[homoeccentricus]

So I ordered  WYEAST  2124. There's no turning back now. 

[majorvices]

As a side note the recipe I posted, aside from being our #2 selling beer, is also a beer we contract brewed for Panalpina which does a direct flight from Luxembourg to Huntsville. Apparently the beer went over very well in Luxembourg.

[69franx]

Here's my favorite lager I brew (It's the beer I dink the most of from everything I brew)

1.058
19 BUs
73.2% Vienna (Best)
25.4% Pils (Best)
1.4% carafa Special II (cold soaked added after vorlauf)
Approx 19 IBUs German Mangum @ 60
About .75 oz per 5 gallons American Crystal hops @ flame out

WY2124

Dough in 150-152 for 60 min. Pitch at 48 and ferment at 48 before raising for d rest near end of fermentation.

Keith is this more of a Vienna or a Czech  Amber. Both are very close to this in beersmith and if I brew it and love it and want to enter it, just wondering

[HoosierBrew]

As a side note the recipe I posted, aside from being our #2 selling beer, is also a beer we contract brewed for Panalpina which does a direct flight from Luxembourg to Huntsville. Apparently the beer went over very well in Luxembourg.

That's really cool, Keith !

[majorvices]

Here's my favorite lager I brew (It's the beer I dink the most of from everything I brew)

1.058
19 BUs
73.2% Vienna (Best)
25.4% Pils (Best)
1.4% carafa Special II (cold soaked added after vorlauf)
Approx 19 IBUs German Mangum @ 60
About .75 oz per 5 gallons American Crystal hops @ flame out

WY2124

Dough in 150-152 for 60 min. Pitch at 48 and ferment at 48 before raising for d rest near end of fermentation.

Keith is this more of a Vienna or a Czech  Amber. Both are very close to this in beersmith and if I brew it and love it and want to enter it, just wondering

I wanted something original so, if anything, it might fit better into a North German Alt. I originally started it off as a 1.065 beer that was a "red hellesbock" and lowered the SG to where it is now. Sorry if that's not any more help.

[69franx]

No problem,  I still like the sounds of it a lot. Thanks Keith

[Stevie]

Your cold steeping the carafa separately and dumping it in at end of mash?

[majorvices]

Your cold steeping the carafa separately and dumping it in at end of mash?

yes, cold steep and add just for coloring.

[Stevie]

Cool. Seems like such a tiny amount that I had to confirm.

[majorvices]

Cool. Seems like such a tiny amount that I had to confirm.

I have never brewed this beer smaller than 10bbl batch so there may be some tweaking on the smaller batch size. The beer is a fairly deep red.

[Stevie]

It's about 2.5-3oz for 5 gallon

[narvin]

1% - 2% carafa or midnight wheat is what i use for color in non-roasty dark beers, most recently a dunkel.  That should be good at the 5-10 gallon level.

[S. cerevisiae]

A good Dortmunder is pretty hard to beat IMO.

Dortmunder is my favorite lager to brew as well.

[homoeccentricus]

A Dortmunder it'll be. Actually I've never been there. Maybe I should go there to do some research. My significantly more other than myself will understand it's for science!

[klickitat jim]

Dortmunders don't exist anymore. You'll have to settle for a Helles Exportbeir from now on. So shall it be written, so shall it be done