Slightly Smoked Helles - Specialty Smoked Beer - 2013 National Homebrew Competition Winner

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INGREDIENTS

For 3.35 Gallons (12.68 L)
4.0 lb (1.81 kg) Pilsner malt
2.0 lb (0.9 kg) rauchmalt
8 oz (227 g) dark Munich malt
0.7 oz (20 g) Tettnanger pellets, 3.7% a.a. (60 min)
0.4 oz (11 g) Tettnanger pellets, 3.7% a.a. (15 min)
Wyeast 2206 Bavarian lager yeast, about 250 billion cells
Calcium chloride and gypsum added to soft water
 

SPECIFICATIONS

Original Gravity: 1.051
Final Gravity: 1.012
ABV: 5.20%
IBU: 18
SRM: 4.6
 

DIRECTIONS

Mash grains at 152° F (67° C) for 60 minutes. Mash out at 168° F (76° C) for 10 minutes. “I batch-sparged with an efficiency of about 72%.”
Primary fermentation for 14 days at 50° F (10° C).
Secondary fermentation for 35 days at 34° F (1° C).
Force carbonated to 2.4 vol.
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