Bud Light Lime aka Sin Lima (archive)
This is the archive page for Bud Light Lime aka Sin Lima.
The SheppyBrew Brew Master published a blog article in 2014 in which he publicly declared Bud Light Lime one of the "9 Beers I don't Drink".
In 2015 ... I posted an April Fools' Day post: SheppyBrew Going Professional. One of the flagship brews of my fictional brewery was going to be "Bud Light Lime" ... which would actually be Wetta Blonde Ale.
No limes.
At some point in the summer of 2020, I thought I'd resurrect the name, and brew a Bud Light Lime.
No limes.
Light colored. Fairly light in body (for a homebrew). I wanted a fair amount of Saaz hop flavor ... which might be mistaken for lime if you had a beer called "Bud Light Lime" biasing drinkers to look for a lime flavor.
After brewing it once, the name didn't amuse me as much, so I decided to call it something else.
Since it was a Mexican Lager, I decided to go with a Spanish name. Since it had no limes, I went with "Sin Lima", which google translate tells me is "Without Lime". Sounds pretty good to me.
For more information on Bud Light Lime, see Sheppy's Blog: Bud Lite Lime.
| Sin Lima Mexican Lager --- Batch 2 |
| Style | International Pale Lager | Batch Size | 6.00 gal | |||
| Type | All Grain | Boil Size | 7.09 gal | |||
| Brewhouse Efficiency | 70.00 | Boil Time | 60 minutes |
Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity | 1.043 SG | Estimated FG | 1.009 SG | ||||
| Recipe Bitterness | 19.9 IBUs (Rager) | Alcohol by Volume | 4.5 % | ||||
| BU : GU | 0.460 | ||||||
| Recipe Color | 3.5 SRM |
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| Measured OG: | 1.042 | Measured FG: | 1.009 | ||||
| ADF: | 78 | Measured ABV: | 4.3 |
Ingredients
| Amt | Name | Type | # | %/IBU | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.86 gal | Denver, Colorado | Water | 1 | - | - |
| 5.00 g | Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash) | Water Agent | 2 | - | - |
| 3.00 g | Calcium Chloride (Mash) | Water Agent | 3 | - | - |
| 2.00 g | Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash) | Water Agent | 4 | - | - |
| 9 lbs | Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) | Grain | 5 | 90.0 % | 0.70 gal |
| 1 lbs | Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) | Grain | 6 | 10.0 % | 0.08 gal |
| 1.000 oz | Perle [8.90 %] - Boil 30.0 min | Hop | 7 | 17.7 IBUs | - |
| 1.00 Items | Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) | Fining | 8 | - | - |
| 1.000 oz | Saaz [3.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min | Hop | 9 | 2.3 IBUs | - |
| 1.0 pkg | Mexican Lager (White Labs #WLP940) [35.49 ml] | Yeast | 10 | - | - |
| 1.000 oz | Saaz [3.50 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days | Hop | 11 | 0.0 IBUs | - |
| 0.50 tsp | Gelatin (Bottling 1.0 days) | Fining | 12 | - | - |
Mash Profile
| Name | Description | Step Temperature | Step Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saccharification | Add 31.31 qt of water at 155.8 F | 150.0 F | 45 min |
| Heat | Heat to 156.0 F over 10 min | 156.0 F | 20 min |
If steeping, remove grains, and prepare to boil wort
Formerly known as Bud Lite Lime, but I decided to change the name.
No actual limes are harmed in this beer.
Make 1.4 liter (6 cups) yeast starter a day before brew day.
Brewing salts in the mash water. This should bring Denver water profile (as defined by BeerSmith) to
Ca=90,Mg=14,Na=21,SO4=156,Cl=66,HCO3=104
Brew as directed from recipe.
Cool wort to as close to 50 degrees as possible.
Add dry hops to the fermentor before pitching yeast.
Ferment in 50's for about 5 days, let rise to high 60's for another week.
Keg carbonate.
Brewing Record
| Brew Date: | Strike Temp: | |||||
| Mash Temps: | ||||||
| Pre-boil OG | (1.039 SG) | Pre-boil Vol | (7.09 gal) | |||
| Actual Mash Efficiency | Pitch Temp | |||||
| Fermentation | ||||||
| Day 1: | ||||||
| Day ... | ||||||
| Day ... | ||||||
| Bud Lite Lime --- Batch 1 |
| Style | International Pale Lager | Batch Size | 6.00 gal | |||
| Type | All Grain | Boil Size | 7.09 gal | |||
| Brewhouse Efficiency | 68.00 | Boil Time | 60 minutes |
Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity | 1.042 SG | Estimated FG | 1.008 SG | ||||
| Recipe Bitterness | 21.3 IBUs (Rager) | Alcohol by Volume | 4.5 % | ||||
| BU : GU | 0.506 | ||||||
| Recipe Color | 3.5 SRM |
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| Measured OG: | 1.042 | Measured FG: | 1.010 | ||||
| ADF: | 76.2 | Measured ABV: | 4.2% |
Ingredients
| Amt | Name | Type | # | %/IBU | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.86 gal | Denver, Colorado | Water | 1 | - | - |
| 5.00 g | Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash) | Water Agent | 2 | - | - |
| 3.00 g | Calcium Chloride (Mash) | Water Agent | 3 | - | - |
| 2.00 g | Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash) | Water Agent | 4 | - | - |
| 9 lbs | Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) | Grain | 5 | 90.0 % | 0.70 gal |
| 1 lbs | Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) | Grain | 6 | 10.0 % | 0.08 gal |
| 1.000 oz | Perle [8.90 %] - Boil 30.0 min | Hop | 7 | 17.7 IBUs | - |
| 1.00 Items | Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) | Fining | 8 | - | - |
| 2.000 oz | Saaz [2.80 %] - Boil 5.0 min | Hop | 9 | 3.6 IBUs | - |
| 1.0 pkg | Mexican Lager (White Labs #WLP940) [35.49 ml] | Yeast | 10 | - | - |
Mash Profile
| Name | Description | Step Temperature | Step Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saccharification | Add 31.31 qt of water at 153.7 F | 148.0 F | 90 min |
| Mash Out | Heat to 168.0 F over 7 min | 168.0 F | 10 min |
If steeping, remove grains, and prepare to boil wort
No actual limes are harmed in this beer.
Make 1.4 liter (6 cups) yeast starter a day before brew day.
Brewing salts in the mash water. This should bring Denver water profile (as defined by BeerSmith) to
Ca=90,Mg=14,Na=21,SO4=156,Cl=66,HCO3=104
Brew as directed from recipe.
Cool wort to as close to 50 degrees as possible.
Ferment in 50's for about 5 days, let rise to high 60's for another week.
Keg carbonate.
Brewing Record
| Brew Date: | Strike Temp: | |||||
| Mash Temps: | ||||||
| Pre-boil OG | (1.038 SG) | Pre-boil Vol | (7.09 gal) | |||
| Actual Mash Efficiency | Pitch Temp | |||||
| Fermentation | ||||||
| Day 1: | ||||||
| Day ... | ||||||
| Day ... | ||||||
| Brewing Notes: |
| 10/30/2020 esheppy Picked up ingredients on Wednesday. Made starter on Thursday. Will be brewing this weekend. 10/31/2020 esheppy Filled Anvil Foundry with almost 8 gallons of water. Set it to start heating to 160 starting around 3am. 11/02/2020 esheppy Brew day went fine. It was nice getting up to having the strike water at the right temp. Getting to boil took quite awhile. My brew house efficiency was better than expected. OG 1.042. No signs of fermentation yet. Anvil set to 52. 11/03/2020 esheppy Tilt says 1.035 at 52. Bubbling away. Raising temp to 53. 11/04/2020 esheppy Tilt says 1.023 at 53. Still going strong. Raised set temp to 54. 11/05/2020 esheppy 1.012 at 54. Set anvil to 55. I will probably turn off cooling later today. 11/06/2020 esheppy Tilt says 1.009 at 57 degrees. Disconnected pump. Not much bubbling now. 11/09/2020 esheppy Fermentation seems to be done. Tilt says 1.008 68 degrees. Will keg by the end of the week. 11/09/2020 esheppy Took a tiny sample out of spigot. Very cloudy. Flavor is good despite the yeast soup I got. Hopefully yeast will continue to settle between now and kegging. 11/11/2020 esheppy Another sample from the spigot. Not as cloudy, but still hazy. Flavor is awesome, although I would like a bit more saaz flavor. 11/14/2020 esheppy Kegged. Clearer than the spigot samples I took, but still will need to give it some gelatin. FG came out at 1.010. Filled 3/4 of a gallon jug in addition to the keg. I like the flavor. I think the hops come across better than my samples from the fermentor, but still not quite as much saaz hop flavor as I was hoping for. I think next time I make this, I'll add more hops. 11/15/2020 esheppy Added gelatin. d 11/18/2020 esheppy Pale and fairly fizzy at this point. Clarity is better, but not quite where I want it. I think it may clear up more over next few days. Great flavor. 11/20/2020 esheppy Yeah. Delicious. Pretty sure this beer won't last long. The Beer Model likes it too. I had to chastise her for taking some of this instead of her pumpkin beer. 12/04/2020 esheppy Clarity is awesome. Perfect Mexican lager. I feel like I need this beer on tap 100% of the time. 12/25/2020 esheppy Killed the keg. Love this beer. Think I'll be tweaking this recipe throughout 2021. 01/22/2021 esheppy Been thinking about new names for this beer. At the moment, I'm thinking Sin Lima (without lime) Mexican Lager. |