Lager selection

[renshaw]

Hello i've been playing with making wines from kits and tried cider in my own experimental way without kits

Well i was thinking of trying a larger from a kit, just had no idea what sort to try and wanted something that would be nice..
That where im stuck i can only think of commercial brands to compares them to.

What would you guy recommend for me to try thanks.

 

[MalFet]

What commercial brands of lager do you like?

 

[renshaw]

the less sugary tasting ones such as san miguel or stella.

Or, What would you recommending when looking for a kit?

 

[MalFet]

Hmm...sounds like you are just looking for a pale lager or american pilsner.

Basically, any good quality kit should be fine. If you order from one of the better homebrew shops (more beer, austin homebrew, northern brewer, etc.), you'll get good results.

Just a word of caution: pale lagers are one of the more technically difficult styles to brew. You need to make sure that you have the equipment and ability to manage your yeast populations properly with a big starter, maintain temperature control throughout the fermentation, and then lager (cold store) the beer for several months. I don't mean to presume that you are a beginner here, but is this all stuff you've got a handle on?

 

[renshaw]

I didn't no the tempatures had to be kept exactly the same.

Thanks for the warning, I'll look in to this in more detail!

 

[MalFet]

If you are new to brewing, light lagers are definitely not where you want to start. Pick another style of beer (particularly an ale). For all beer, temperature control is very important. For lagers (which need to ferment cooler than most people can make happen without a fridge), it is important and difficult.

 

[badhabit]

If you are new to brewing, light lagers are definitely not where you want to start. Pick another style of beer (particularly an ale). For all beer, temperature control is very important. For lagers (which need to ferment cooler than most people can make happen without a fridge), it is important and difficult.

I love to make lagers but would sure second the above comments. Lagers are different. You need to spend some time reading up on the process and making sure that you want to take several months with your equiptment being used brewing a lager. I think that there are a number of ale kits that will brew "lager like" you might want to consider them if it is the taste that you are looking for.

 

[cookie1980]

oh great .. im a beginner and ive started on a lager first ... brought a lager kit, its ferminating at a steady 66 F hope it will be ok, u made me panic now....

 

[MalFet]

oh great .. im a beginner and ive started on a lager first ... brought a lager kit, its ferminating at a steady 66 F hope it will be ok, u made me panic now....

A lot of the "lager" kits actually use ale yeasts that do well at 66ºF and don't require cold storage. What kind of kit was it? If you followed the instructions, I bet you'll get good results.

 

[cookie1980]

it was a lager kit made by youngs it was quite cheap £25 the instructions said to keep it between 19 and 21 c its been steady at 21 c

 

[Changeduser123]

it was a lager kit made by youngs it was quite cheap £25 the instructions said to keep it between 19 and 21 c its been steady at 21 c

The first time I got a lager, it was by mistake. Fermented it around 78 degrees here in California. No A/C, no temp controle. It came out great, even though it was a lager yeast.