Years ago when I was newly married to my beautiful wife, I challenged myself with making a Bud Light clone in order to finally make a beer my father-in-law would drink. It turned out quite well, though not perfect. I haven’t done any lagers since then, but this year I finally got my fermentation chamber cleared out of food and converted back so had the ability to do lagers. This time around I decided to just make a nice simple American lager instead of trying to clone an existing commercial beer. Since moving to brew-in-a-bag I was also able to do a step mash procedure to help with the overall outcome of the beer. Tasting it while kegging gave an awesome clean finish beer that I believe is going to be crushed with the weather warming up!

Recipe Details

Batch Size Boil Time IBU SRM Est. OG Est. FG ABV
5.5 gal 60 min 14.3 IBUs 3.2773574 1.043 1.007 4.8 %

Style Details

Name Cat. OG Range FG Range IBU SRM Carb ABV
American Lager 1 B 1.04 - 1.05 1.004 - 1.01 8 - 18 2 - 3.5 2.5 - 2.9 4.2 - 5.3 %

Fermentables

Name Amount %
Pale Malt (2 Row) US 7 lbs 73.68
Maize, Flaked (Thomas Fawcett) 1.5 lbs 15.79
Vienna Malt (Briess) 1 lbs 10.53

Hops

Name Amount Time Use Form Alpha %
Liberty 1.5 oz 60 min Boil Pellet 4.3

Miscs

Name Amount Time Use Type
Epsom Salt (MgSO4) 1.77 g 60 min Mash Water Agent
Salt 0.37 g 60 min Mash Water Agent
Calcium Chloride 0.32 g 60 min Mash Water Agent

Yeast

Name Lab Attenuation Temperature
SafLager West European Lager (S-23) DCL/Fermentis 74% 46°F - 50°F

Mash

Step Temperature Time
Acid Rest 95°F 5 min
Protein Rest 125.6°F 15 min
Saccharification 1 145.4°F 45 min
Saccharification 2 161.6°F 30 min
Mash Out 172.4°F 10 min
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