AG#5 Alemans lager recipe WITH PICS now

[darrenwest1]

Well work cancelled today due to the customers house burning down (and they think that is a good enough excuse)
so Aleman kindly posetd up a grolsch style lager recipe for me to try
after a quick run to my lhbs
im off
a bit of a late start for me but hlt is on

 

[Muddydisco]

Nowt like a quick unscheduled brewday, Have fun :thumb:

 

[Ceejay]

Proof that one man's misfortune is another's opportunity. Have a great brewday :thumb:

 

[Good Ed]

have the fire extinguisher at the ready, good luck with it :

 

[gurtpint]

A burning desire to brew? Have fun and let's be careful out there (Hill Street Blues revisited).

 

[darrenwest1]

its in the tun while i go and get my little girl from school

 

[darrenwest1]

its in the boiler
pics will follow later

 

[darrenwest1]

ive never done a lager so what temp should i ferment it at please guys

 

[darrenwest1]

ok well here goes

got 23.5l at 1.047 so i am happy with that

what temp do i ferment this at please

 

[Darkbrewer]

Awesome. Love the setup it about what I'm gonna use.

 

[Good Ed]

Good one Darren :thumb: , with S-23 ideal temperature is 12C, and as Aleman says 1 day for every 4 gravity points, in your case 12 days.

 

[Wendy1971]

:thumb:

 

[Aleman]

ive never done a lager so what temp should i ferment it at please guys

If you used normal lager yeast ferment at 18 - 20 degrees c

You are kidding Wendy?

If you are using a real lager yeast then ferment at 12-14C. If you go much higher than this the yeast will produce a load of esters that they will be unable to clean up at the end of fermentation. A Lager yeast fermented 'warm' will produce a nasty ale like beer . . . much more so than an ale yeast fermented cool.

 

[jonewer]

What size holes did you drill in your sparge arm?

 

[darrenwest1]

i did not drill any holes , i punched then with a dart

 

[darrenwest1]

has wendys post been edited as that makes no sense
i had got some youngs lager yeast that i was going to use
but i can change this to somthing else if its no good
cheers guys

 

[Sean_Mc]

Cracking stuff Darren :thumb:

Must do a lager while I can control the temp

 

[Wendy1971]

sorry i assumed you were using bog standard dried yeast. When we made kolsch here yesterday we used a yeast starter which ferments at 18 degrees

 

[unclepumble]

has wendys post been edited as that makes no sense
i had got some youngs lager yeast that i was going to use
but i can change this to somthing else if its no good
cheers guys

I shouldn't ferment it too cold then, follow the instructions on the pkt as youngs lager yeast may or may not be a true lager yeast.

UP

 

[darrenwest1]

it says nothing on the packet about temperature but i can get a different yeast tomorrow as i will be driving past a lhbs
a few recomendations of yeast please
so i have a couple of options when i am at the shop
cheers