Vienna

Recipe Notes: John McGill submits this winning recipe from the September competition. John brewed a 10 gallon batch - I have scaled it down to the typical 5 gallon batch.

Recipe Specifications

Batch Size (Gal): 5
OG: 1.053
FG: 1.012
SRM: 11
IBU: 26
Boil Time imin) 90
Efficiency (%) 85


Grains & Adjuncts

GrainAmtPct
Munich Malt 4.375 lbs 47.6%
Pale Malt(2-row) 3.25 lbs 35.4%
Melanoidin Malt 0.563 lbs 6.1%
Toasted Malt(2-row) 0.438 lbs 4.8%
Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt 0.438 lbs 4.8%
Crystal 150L 0.125 lbs 1.4%


Hops

Hop NameAmtAA (%)Time (min)
Perle (pellet) 0.43 6.7 75
Hallertau (pellet) 0.43 4.5 75
Hallertau (pellet) 0.43 4.5
2


Yeast

Wyeast 2042 Danish lager

Process Details

  • Rest 30 min at 95F, raise to 122°F.
  • Rest 30 min, raise to 154°F.
  • Rest 60 min, mashout and sparge at 168°F

    Fermentation Details

  • 6 days @ 52°F, 14 days @ 35°F
  • brought up to 64°F for diacetyl rest for 36 hr.

    Brewers Notes

  • Notes: After 6 days in the primary beer was transferred to secondary and temp reduced 3°F a day until reaching 33°F After 14 days beer transfered to two 5 gal kegs and