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MARYLAND HOMEBREW6770 Oak Hall Lane, Suite 108
Columbia, MD 21045Tel: (410) 290-FROTH Fax: (410) 290-6795
Internet: http://www.mdhb.com
LAWN MOWER PILSNER
Ingredients:
1 can Coopers Lager or Mount Mellick Lager Kit
1 lb. X Light Dry Malt Extract (DME)
.5 Ib carapils
1 oz Saaz hop pellets
White Labs German Ale Yeast or one package of Nottingham dry ale yeast
3/4c Priming Sugar
Directions:
1. Steep grains in hop bag in 1.5 gallons of water at 160° for 30 minutes.
2. Remove grains.
3. Add Lager malt and dry malt and bring to a boil.
4. Turn off heat and add Saaz hops. Let sit for one minute.
5. Combine wort with water to make five gallons ..
6. Pitch yeast when wort temperature is between 70-80°.
7. Allow it to sit in primary fermenter at 65-70° for 4-5 days, then rack to secondaryfermenter for 10-14 days.
8. Prime and bottle. When priming, dissolve corn sugar or dry malt extract in two pints ofboiling water for 5 minutes. Pour this mixture into the empty bottling bucket and siphonthe beer from the fermenter over it. This method ensures that the priming sugar willdisperse evenly through your beer.
9. Bottle condition for at least two weeks.