2012 July 4 - #10 TSING TAO CLONE from austinhomebrew.com OG= 1.055 (2.5 gallon batch)

2012 July 4 - #10 TSING TAO CLONE from austinhomebrew.com OG= 1.055 (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

7/13/2012 -  OG=1.020 at 65F ( recalculated to 59F OG = 1.020). I might as well wait the 14 days. It was still highly carbonated and clouded. Strong healthy yeast smell. Tasted good.

7/17/2012 gravity =1.017 at 63F

7/18/2012-1.015 gravity at 63F

7/19/2012 -1.015 gravity at 63F – 4.9%ABV. The liquid yeast makes less sediment or maybe they were still active floating around? Tasted fine. Bottled.

 8/2/2012 – first bottle in the fridge for 3-4 days was sour. Possible contamination or yeast still active and not completely settled out. It could be a Belgian beer. Alison noted that it tasted like saki – probably due to the rice solids.

8/11/2012 – the next 2 bottles were still sour.

8/14/2012 – It's now a Belgian lager!