Homebrew: Double Brewday – Smoke beer

Posted in Homebrew on January 25th, 2012 by suregork

Sunday I will be brewing two beers together with a couple of friends. One friend expressed a desire for smoked beer, so both beers we will be brewing will have a smoky character. We will be brewing a Smoked Lager, inspired by the German Rauchbiers, and a Smoked Porter, brewed with peated malt from Scotland. It’s probably gonna be a long day, but hopefully we end up with 38 liters of tasty beer. This will be the first time I try brewing a lager, and have managed to get a new fermentation fridge, that I will put to use for it. You can find the recipes below.

Recipe: Smoked Lager
Style: Classic Rauchbier

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 27 l
Post Boil Volume: 24 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 20 l   
Bottling Volume: 18 l
Estimated OG: 1.054 SG
Estimated Color: 16.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 26.1 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt            Name                                Type     #    %/IBU         
2.00 kg        Pilsner (2.3 SRM)                   Grain    1    39.3 %        
1.00 kg        Munich (10.2 SRM)                   Grain    2    19.6 %        
1.00 kg        Smoked Malt (Weyermann) (2.0 SRM)   Grain    3    19.6 %        
0.50 kg        Caramunich II (Weyermann) (63.0 SRM Grain    4    9.8 %         
0.25 kg        Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)        Grain    5    4.9 %         
0.25 kg        Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM)               Grain    6    4.9 %         
0.09 kg        Carafa Special III (Weyermann) (470 Grain    7    1.8 %         
25.00 g        Hallertauer [4.30 %] - Boil 60.0 mi Hop      8    11.5 IBUs     
25.00 g        Hallertauer [4.30 %] - Boil 30.0 mi Hop      9    8.9 IBUs      
25.00 g        Hallertauer [4.30 %] - Boil 15.0 mi Hop      10   5.7 IBUs      
25.00 g        Hallertauer [4.30 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop      11   0.0 IBUs      
1.0 pkg        German Lager (White Labs #WLP830) [ Yeast    12   -             
									

Recipe: Peat-Smoked Porter
Style: Robust Porter

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 27 l
Post Boil Volume: 23 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 19 l   
Bottling Volume: 18 l
Estimated OG: 1.069 SG
Estimated Color: 49.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 40.8 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt           Name                                Type     #    %/IBU         
4.90 kg       Pale Ale (2-row) (3.0 SRM)          Grain    1    79.5 %        
0.80 kg       Chocolate Malt (Thomas Fawcett) (50 Grain    2    13.0 %        
0.35 kg       Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SR Grain    3    5.7 %         
0.11 kg       Peat Smoked Malt (2.8 SRM)          Grain    4    1.8 %         
28.00 g       Columbus [12.00 %] - Boil 90.0 min  Hop      5    36.6 IBUs     
14.00 g       Mt. Hood [6.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min   Hop      6    4.2 IBUs      
1.0 pkg       English Ale (White Labs #WLP002) [3 Yeast    7    -

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