[trapae]

Wifey is getting me a glycol chiller and a coil for my fermenter, so I will be able to embark on brewing lagers.  Does anyone have any great German lager recipes they would like to share?

[dls5492]

The recipe section of the AHA website has some good ones. Check under "pilsner".

https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipes/

[BrewBama]

http://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php/Recipes


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[denny]

German pils.....good pils malt to a gravity of 1.050, 35-40 IBU of noble hops, WY2124, Bru'nwater boiled Jever profile.

[goose]

Another idea, Munich Helles.
German pilsner malt
5% light Munich
5-10% carapils for body
German noble hops - 21 IBU
12.4 degrees Plato (1.050).

Haven't made this beer for a couple years.  Gonna make it again this fall since I really like the style.

[BrewBama]

Another idea, Munich Helles.
German pilsner malt
5% light Munich
5-10% carapils for body
German noble hops - 21 IBU
12.4 degrees Plato (1.050).

Haven't made this beer for a couple years.  Gonna make it again this fall since I really like the style.

Did you intend 90-95% Munich?


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[riceral]

Another idea, Munich Helles.
German pilsner malt
5% light Munich
5-10% carapils for body
German noble hops - 21 IBU
12.4 degrees Plato (1.050).

Haven't made this beer for a couple years.  Gonna make it again this fall since I really like the style.

Did you intend 90-95% Munich?


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Looks to me to be:
85-90% pils
5% light Munich
the rest (5-10%) Carapils

That's my interpretation of the recipe.

[Robert]

+1

Pilsner base for Helles.  I'd skip the carapils but keep the Munich.   Maybe 5% carahell.  But now I'm really messing with Goose's recipe.

BrewBama, how about posting your Czech Dark on this thread? 

[BrewBama]

Another idea, Munich Helles.
German pilsner malt
5% light Munich
5-10% carapils for body
German noble hops - 21 IBU
12.4 degrees Plato (1.050).

Haven't made this beer for a couple years.  Gonna make it again this fall since I really like the style.

Did you intend 90-95% Munich?


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Looks to me to be:
85-90% pils
5% light Munich
the rest (5-10%) Carapils

That's my interpretation of the recipe.

Ah. I didn’t see the Pils. Just the Munich and Cara. LOL. I was scratching my head!


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[goose]

Yes, 85-90% pils   I added the Carapils after brewing it the first time 'caus it was a little thin.  It tasted better with the Carapils in it and won a couple medals

But you could substitute carahell and it would still be good!

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[trapae]

Cool,

How long do most of ya’all lager for?

[denny]

Cool,

How long do most of ya’all lager for?

Until the beer is ready.  The beer makes the schedule, not the calendar.

[trapae]

 I knew Denny would say something like that. 

[BrewBama]

Yep.

FWIW, I like to lager until the beer is cleared. If I need the keg sooner I may use gelatin but I try not to.


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[Robert]

+1

I could tell you how long I lager, but it's something you'll have to work out in your system.  Mine is kind of arbitrary, just how my "pipeline" has evolved, but works.  If you ferment to completion at your ferment temperature, including any diacetyl rest, lagering is really just about clearing it up.