparging

60g of Hersbrucker 2.0%aa for the 60 mins addition

Chilling down the wort

Yeast starter. 2 x Brewferm Lager yeast

24 liters of Old Mans Lager ready to ferment

 

[Rompy]

Looks great, haven't made a lager yet but might try this some time.

Also, how had I never thought of the bottle-on-top-of-the-bucket method to catch overspill...

good stuff.

 

[ArmChair]

Old Mans Lager on day 7, 1014 at 13c, dropped temp down to 11c

 

[ArmChair]

Bottled this today. It had a fantastic banana aroma, I'm guessing this is from the Brewferm Lager yeast

 

[Maggie]

I would love to have a try after seeing your explain.It will be tasty and wonderful.

 

[cheshirehomebrew]

looks great !

 

[rui]

i m realy curious to see how this turns up