Baby Barrel Pils

5 gallons, extract with grains; OG: 1.070; FG: 1.015; SRM: 2 IBU: 32    

Ingredients:

• 0.25 lb. Vienna malt
• 0.5 lb. pale malt
• 2 oz. toasted malt
• 3.3 lbs. Muntons hopped light extract
• 2 lbs. hopped extra-light dry extract
• 1.25 lbs. light dry extract
• 2 lbs. clover honey
• 5.5 AAU Chinook hops (0.5 oz. of 11% alpha acid) (30 min.)
• 1.5 oz. Willamette hops (15 min.)
• 0.5 oz. Saaz hops (3 min. steep)
• Wyeast 2007 (Pilsen Lager) yeast or
• White Labs WLP800 (Pilsen Lager)

Step by step

Mash-in grains with 2.5 gallons of 160° F water. Hold at 160° F for 30 minutes, strain and sparge with 0.5 gallon boiling water. Add extracts and honey, bring to boil. Boil 10 minutes before adding hops. Boil, following hop schedule above. Cool wort to 75° F with a wort chiller. Strain into a carboy with 1.5 gallons chilled water. Top up to 5 gallons and add yeast. Ferment at 40 to 45° F for 1 to 2 weeks. Rack off to a secondary and lager for 6 weeks. Bottle or keg when lagering is complete. Age 6 weeks before tasting.