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I'm going to try a variation on the chili pepper lager from the clones book I got for Christmas.  I'll be using an ale yeast instead of a lager yeast simply because I don't have a good way of holding the wort at a low enough temperature, or of properly lagering the beer after bottling, so it'll have to make due with that.
 
I'm going to try a variation on the chili pepper lager from the clones book I got for Christmas.  I'll be using an ale yeast instead of a lager yeast simply because I don't have a good way of holding the wort at a low enough temperature, or of properly lagering the beer after bottling, so it'll have to make due with that.
  
* 6.6 lbs. (2 can) extra-light lme
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* 6.6 lbs. (2 cans) pilsen light LME
* 1 lbs. carapils malt
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* 1 lbs. Dextrine malt
 
* .5 lbs vienna malt
 
* .5 lbs vienna malt
* .5 lbs flaked maize
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* 9 ox flaked maize
* 1.5 oz Hallertau hops
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* 2 oz Hallertau hops
 
* 1 oz mt hood hops
 
* 1 oz mt hood hops
* ale yeast (Should be lager yeast, but I don't have anywhere cool enough for that kind of yeast)
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* Nottingham ale yeast
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* 1 tsp irish moss
 
* ~ 18 hot dried peppers (1 per bottle, about half of them)
 
* ~ 18 hot dried peppers (1 per bottle, about half of them)
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We brought ~2 gallons of water to ~150F and soaked the malts and flaked maize for 45 minutes, trying to keep the temperature around that mark.  After removing the malt bag, we added about a gallon of cold water, returned the kettle to heat, and brought it up to ~180F.  Turned off the heat, added the LME, and turned the heat back on.  At about 190F, we added the hallertau hops and started a 1 hour timer.  At 30 minutes we added the irish moss.  At the end of the hour, we removed the wort from heat, added the mt hood hops, and cooled in a sink of cold water to 100F.  meanwhile I followed the directions on the yeast pack and added the dry yeast to 4 oz of 92F water, allowed to sit for 15 minutes.  I put the warm wort into the fermenter, topped up to 5 gallons, and pitched the yeast at 72F.  -[[User:Morrigu|Morrigu]] 21:11, 18 April 2010 (EST)
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IG: 1.042@72F = 1.043@68F
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This batch was started with assistance from [[User:sinic|Sinic]].

Revision as of 22:11, 18 April 2010

I'm going to try a variation on the chili pepper lager from the clones book I got for Christmas. I'll be using an ale yeast instead of a lager yeast simply because I don't have a good way of holding the wort at a low enough temperature, or of properly lagering the beer after bottling, so it'll have to make due with that.

  • 6.6 lbs. (2 cans) pilsen light LME
  • 1 lbs. Dextrine malt
  • .5 lbs vienna malt
  • 9 ox flaked maize
  • 2 oz Hallertau hops
  • 1 oz mt hood hops
  • Nottingham ale yeast
  • 1 tsp irish moss
  • ~ 18 hot dried peppers (1 per bottle, about half of them)

We brought ~2 gallons of water to ~150F and soaked the malts and flaked maize for 45 minutes, trying to keep the temperature around that mark. After removing the malt bag, we added about a gallon of cold water, returned the kettle to heat, and brought it up to ~180F. Turned off the heat, added the LME, and turned the heat back on. At about 190F, we added the hallertau hops and started a 1 hour timer. At 30 minutes we added the irish moss. At the end of the hour, we removed the wort from heat, added the mt hood hops, and cooled in a sink of cold water to 100F. meanwhile I followed the directions on the yeast pack and added the dry yeast to 4 oz of 92F water, allowed to sit for 15 minutes. I put the warm wort into the fermenter, topped up to 5 gallons, and pitched the yeast at 72F. -Morrigu 21:11, 18 April 2010 (EST)

IG: 1.042@72F = 1.043@68F


This batch was started with assistance from Sinic.