steam beer

[mysterio]

Brewing this one today, halfway through the mash. I really like this beer, the lager yeast really lets you taste the crystal malt. Unfortunately i'm giving half of it away as Christmas presents

Geoff's Steam Beer
California Common Beer

Type: All Grain
Date: 28/10/2006
Batch Size: 5.10 Imp gal
Boil Size: 6.14 Imp gal
Boil Time: 90 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.0

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.10 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (1.5 SRM) Grain 91.1 %
0.50 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (63.5 SRM) Grain 8.9 %
35.00 gm Northern Brewer [7.00%] (60 min) Hops 23.7 IBU
17.00 gm Northern Brewer [7.00%] (15 min) Hops 5.7 IBU
17.00 gm Northern Brewer [7.00%] (0 min) Hops -
1 Pkgs San Francisco Lager (White Labs #WLP810) Yeast-Lager

Beer Profile

Measured Original Gravity: 1.049 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.8 %
Bitterness: 29.4 IBU Calories: 217 cal/pint
Est Color: 9.2 SRM

Mash Profile

Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Mash In Add 14.60 L of water at 71.9 C 65.6 C 75 min

[Orfy]

Sounds nice.

What do you use to generate the recipe? If it's for Christmas I take it you are forgoing secondary and going straight to bottle?

[mysterio]

Beersmith http://www.beersmith.com/

It's based on the recipe for Anchor Steam with some tweaks to suit my taste. I'm going to keg and force carbonate it but theres no way it will be ready for christmas, my brother has accepted it as a belated present

[mysterio]

This turned out really good. The taste is halfway between an ale and a lager. The caramel flavour is good but I would increase the crystal next time. This is also much hoppier in flavour and aroma than Anchor steam.

[Frothy]

Ah would love to try a steam beer
What temps do you ferment it at Mysterio? Does it need any special kind of 2ndary/ conditioning treatment?

Frothy

[mysterio]

Go for it, it wasn't difficult at all.

Fermented at 15C in a tub of water (carboy in a 10 gallon plastic fermenter). This required a block of ice every day but obviously this would be easier if you had a fridge/chiller. Then I let it condition in my porch for a couple of weeks around 10C. No lagering required for this beer.