Now that I know that some of my previous beers should have been lagered, I will now attempt a lager. Or several lagers. The hardest part will be temperature control because I do not have a good space for it at this moment. The second hardest part is that I've forgotten the exact recipe I used again. Back on Sunday, I had decided to make this beer using:
1.4 lbs of Sorghum Syrup 60DE
2 oz(dry weight) Dextrose (Corn Sugar)
7 grams Saaz, Czech pellet hops 60 minutes
4 grams Saaz, Czech pellet hops 15 minutes
Saflager S-23 lager yeast.
1 gallon water
A second, subsequent beer that week uses:
approx 1.4 lbs Brown rice syrup
7g Saaz, Czech (60)
3g Saaz, Czech (15)
S-23
1 gallon of water
These were put into a mini refridgerator the week of the 20th and has been kept around 50 degrees F. I thought about keeping them outside in a storage area where the water heater and furnace are located but I wasn't sure if I was getting an accurate temperature reading out there. It should be warmer but since I didn't know how warm and if my thermometer was reading correctly so I used the fridge.
Subsequent tests 3 months later showed that both had a fairly crisp taste and was clear, however the sorghum beer edged out over the lighter rice beer due to having more body and "malt" flavor.
Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2010 | By: Kevin
Category : gluten free lager
