2012 July 22 - #11 TSING TAO CLONE from austinhomebrew.com OG= 1.050

2012 July 22 - #11 TSING TAO CLONE from austinhomebrew.com OG= 1.050 (2.5 gallon batch)

3lbs extra pale extract

¼ lb crystal 10L malt grains

½ lb rice syrup solids

White Labs American Pilsner Lager WLP840

BrewVint Yeast Fuel ½ pill

.5% alcohol boost

bittering ¼ oz Tettnang, 3/8 oz Saaz

flavoring 1/8 oz Saaz

fermenting at 55F

8/4/2012- gravity = 1.011. tasted normal. No sourness.

8/5/2012 – gravity = 1.009

8/5/2012 – bottled

8/19/2012 – Open the first bottle one day early and it was awesome. Not quite Tsing Tao but very close. No sourness. On the bitter side. Pretty much perfect. The best one so far. I would use less hops next time.

1/5/2013 – Aged bottle for 5 months. Very good except for the initial yeast aroma.