ABV Motleybrew
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Sorry for the long post. I've been brewing for 15 years, I can make IPA, APA, wiessbier, belgian ales, kettle sours, stouts, bitters, saisons etc etc pretty much always as good as and often better than shop bought beer. BUT, I cannot for the life of me make a good lager! I've been trying for about 2 years and have pretty much brewed nothing else since I got the lager brewing bug, but they just dont compare to shop bought lagers. When you pour a lager is should smell lagery, crisp and of noble hops, mine just smells malty, always malty! Doesnt matter many hops I use, I've tried dry hopping but the Noble hops make it floral. Taste wise they're ok and drinkable but never crisp and clean. With regard to my processes I have a fermentation fridge, I lager and ferment low and slow, I make huge starters, I dont get any off flavours it's just not like shop commercial lager. I've followed hoppy pilsner recipes from different books and they just dont taste right. I've even tried doubling the flavour hops and I still cant taste or smell them!
Has anyone else had this issue? I feel I've tried everything and nothing is making it any better.
Has anyone else had this issue? I feel I've tried everything and nothing is making it any better.