"Whisper of the Tengu" Japanese Rice Lager
For whatever reason, Japanese Rice Lagers seem to have become fairly popular lately in craft beer circles. At least I see a bunch more of them recently than in the past.
It is sort of funny that when I first started getting into craft beer, one of the criticisms of "Big Beer" was that "they" used cheap ingredients like rice and corn. "Real" craft beer used all quality ingredients, which generally meant all-malt beers.
While the sentiment is still sort of there, it was relaxed quite a bit, which I think is a good thing.
Anyway, I've been seeing more Rice Lagers at breweries and have wanted to brew one for quite some time.
The malt-bill of the recipe pretty much writes itself. Pilsner malt. Rice.
Generally, most Rice Lagers seem to include either Sorachi Ace or nobel hops like Saaz / Hallertau. They also don't tend to feature much hop flavor. But, I thought it would be fun to mix it up just a little, going with Mistral and Motueka, which should give it a little lemon / lime / herbal finish.
Apparently, Tengu is sort of a Japanese gnome-like creature living in mountain forests. It is humanoid with bird-like features. Long nose with a red face and often has wings. They are tricksters evolved from chaotic spirits to wise guardians of nature and martial arts.
I thought a Japanese gnome-like creature would be a great name for a SheppyBrew Japanese Rice Lager.
I don't know when I'll get around to brewing this, but I'm sure I will sometime.
If you'd like to read more about this beer, see Sheppy's Blog: Tengu.
| Whisper of the Tengu Japanese Rice Lager --- Batch 1 |
| Style | International Pale Lager | Batch Size | 5.50 gal | |||
| Type | All Grain | Boil Size | 6.60 gal | |||
| Brewhouse Efficiency | 68.00 | Boil Time | 60 minutes |
Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity | 1.049 SG | Estimated FG | 1.010 SG | ||||
| Recipe Bitterness | 21.9 IBUs (Rager) | Alcohol by Volume | 5.1 % | ||||
| BU : GU | 0.448 | ||||||
| Recipe Color | 3.3 SRM |
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Ingredients
| Amt | Name | Type | # | %/IBU | Volume |
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| 8 lbs | Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) | Grain | 1 | 72.7 % | 0.63 gal |
| 3 lbs | Jasmine Rice (1.0 SRM) | Grain | 2 | 27.3 % | 0.23 gal |
| 0.500 oz | Cascade [8.90 %] - Boil 40.0 min | Hop | 3 | 13.9 IBUs | - |
| 1.00 Items | Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 mins) | Fining | 4 | - | - |
| 1.000 oz | Mistral [4.20 %] - Boil 5.0 min | Hop | 5 | 2.9 IBUs | - |
| 1.000 oz | Motueka [7.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min | Hop | 6 | 5.1 IBUs | - |
| 1.0 pkg | Saflager Lager (DCL/Fermentis #W-34/70) [50.28 ml] | Yeast | 7 | - | - |
| 0.50 tsp | Gelatin (Bottling 2.0 days) | Fining | 8 | - | - |
Mash Profile
| Name | Description | Step Temperature | Step Time |
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| Saccharification | Add 31.62 qt of water at 156.2 F | 150.0 F | 45 min |
| Heat | Heat to 156.0 F over 10 min | 156.0 F | 20 min |
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