Taylor Caron, the manager of Hops & Berries homebrew supply store in Fort Collins, Colorado, shared this recipe for a dry-hopped American light lager. This is a solid template for swapping hops and yeast to suit or playing with the relative percentages of rice and corn. It’s an easy-drinking summer beer, but he really uses it to propagate the yeast needed for a good 10-gallon batch of Helles or German Pils.
ALL-GRAIN
Brewhouse efficiency: 75%
OG: 1.040
FG: 1.006–1.008
IBUs: 10
ABV: 4.0–4.2%