Herkules and Goldings lager...

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Otherwise known as Tennents, but had to get your attention somehow....

Never mind whether or not Tennents is seen as an acceptable recipe to try and clone:laugh8: I have been conversing with the guys at CML earlier, and asked them if they knew any insider info about the tennents recipe. All I know is it uses Herkules hops, presumably for bittering. They said although they didn't know the recipe, they believe its a pretty standard grain bill of 95% pils, 5% Munich or Vienna, but also that it contains some Goldings.

I must admit I was a bit surprised to hear that. What would folks opinions be on the use of Goldings (unsure if they meant Styrain or EKG) ina fairly neutral/clean lager?

I guess the hop bill is what I would need to sort out since I would go for a clean lager yeast, probably CML Hell as I have plenty of that.

Any ideas hop wise?
 
Tennent's gets a bad rap, in terms of commodity lagers it is one of the better ones. Certainly a step better than something like Carling, which has a lot of high maltose syrup in the recipe

I did a tour there a long time ago, about ten years, and they used lager malt, wheat and maize, high gravity brewed to about 7.5% . I assume there is some darker malt in there too as it's a gold colour rather than straw, so 5% munich would be a good bet. Hops were pellets in boil and iso-extract added at filtration to 20 IBU, so similar to a helles. Warm fermented, two days "lagering" then filtered and diluted to retail strength.

I'd just do a single 50/60 minute addition to 20 IBU.


I doubt they use any sort of goldings in Tennent's Lager, they do brew a number of other beers there as well as their own ales and did when I visited brew keg Bass there, doubt they do now. But I assume any goldings they have in the brewery is for the ales they brew.
 
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