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Recipe: pFriem Japanese Lager

This crisp and dry Japanese-inspired lager is brewed with rice and hopped with Perle, Tettnanger, and Saphir. pFriem Family Brewers describes it as having aromas of “Shiso plum, fresh bread, and violet” with “sparkling notes of fresh green tea and wildflowers.”

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“Brewed with rice in the Japanese tradition,” the brewery says, “it’s an effervescent delight that smells like flowers and drinks like beer.”

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Batch size: 5 gallons (19 liters)
Brewhouse efficiency: 72%
OG: 1.044 (11°P)
FG: 1.007 (1.7°P)
IBUs: 18
ABV: 5%

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