Hops
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Amount
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Variety
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Cost
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Type
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AA
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Use
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Time
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IBU
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Bill %
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0.25 oz |
Yakima Chief Hops - Hallertauer Magnum0.25 oz Hallertauer Magnum Hops |
|
Pellet |
12.5 |
Mash
|
0 min |
4.61 |
16.7% |
|
0.50 oz |
Tetnang Tettnanger0.5 oz Tetnang Tettnanger Hops |
|
Pellet |
3.9 |
Boil
|
10 min |
5.23 |
33.3% |
|
0.25 oz |
Artisan - Saaz (US)0.25 oz Saaz (US) Hops |
|
Pellet |
2.7 |
Boil
|
30 min |
3.84 |
16.7% |
|
0.50 oz |
Artisan - Saaz (US)0.5 oz Saaz (US) Hops |
|
Pellet |
2.1 |
Boil
|
45 min |
7.13 |
33.3% |
|
1.50 oz
/ $ 0.00
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Mash Guidelines
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Amount
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Description
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Type
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Start Temp
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Target Temp
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Time
|
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15.9 qt |
Protein-ish |
Temperature |
-- |
138 °F |
10 min |
|
|
Saccharification |
Temperature |
152 °F |
152 °F |
10 min |
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|
|
|
168 °F |
168 °F |
10 min |
Priming
|
Amount: Keg with 12.54 PSI
CO2 Level: 2.3 Volumes |
Target Water Profile
Padre's - Amber Lager - Balanced
Notes
Recipe Notes
08/02/2025: Knocked rice back to 4 oz, added munich dark malt, removed the caramunich. Reduced the Vienna to 2.25... looking to play with the mash temperatures to impact attenuation.
08/02/2025: Removed a few mash steps - staying with 138F and 152f. I may add in a mid 140's step and push the 150's toward the middle.
07/06/2025: Pushed the rice to 8 oz and substitured the caramunch 1 for the caramel Munich 60.
To consider
- Review mash schedule
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2/14/2024: 1 jalapeno chopped with seeds. On or before brew day, make a chile tincture by soaking the chopped jalapeño with its seeds in a small amount of vodka. This will extract flavor and heat while the beer ferments.
2/4/2024 - Moving to a step mash for this beer, 122, 147, 168 (may push that higher?). Need to keep the pH as close to 5.3 as possible... between 5.2 and 5.4 is the target. I will follow the same fermentation schedule as the Oktoberfest 2024.
10/29/2023: This is based on the Vienna Lager I did back in 2021. Chosen for the Dead Brewing Project bacause of my current interest in Mexican lagers (basically German Vienna or Munich beers). Mexican influences run through a number of songs in the Grateful Dead repertoire and while Mexicali Blues is but one song, it kinda defines what I want to do with this beer. I'd like a moderate to higher moderate impact by the jalepenos... a bit of bite, but the overall flavor, too.. Just want to dial the base grains in before we go beyond .
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Brewing Notes
Mash
Boil
Fermentation
3/20/2024: This sucker is done! Kegging 3/21 then letting it sit for a bit to lager. Maybe another 2 weeks? Then packaging.
3/19/2024: Added 2 more jalepenos chopped with pith (no seeds) into the fermenter.
3/16/2024: Added 2 jalapenos chopped with pith for heat to the beer. Gravity is 1.008 and I do not expect it to drop further. Starting drop to 40F... set temp from 52F to 49*F. Will drop 4 degrees each day until 40.
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Cost $ |
Cost % |
| Fermentables |
$ |
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Steeping Grains
(Extract Only) |
$ |
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| Hops |
$ |
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| Yeast |
$ |
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| Other |
$ |
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| Cost Per Barrel |
$ 0.00 |
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| Cost Per Pint |
$ 0.00 |
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| Total Cost |
$ 0.00 |
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