Rice,use of,in lager

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If you want to make Fosters you don't need Rice, The commercial recipe does not have any in it.

It is just lager malt mashed at 66 for 35-40mins, and Sugar, can't tell you what the hops are as they are a pre blended pellet, as are most commercial beers, & i don't Know the lager yeast strain (the most important element), But there is definitely NO RICE IN FOSTERS.

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Thanks Uncle , and Rob , too (as usual!) ....yup , I know theres no rice used in the commercial brewing of fosters but I was following Dave Lines thinking , that is , to achieve something similar with the means available to me .

Now bear in mind that I am recently returned to brewing and the equipment , ingredients , recipes and skills available to the home brewer are a different order of magnitude to what I am used to - I am catching up but it will take me a while , so go easy on me ! :pray:

Going back to the beginning of this thread I was asking about the hows and whys of using rice as suggested in my old books . That has been most fully explained by several of the more experienced brewers here to the extent that I am now holding off on the rice for the full mash brews I have coming up .

I do not need to make an exact copy of anything ,fosters or any other brand . It is merely that the person I am brewing this for stated "Fosters or Carlsberg" as examples of the kind of beers that he prefers to drink to give me an indication of his tastes .

My thanks to everyone who has taken the time to help and comment , I have learned a great deal and been able to re-assess my techniques and goals because of them .

Me , I just like a pint of Bass . Well .....when I say just....... :party: :cheers:
 
Funnily enough , after not being able to find ANY flaked rice locally , today Tesco called me to say there was some coming in on Dec 1st , one local wholefood shop sold me two bags and another had ordered a 3kg bag for me - from famine to feast . If flaked rice can be a feast .

Another reason I am keen to get some is to combine several needs in one brew . Among the said needs being the euro-fizz lager taste for the landlord , Capt. Pugwash , and to use up my two remaining cans of edme diastatic malt extract before they explode . The best before was over 5 ,yes five , years ago and they show signs of bursting the crimped ends off the tins . I paid good money for those two tins and if I throw them away the waste will haunt me and keep me awake at nights .
 
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