Ideas for Lager malt

[ceejam]

Hi folks,

Not brewed in 18 months, but I’m looking for a bit of advice for using up a sack of Baird's Lager malt acquired from a local brewery.

I have brewed 10L batches with a 2kg ish grain bill, so this 25kg will last me a while!

Never used lager malt and thinking if I used it on its own in a SMASH type pale ale it could be very thin?

Cheers
Jamie

 

[Oneflewover]

It'd be good drunk young I reckon (smash)

Use in any recipe that calls for pilsener malt. Or use in a porter or stout where any base malt will do.

 

[Ghillie]

Try a blonde maybe? 50/50 lager malt and pale malt and a bit of crystal?

 

[MyQul]

Ive used lager malt like pale malt and made bitters and dark beers with it

 

[marshbrewer]

Bateman's Yella Belly gold is an ale brewed with lager malt, and it's very nice, in a hoppy citrus kind of way.

 

[Clint]

No expert but I've brewed pales with lager malt and some crystal or carapils,torrified wheat,maize, oats or whatever thrown in and they've been all fine!

 

[Keruso]

I asked the maltmiller.co.uk for a UK based US 2-Row malt equivalent that appears as the base malt for so many recipes from the US. Rather than suggesting Maris Otter he suggested a lager malt. So I think you can use your malt for anything (at least) that lists US 2-Row as the base, I have a double IPA in the bottle that used it. I’m sure it will be fine, enjoy

 

[ceejam]

So, I took the advice above and also my LHBS, got some Crystal from them and have brewed this here:

2kg Lager malt
200g Crystal
10g of Magnum 11% for 60 mins
15g Cascade 8.3% for 15 mins
15g Cascade for flameout

Got it in the FV with half a pack of US-05

https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/ag-10-first-one-for-a-while.79249/