Future Cloning - Lagunitas Pils #s Don’t Make Sense?

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by InVinoVeritas, Sep 28, 2015.

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  1. InVinoVeritas

    InVinoVeritas Initiate (0) Apr 16, 2012 Wisconsin

    Last week I purchased a 12pk of Lagunitas Pils, man is that some good ol' Saaz flavor / aroma!!! What's confused me is the OG (1.050) vs. ABV (6%). Doing the math this beer would need to finish at 1.004 for the ABV to work out. Seems WAY too thin and unlikely with a lager yeast alone, 92% apparent attenuation. What have I missed?
     
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  2. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Yeah, that would be really dry for a pilsner. Where did the OG and ABV numbers come from?
     
    #2 VikeMan, Sep 28, 2015
  3. InVinoVeritas

    InVinoVeritas Initiate (0) Apr 16, 2012 Wisconsin

    OG is on the 12pk box and ABV is on the bottle.
     
    #3 InVinoVeritas, Sep 28, 2015
  4. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Interesting. I've never had this beer, but have had (and brewed) a lot of Czech pilsners. Something seems off.
     
    #4 VikeMan, Sep 28, 2015
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  5. InVinoVeritas

    InVinoVeritas Initiate (0) Apr 16, 2012 Wisconsin

    Their IPA makes a lot more sense, 6.2% on bottle and 1.059 on box, if I recall right.
     
    #5 InVinoVeritas, Sep 28, 2015
  6. dmtaylor

    dmtaylor Savant (1,149) Dec 30, 2003 Wisconsin

    Maybe the unwatered down version is at 6%, while the watered down version has a calculated OG of 1.050.

    Wait... no.... maybe I'm getting this confused with Budweiser. :wink:
     
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  7. psnydez86

    psnydez86 Initiate (0) Jan 4, 2012 Pennsylvania

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    I've noticed lagunitas numbers always seem screwy to me. Brown shugga has 75%aa with a FG of 1.025. That seems reasonable. Then sucks finishes at 1.027 with a 68% AA ( a beer that doesn't seem to have that big of a FG) but okay, I believe them, whatever. Cappachino Stout is always the one that I can't believe. FG of 1.006 or 1.007 depending on the bottle with 91-92% AA

    It's all over the board with those guys. I have heard that they use a lower attenuating English strain and mash super hot for hoppy beers so I can see maybe the sucks and brown shugga numbers being correct but Cappacino stout seems like it can't be correct. Has a lot of body!!
     
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  8. psnydez86

    psnydez86 Initiate (0) Jan 4, 2012 Pennsylvania

    I never noticed the math on the pils but I agree. It's nice and definitely has a substantial body. Maybe if it was a super light and crisp German pils I could believe those numbers but I've drank a lot of yang beer and the numbers do seen off also.
     
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