In the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove, Goldfinger has built a strong national reputation for its lagers. This one is inspired by the German zoigl tradition but makes use of American ingredients, including corn and whole-leaf Mt. Hood hops.
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For more on the cross-country American Zoigl collaboration that began at Goldinger—with some of the country’s best lager breweries taking their turns with the star since then—see What Is American Zoigl? Or, for more on Germany's original farmhouse lager tradition, see Zoiglbier: Star of the Oberpfalz.
ALL-GRAIN
Batch size: 5 gallons (19 liters)
Brewhouse efficiency: 72%
OG: 1.042 (10.5°P)
FG: 1.009 (2.4°P)
IBUs: 28
ABV: 4.3%
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