as I mentioned yesterday, for a variety of reasons I decided to brew an anchor steam beer clone.

• after confirming a predicted temperature of less than 60F for the week, I decided that saturday would be a good day to get the ball rolling.
• I slightly modified this clone recipe from BYO as follows:
  • 8 lbs. pale LME
  • 8 oz. crystal malt, 40° Lovibond (steep from 150-175F, then remove)
  • 2 oz. Northern Brewer hops (7.2% alpha acid): 1.5 oz. for 60 min., 0.5 oz. for 15 min.
  • 1 oz. Cascade hops (5.5% alpha acid) for 2 min.
  • Wyeast 2112 (DOA)/saflager S-23 dry lager yeast combo in starter

• after weighing out the specialty grain…

• I steeped them according to the above recipe.

• I added the LME at 175F and brought the wort to a boil, where I added the hops according to schedule.

• after cooling the wort to the low 70sF…

• I aerated for a minute with O2 and added my yeast starter.

• primary fermentation seems to be going strong in my shed – the ambient temperatue seems to be nice and cool, so I have high hopes that the wort hasn’t topped the mid-60sF.
• after about 10 days in primary, I plan on lagering in my kegerator for a couple months.  cross your fingers!

Tags: anchor steam beer clone, BYO

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