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Rauchbear

5 gallons/19 L, all-grain; OG = 1.058; FG = 1.016; IBUs = 11; SRM = 21; ABV = 5.7%

Ingredients:

• 3.0 lbs. (1.4 kg) DeWolf Cosyns Pilsner malt 3.75 lbs. (1.7 kg) Weyermann’s smoked malt
• 3.5 lbs. (1.6 kg) Weyermann’s Munich malt (6 °L)
• 1.25 lbs. (0.57 kg) Carapils malt
• 1.25 lbs. (0.57 kg) Caramunich® Malt (75 °L)
• 4 AAU Spalt pellet hops (30 mins) (1 oz./28 g of 4% alpha acids)
• Wyeast 2206 (Bavarian Lager) yeast

Step by Step:

Prepare mash using 1 tsp. lactic acid. Mash all grains for 60 minutes at 154 °F (68 °C). Sparge to brewkettle, adding 1 more tsp. lactic acid to the sparge. Heat wort toward boil. Boil for 60 minutes, add Spalt hops after 30 minutes. At end of boil, remove from heat and chill wort. Pitch yeast and primary ferment for 14 days at 52 °F (11 °C), then secondary ferment for 14 days at 65 °F (18 °C), both in glass. Artificially carbonate in soda kegs.