Chocolate Lager

An interesting experimental lager. That tastes like chocolate. But is lager...

Ingredients

Ingredients are listed as a percentage of the full grist, followed by example measures for a small 5 litre brew. Hops and additives for the boil are then listed, with the percentage values this time calculated against the total grist weight. Again example values are given for a small 5 litre brew.

Grist Ingredients

Lager malt

91 %

1345 g

Torrified wheat

6 %

83 g

Acid

1 %

8 g

Pale Chocolate wheat malt

3 %

42 g

Boil Ingredients (Percentage values proportionate to total grist)

Goldings Hops (90 mins)

1.4 %

21 g

Goldings Hops (15 mins)

0.5 %

7 g

Beer volume

These measures should produce approximately 5.0 litres (8.8 pints) of beer using about 4.3 litres of mash water and about 3.0 litres of sparge water.

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