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Bear Creek Dark Lager

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Bear Creek Dark Lager

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Beer Style: American Dark Lager 
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5 gallons

Description:

Don't let the color fool you. Our gluten-free Dark Lager is as light and crisp as your favorite golden ale, but with a sophisticated wardrobe. It’s the perfect choice for the drinker who wants the flavor of roasted gluten-free malts without the heavy, filling weight of a stout. Ideal for brewers exploring gluten-free beer styles beyond the basics.

Ingredients:

  • Pale Rice Malt 10.00 lb (63%) Mash
  • Biscuit Rice Malt 3.00 lb (19%) Mash
  • Gas Hog Rice Malt 1.00 lb (6%) Mash
  • Dark Rice Malt 1.00 lb (6%) Mash
  • James Brown Rice Malt 1.00 lb (6%) Mash
  • 1 oz Magnum hops (60 minutes)
  • 1 oz Hallertau hops (15 minutes)
  • Whirlflock Tablet Boil (10 minutes)
  • Mangrove Jacks M15 Empire Ale Yeast
  • Yeast nutrients per dosing and time addition recommendations.

Additional Instructions

Primary Ferment: 7 - 10 days
Secondary Ferment: 7 - 10 days

Beer Profile

Original Gravity: 1.055
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol by Vol: 5.7%
Color SRM: 39.5
Bitterness IBU: 52.5
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5.0 Gallons
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Procedure:

Perform rising step mash (Click 'Resources' > 'Tutorials' > 'All Grain Brewing Tutorial') for 85 - 135 total minutes using Ceremix-Flex and Ondea Pro enzymes per dosing instructions.

SPARGE INSTRUCTIONS:
“Fly sparge” by gently sprinkling water from the hot liquid tank while matching flow rates of the mash tun and hot liquor tank.

Follow boil schedule located in ingredient list above.

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