This recipe was given to me by Mike McDole, some of you other homebrewers may have heard of him. He won the Sam Adams Longshot competition last year with his Double IPA, and is one of the most awarded homebrewers in the world. He gave me this recipe because it's his favorite to brew up for weddings, and since I'm brewing for Amber and I's wedding, I figured it'd be worthwhile to give it a run to see if we think it'd be a good fit.
This recipe differs from his ever so slightly. His recipe calls for Santiam hops for 60min, and Hallertauer for the finishing hop. I went with Liberty, because it's an american Hallertauer (I prefer to stick with American hops, I'm just weird like that), and I supplemented at the 60min boil with a a bit of Magnum (another hallertauer derivitive) to save myself from buying a whole other 2oz of Liberty (they sell in 2oz packs).
Batch Size: 4.00 gal
Boil Time: 90min
Original Gravity: 1.049 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.88 %
Bitterness: 21.1 IBU
Grain
64.00 oz Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 48.00 %
21.33 oz Munich Malt (6.0 SRM) Grain 16.00 %
21.33 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 16.00 %
16.00 oz Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM) Grain 12.00 %
10.67 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 8.00 %
Hops
0.50 oz Liberty [4.30 %] (60 min) Hops 10.0 IBU
0.15 oz Magnum [14.00 %] (60 min) Hops 9.8 IBU
1.50 oz Liberty [4.30 %] (1 min) Hops 1.3 IBU
Munich Lager (Wyeast Labs #2308) Yeast-Lager
