Deutsch Mexikaner Lager

Germans began immigrating to Mexico hundreds of years ago. If there’s one thing Germans always bring with them, it’s their love of beer and their brewing tradition. The Vienna lager style is alive and well in Mexico through commercial breweries steeped in German tradition.

Type: Lager

Style: Vienna / Oktoberfest / Marzen

Batch Size: 5 gallons

Recipe Type: Extract with grain

Recipe Contributed By: Aaron Hyde

Ingredients

Quantity	Ingredient	Comment	Malt Style
3 lbs	CBW® Pilsen Light DME	60 min boil
2 lbs	CBW® Pilsen Light DME	0 min boil
0.75 lb	Caramel Munich Malt 60L	Steeping Grain
0.5 lb	Briess Insta Grains® Yellow Corn Flakes	Steeping Grain
0.5 lb	Goldpils® Vienna Malt	Steeping Grain
1 oz	Tettnang Hops (4.5% AAU)	60 min boil
1 oz	Hallertau Hops (4.5% AAU)	5 min boil
2 packs	WLP940 Mexican Lager Yeast	Fermenter
1 capsule	Servomyces Yeast Nutrient	10 min boil

Procedures

Bring 2.5 gallons of water to 154ºF and steep grains for 30 minutes.
Remove grains, and stir in 3 lbs CBW® Pilsen Light DME.
Bring water to a boil, add 1 oz of Tettnang hops.
After 50 minutes, add yeast nutrient.
After 5 minutes, add 1 oz of Hallertau hops and yeast nutrient.
Boil 5 minutes, and turn heat off.
Stir to dissolve 2 lbs Briess CBW® Pilsen Light DME
Cool beer to 70ºF. Transfer to fermenter. Fill to 5 gallons with water.
Pitch 2 packs of White Labs WLP940 Mexican Lager yeast.

Primary Fermentation: 2 weeks at 50ºF - 55ºF

Secondary Fermentation: 4 weeks at 50ºF - 55ºF.

Fermentation Notes: Force carbonate or bottle condition with ¾ cup dissolved priming sugar, and ¼ packet WLP940 yeast for 3-4 weeks at 50ºF - 55ºF.

Original Gravity: 1.052

Final Gravity: 1.013

Alcohol by Weight:

Alcohol by Volume: 5.1%

IBU: 22

Color: 11

Tags: Pilsen Light DME, Caramel Munich, 60L, Yellow Corn Flakes, Goldpils® Vienna, Tettnang Hops, Hallertau Hops