Are You Wiser? American Lager Clone Beer Kit - All Grain

Description

Your Are You Wiser? is modeled on a Budweiser-style American lager and gives you a crisp, refreshing, light-bodied beer with subtle malt sweetness from the 2-Row Brewers Malt and a clean finish from the Flaked Rice. The two Saaz hop additions provide delicate bitterness and mild earthy spice and floral notes, while the Lallemand NovaLager yeast ferments clean with minimal esters for a smooth lager character.

Your Real Fake Are You Wiser? American Lager - All Grain Clone Beer Kit never sits on a shelf. Your grains are crushed to order. Your ingredients are packed fresh and you don't pay for a flashy box. It's all about providing you with the freshest ingredients for you to make your best beer.

Beer Specifications

• ABV: 3.9% - 4.3%
• Original Gravity: 1.035 - 1.041
• Final Gravity: 1.006 - 1.008
• IBUs: 11
• SRM: 2

Disclaimer: All calculations are approximate.

Ingredients

Grain Bill (combined in one bag)

• 4.5 lbs 2-Row Brewers Malt
• 2.5 lbs Flaked Rice

Hops (substitutions based on availability)

• 0.5 oz Saaz Hops (60 min)
• 0.5 oz Saaz Hops (15 min)

Yeast (substitutions based on availability)

• 1 packet Lager Yeast (Lallemand NovaLager)

Also Included

• 5 oz Priming Sugar
• 1 x Energizer/Irish Moss Combo Packet

Instructions

Hop Schedule

• 0.5 oz Saaz at 60 minutes (bittering).
• 0.5 oz Saaz at 15 minutes.

1. Clean and sanitize all brewing equipment thoroughly.
2. Heat 2.5 - 3.0 gallons of water to 159°F. *Adjust strike water temperature to account for your brew systems temperature loss.* Add crushed grains and flaked rice to your mash tun.
3. Mash at 148°F for 60 minutes, stirring occasionally to maintain temperature.
4. Heat 4 gallons of water to 170°F for sparging. Slowly rinse the grains, collecting wort until you have about 6.5 gallons of pre-boil wort.
5. Bring the wort to a rolling boil.
6. Add 0.5 oz Saaz at 60 minutes (bittering).
7. Add 0.5 oz Saaz at 15 minutes along with yeast energizer/Irish moss.
8. Boil for a total of 60 minutes.
9. Cool the wort rapidly using an immersion or counterflow chiller to 55°F.
10. Transfer to a sanitized fermenter and top off to exactly 5 gallons.
11. Pitch the yeast and ferment at 55°F - 65°F for 2 weeks.
12. After primary fermentation, gradually lower the temperature to 35°F and lager for 4–6 weeks to enhance clarity and flavor.

Bottle Conditioning

1. Dissolve 5 oz of priming sugar in 2 cups boiling water and let it cool.
2. Transfer the beer from the fermenter into a sanitized bottling bucket, leaving behind sediment.
3. Stir in the priming sugar solution gently, without aerating the beer.
4. Bottle the beer using sanitized bottles and cap them securely.
5. Store bottles at room temperature for 2-3 weeks for carbonation.

Kegging

1. Transfer the beer into a sanitized keg.
2. Seal and purge oxygen by burping the keg with CO₂.
3. Set the CO₂ regulator to 12 PSI and store at 38°F for 2-3 weeks before serving.