MARCELO178
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I never have brewed a Lager beer. I was wondering if Start now is it possible drink a munich helles on christmas eve? How are the commercial Lager beers are made so quickly?
I've never tried it, but I was reading this today.
http://brulosophy.com/methods/lager-method/
Fast and Lager are rarely ever 2 words that are put together. ...
+1. Just the title made me stop and look. One of the biggest lessons Ive learned brewing lagers is that time is critical to brewing an excellent lager.
But, like Jay said, can you brew something drinkable is less time...sure.
Based on the excellents posts and articles I will brew Today!
I have my Pale Ale ready as a back up, like was suggested!
I will post the results!
...if they can kick a good beer out in a month...
By coincidence, here is an American lager I brewed 4 weeks ago with 2112View attachment 239330
You said you are looking to brew a helles, the problem you're going to run into is that pilsner malt is intensely grainy and will take at least a month of lagering to smooth out and two months is more realistic. This is on top of the fermentation schedule. Switch out most or all of the pilsner malt with 2-row for a quicker turn around. That's how BMC is able to turn out a lager so quickly. No pilsner malt, all 2-row or 6-row, and adjuncts.
I could deliver the beer on christmas eve.
The beer was very good, clean and bottled!
I Brewed the day after I posted my Thread. The first thing I did is to use yeast for 20 L in a 11 L Brew. Second, I used Fermentis S23 yeast, I pitched the beer at 12 C (53 F), after 2 days stopped bubble, I raised the temperatura to 14 C (57 F), after 2 days I raised to 18 C (64,5F), stayed there for 2 days more. Finally I lowered (slowly) the temperature for 0,5 C (33 F) and left for a week.
After that, I bottled, I left the bottles at 15 C (59 F) until december 23. It was fine, clean, carbonated and tasty!
A helles Beer were made in 2+2+2+1(day to lower the temperature)+7= 14 Days.
Thanks everybody! I could not do without the tips!
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