Homebrew Recipe

Old Man Dark

Method:: Extract
Style:: Munich Dunkel
Boil Time:: 60 min.
Batch Size:: 5 gal.
Boil Size:: 3 gal.
Efficiency:: 0
Rating:
Source:: Brew Your Own
Source Notes:: September 2019, Vol. 25, No. 4 page 103. A beautifully toasty dark lager with just enough malt to make you feel enveloped...but not overwhelmed. It's the ideal showcase for great Munich malt. Some folks say it's an old man's beer and you should be enjoying a helles or Pils, but I'll take a dunkel any day thank you very much.
Notes:: Soak the crushed Chocolate malt (Carafa) in a small grain bag as the water heats up to a boil. Off heat, stir in the extract just prior to hitting a boil and stir until fully dissolved. Bring wort to a boil and boil for 60 minutes, adding hops as indicated. Add a kettle coagulant of your choice if you so desire. After the boil is complete, give the wort a long stir to create a whirlpool and let settle for 10 minutes, then begin to chill. Bring down to yeast-pitching temperature, aerate the wort, and pitch the yeast. Fermentation temperature can vary depending on your fermentation control. You can ferment from about 55-65 F. Ferment for 1-2 weeks at this temperature. Transfer to a secondary and lager for 1-4 weeks at 33-35 F. Bottle or force carbonate per normal.

OG	FG	ABV	SRM	IBU
1.051	1.012	5	15	20

Name	Amount	% Grain Bill
Munich Dry Malt Extract	5.6 lbs.	97.82
Chocolate Malt	0.125 lbs.	2.18
Notes: Calls for 2 oz. Weyermann Carafa Special II malt
Total:	5.72 lbs.

Name	Amount	Boil Time	Use	AA
Magnum (GER)	0.25 oz.	60	Boil	15
Notes: 3.75 AAU. Calls for pellet hops
Tettnang (GER)	0.5 oz.	20	Boil	4.5
Notes: 2.25 AAU Tettnanger hops

Name	Amount
Magnum (GER)	0.25 oz.
Tettnang (GER)	0.5 oz.