This kit was a surprise gift from Deb, which made her front-runner for the ‘most supportive wife of a homebrewer’ award. When she bought me this, it was still a bit warm to be brewing a lager, so I waited for the cooler months to kick in. This was my first attempt at brewing a lager…

Ingredients

• 1x Morgans Golden Saaz Pilsener (1.7kg)
• 1kg Light Dry Malt Extract
• 300gm Corn Syrup (maltodextrin)
• 20gm Saaz Hops pellets
• 11.5gm Saflager W34/70 yeast

• OG: 1.052
• FG: 1.013

ALC/VOL 5.8% (pre-bottled)

I brought 2Lt water to the boil, then reduced heat. Then, I added the dry malt LDME and stirred until dissolved. I then added the maltodextrin and stirred that until dissolved. Keeping on very low heat, I added 5gm of the Hops, and continued to simmer for 30  minutes. I then added the kit wort, and then the rest of the Hops 15 minutes later, and took the pot off the heat. I then stirred and cooled the wort to 15-20°C.

I racked this brew two weeks later, and it was ready for bottling about 10 days later. I managed to keep this brew down to about 14°C degrees.

 

Tasting Notes:

Took a while for this one to prime properly, but no probs now. Tastes like a pils, with crisp taste. At first the head was waaay too heady on the pour, but this has subsided somewhat with time. This beer is definitely best served as chilled as possible.