no body

guest · Post by **guest** » Friday Sep 02, 2005 4:04 pm

starting to get into the lager (past 3 mnths) but they seem to lack body and mouth feel,beer has been strictly looked after as to lagering process,using dark and light malts but still getting watery brew.Any takers?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Friday Sep 02, 2005 4:13 pm

Brew ales!!

The whole point of lagering is to reduce the body & give the beer a nice "crisp" taste. Pretty pointless spending extra time on a process that reduces the body and flavour if you ask me. But that's just my 2c i guess - I'm not a fan of lagers

undercover1 · Post by **undercover1** » Friday Sep 02, 2005 4:23 pm

This is nice to see, two anonymous guests having an exchange.
Like two strangers chatting on a train. Or something.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Friday Sep 02, 2005 4:31 pm

undercover1 wrote:This is nice to see, two anonymous guests having an exchange.
Like two strangers chatting on a train. Or something.

Train, forum, take your pick. either or... its all the same really

I guess if admin had a problem with it they would ban guests posting.

undercover1 · Post by **undercover1** » Friday Sep 02, 2005 4:44 pm

Indeed, I guess they would.
I may sound flippant, but I'm always serious. When I said it was "nice to see", I meant it.

eremasi · Post by **eremasi** » Friday Sep 02, 2005 4:57 pm

its actually my post guys,still no solution,and guest youve never had a full tasting lager,mate you missing out

undercover1 · Post by **undercover1** » Saturday Sep 03, 2005 9:57 am

Good point.
The usual solution for improving body mouthfeel & head retention is to use some maltodextrin in place of or in addition to fully fermentable sugars. Try adding 500g or so, and cut the DME down to 750 or 500g
Or you could steep a bit of grain- Carapils, maybe, or Vienna- and use that for a similar effect with a bit of added taste & color.

eremasi · Post by **eremasi** » Saturday Sep 03, 2005 12:00 pm

thanks U.C.1 will give it a go .

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Saturday Sep 03, 2005 8:44 pm

Thanks UC1,

I was about to mention the cara pils. I was just reading something else which will do it before I went to bed last night. Will look it up, remember now, it is torrified wheat which is apparently like puffed wheat, 100 grams is supposed to be wonderful and will not change the profile or colour.

No experience with this, just hear say but might be worth a try

Dogger

silkworm · Post by **silkworm** » Monday Sep 05, 2005 10:03 am

I've found with Ales adding oats to the mix helped with this.
Have'nt tried it with Lagers though. Just a thought....
Silk

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Monday Sep 05, 2005 12:23 pm

Silk,

You just may be on to something, hold that thought.

Dogger

Tyberious Funk · Post by **Tyberious Funk** » Tuesday Sep 06, 2005 9:55 am

silkworm wrote:I've found with Ales adding oats to the mix helped with this.
Have'nt tried it with Lagers though. Just a thought....
Silk

I have just used oats for the first time in an ale... I was really pleased with how well it worked. It was actually my first grain experience (using a grain bag made by the gf) and I think I'm ready to start using some specialty grains more regularly.

Looking forward to bottling the end result...