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I Can't Believe it's not Steam Beer! 2 - Dark Steam

I made this beer the first time to clear out all of the little bits of malt that I had lying around. Turned out that this is a GREAT beer! This is a recipe for 3.5 gallons, so you'll need to scale everything up to do a full-sized batch

I used a mixed infusion/decoction mash with rests at 148F for 50 minutes and 156F for 20 minutes.

Ingredients 2.5 lb USA 2-row pale 1 lb 6.5 oz Muntons ex. light Dried Extract 1 lb DWC Aromatic 0.625 lb Czech Vienna 0.75 lb USA Crystal 0.25 lb Weyermann Dehusked Chocolate 0.25 lb USA Carapils 0.25 lb USA Wheat 0.625 oz U.S. Liberty Pellet, 2.8 HBU's, boil 70 min 0.125 oz U.S. Mt. Hood Pellet, 0.5 HBU's, boil 60 min 0.125 oz U.S. Liberty Pellet, 0.6 HBU's, boil 15 min 0.125 oz U.S. Liberty Pellet, 0.6 HBU's, boil 2 min 0.5 tsp Irish Moss, boil 15 min Wyeast 2112 California Common or White Labs San Francisco Lager

Stats and Special Procedures Initial Boil Volume: 4 gal Final Volume After Sparge: 3.5 gal O.G.: 1.055 typical F.G.: 1.016 typical ABV: 5.2 Color: 30.9 MCU or 14.2 SRM IBU's: 25.97 BU:GU Ratio: 0.471 Boil for 120 minutes Although not strictly necessary, it's nice to lager for 5 weeks between 34 and 39F