Lager – WinWin Brewery

Danube Picnic

HeadBrewer — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:16:50 +0000

This tasty beer really hit it off last time. This is an easy brew and it is so light and savory. The water was provided by Black and Veatch. I wanted to brew this early, as it will be served in June and I wanted to give it 8 weeks time to lager and finish. I mashed it at 152 degrees and started the boil, bagging up the hops. I then added 1oz of Hallertau at the 60 min mark of the boil and again at 15 minutes.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Vienna	7.5 lbs
Pilsner	3 lbs
CaraMunich 3	.5 lbs
CaraPils	.5 lbs

Festbier

HeadBrewer — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:45:26 +0000

I took this back to basics and challenged myself to make a Lager with 2-row. I let the ingredients do the talking for me and see how it will turn out. When I milled the grain it smelled like marshmallows. I hope the beer turns out similarly.

I boiled for 90 minutes. I did an ounce of Tettnanger at 60 and an ounce of Hersbrucker at 20.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
2 Row	12 lbs

Festbier

HeadBrewer — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 21:34:39 +0000

A new bier to celebrate Oktoberfest is what the need calls for these days. I recently was gifted some grain and I wanted to put it to the test.

I kept the boil to 60 minutes and forgot to add the hops in until 30 minutes left with the boil. I did a half ounce at 30 and another half of Hersbrucker at 20.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
2 Row	12 lbs
CaraMunich I	1 lbs

Danube Picnic

HeadBrewer — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:19:18 +0000

Re-brewing this tasty treat. I wanted a light lager to serve at a birthday. This would fit the bill for me to have something lager-ish to serve. I really enjoyed how light this was and how easy it was to brew. A 1.052 original gravity. Added Chinook at the 60 min mark of a 90 min boil and finished off with some Hallertau.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Vienna	7.5 lbs
Pilsner	3 lbs
CaraMunich 3	.5 lbs
CaraPils	.5 lbs

BockFiend V2

HeadBrewer — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 20:53:49 +0000

The last brew of this went really well. With the next installment I wanted to use a new Lager yeast to enhance some of the roasty notes of this beer. A great roasty smell from the boil just lit up my senses. I hit this at 1.059 and it should turn out to be a 6% lager. I switched up the boil and left it to 60 mins. Hersbrucker hops in at 45 and 20 minutes. I’m glad I got this done in the morning before the heat of the sun kicked in.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Pilsner – German	8 lbs
Munich Caramel	3 lbs
Crystal 60	1 lb
German Carafa II	5 oz
Melanoidin	.5 lb

Kentucky Common

HeadBrewer — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 21:22:52 +0000

I am a member of a local beer club and I decided to throw my hat in the ring with a beer I had never heard of. This is a lager with a grain bill like a cream ale. Lots of corn in the mash and a 60-75 minute boil. I added 1.5 oz of Northern Brewer hops at 25 minutes. A very easy hop schedule to keep. I hope I can get this one similar to the other brewers and at least make something tasty.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
2 Row	6.25 lbs.
Flaked Corn	2 lbs.
German – Chocolate Rye	.5 lbs.
Crystal 40	.25 lbs.

Unfug

HeadBrewer — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 18:22:00 +0000

I wanted to re-brew this beer for the new year and didn’t get around to it until February. I kept the boil to 60 minutes and forgot to add the hops in until 30 minutes left with the boil. I did a half ounce at 30 and another half of Hersbrucker at 20. This made for an interesting flavor profile that was very aromatic and made the beer a bit sweeter than usual. I will remember that when I brew something I want to be sweeter and more aromatic. This beer turned out fantastic.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Pilsner	5 lbs
Munich	4 lbs
Vienna	3 lbs

Unfug

HeadBrewer — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 23:34:35 +0000

This beer deserved a quick repeat. I let this beer go low and slow for about 8 weeks and it is going to take some time for me to get this into the keg for drinking. I wanted to make sure I had a good lead time on Oktoberfest.

I got this recipe from the award winning Munich Madness listing in Jamil Zainasheff and John J. Palmer’s book Brewing Classic Styles. Named for the German word for Mischief, I made a lot of it while drinking this beer.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Pilsner	5 lbs
Munich	4 lbs
Vienna	3 lbs

BockFiend

HeadBrewer — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 19:35:00 +0000

When I brewed the first Dopplebock DopFiend this year it was bad. I tried to save it, but it was not the quality I had hoped for. This re-brew I punched it down a bit and hoped the flavor would stay as roasty as I remembered all those years ago.

Hersbrucker hops introduced at the 60 minute mark of the 90 minute boil. A half ounce for 60 minutes and a half ounce at flame out. The brew went well on a hot summer day. I fulfilled my promise of brewing this again soon.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Pilsner – German	8 lbs
Munich Caramel	3 lbs
Crystal 60	1 lb
German Carafa II	5 oz
Melanoidin	.5 lb

Danube Picnic

HeadBrewer — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 16:59:08 +0000

This new recipe had me going through the usual research. Then I realized I had a great recipe to begin with and I just had to turn it on it’s head. The main research was in Vienna malt itself. Most brewers don’t want to use this much Vienna malt. I wanted to try a larger amount of the malt to get the most out of the flavor. Most disasters start with curious intentions, but with the volume I like to brew, those are good to have and learn from. Brewing is a zen reflection and a time when you pour gasoline on your character flaws. I had a little gremlin with me and had a boil-over that didn’t get too far. Just a sticky mess to clean up and usually only adds time at the end. A 1.040 gravity reading told me that the efficiency wasn’t there and I should have recirculated a bit. Added Chinook at the 60 min mark of a 90 min boil and finished off with some Hallertau. The Marzen I brewed earlier was a definite plus the weekend I brewed this beer.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Vienna	7.5 lbs
Pilsner	3 lbs
CaraMunich 3	.5 lbs
CaraPils	.5 lbs