Chris's B.T.C.L.

[BrewRide]

Well this recipe should get me laughed off of this forum, but here goes all cards on the table.

I make lawnmower beer, I formulated this originally with beersmith it is adapted from two recipes one is a clone of "CL" by Propagation Nation I found on the internet and OBK's Lawnmower lite ale. I refined it to this recipe after a few batches.

I have dietary concerns that prevent me from indulging in anything that is too rich (not to say I don't sometimes) or flavorful, so I drink a beer that is close to store bought crap beer.

B.T.C.L

31 liters of water (pre-boil) for a 23 liter batch
2896 grams (6.4 lbs) of 2-row malt
720 grams (1.6 lbs) of flaked corn
12.8 grams of hallertauer traditional (6.7 alpha)
1 package of ale yeast something unobtrusive, I used reclaimed yeast from my Morgans Canadian light kit that I harvested 6 months ago.

152 for 60 minutes, 168 for 15 more. boil hops for 40 minutes.

my original gravity 1.034 (depending on your mash efficiency)
est. bitterness 7.8 IBU (6.4 IBU garetz)
est. color 2.8
ABV 3.7-4.2%

ferment at 74 degrees, takes 3-7 days, wait 2 more days to clear the beer, before bottling. I like to carbonate it heavily in the bottle, settles clear.. I have drank this beer at 10 days from grain and I say its better than CL.

for all your friends that cant handle a real beer without complaining, or for just a quick brew.

[LiverDance]

Looks good to me, i'm looking at doing some light pilsners coming up something pretty similar.

[BrewRide]

thank you, I liked it so much I had to share the recipe. I will never buy store bought beer again.

[LiverDance]

A cooler fermenting temp may get you a cleaner crrsper beer as well. I'm guessing you are using US-05 for the yeast?

[BrewRide]

I fermented at a lower temp before, with little difference in flavor (imho) I think since it has nothing in the beer it is almost as crisp as water to start with, lol.

the yeast comes from a morgans Canadian light kit. I am not sure of its name. I will have to try the one you suggested and see.. thanks for the responses.

[jacinthebox]

if you lower the mash temp, the beer should dry out and become crisper...i think that's what liver was saying

[BrewRide]

oh right on thanks for the tip, most of the stuff I learned I picked up from videos on youtube, so most of this is a shot in the dark for me.. next brew with the home malted barley I will mash at a lower temp, which range would you recommend? I am doing BIAB are temperatures the same as mash tun? I appreciate any input/advise you can give me.

[LeafMan66_67]

When making something like this with US-05 I typically ferment in the 64 degree range (or at least try to) for 2-3 weeks.

[jacinthebox]

oh right on thanks for the tip, most of the stuff I learned I picked up from videos on youtube, so most of this is a shot in the dark for me.. next brew with the home malted barley I will mash at a lower temp, which range would you recommend? I am doing BIAB are temperatures the same as mash tun? I appreciate any input/advise you can give me.

for a clean crisp ale, I mash at 148F

[mr x]

I'm drinking a beer very similar to that now. Just because it's light, doesn't mean it has to be without flavour. Lots of late citrus hops will take to a lighter beer very well.

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[BrewRide]

.. next brew I will mash at a lower temp, which range would you recommend? I appreciate any input/advise you can give me.

for a clean crisp ale, I mash at 148F

how long do you mash for? do you mash out?, if so at what temp? do you BIAB?

thanks again all

[jacinthebox]

I mash for 90 min. Cooler style mash tun. Then batch sparge. Sparge water is normally around 168ish (if I remember correctly without looking at my beersmith)

[mr x]

Look up Amarillo lager in the recipe section on how to hop this up if you're looking for alternatives on the same malt base.

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[John G]

Making a clean, good tasting light beer can be as challenging as any beer style. Looks like a good recipe to pound out a quick and cheap better quality lawnmower beer. This recipe sort of looks like a low abv / ibu cream ale style. Very economical to brew too. If you want even cleaner flavour character you can sub the flaked corn with flaked rice. Corn at that level probably shows up in the flavour whereas rice is neutral flavoured. Thanks for sharing.