Brewing a lager at hotter temps

[aceuass]

As your summer is coming to a close ours is right around the corner and like most people there is nothing like an ice cold lager in the backyard, so my question is what is the best way to brew a lager but don`t have the cold weather or fridge to fermenate in, I know Coopers kits provide a yeast with their lagers that is really an ale yeast so what would you guys recommend
Cheers Paul

[Kevnlis]

I would go with something like a steam beer yeast (WLP810 or Wyeast 2112), this ferments quite clean with very little ester production and makes a nice bastard lager IMHO.

Try searching for California Common/Steam Beer/Bastard Lager recipes in google, there are heaps!

[Trough Lolly]

Nothing "bastard" about it Kev! Wyeast 2112 / WLP 810 is an excellent bona fide Lager yeast strain that is relatively higher temparture tolerant. It can happily make lagers at 20C / 68F plus...I've just made a Boston Lager and an Anchor Steam copy with some WLP 810 and there's zip esters and fusels and no diacetyl. Excellent stuff and if you can, I recommend the Wyeast strain over the WLP strain, but that's just my personal preference after having used both.

Cheers,
TL

[aceuass]

Cheers
The wyeast it will be, hopefully get my Dark Side Lager going this week.
Paul

[Trough Lolly]

No worries, Paul. If it's dark lager that you're after, I brewed a Schwarzbier two weeks ago with the San Francisco Lager yeast and it turned out fine...

The recipe thread is here...

Cheers,
TL

[Ross]

The swiss Lager dried yeast (S-189) also ferments clean at ale temps. A local customer of mine is doing nearly all his lager this way now. not been brave enough myself yet, but his certainly taste good.

cheers Ross

[aceuass]

No worries, Paul. If it's dark lager that you're after, I brewed a Schwarzbier two weeks ago with the San Francisco Lager yeast and it turned out fine...

The recipe thread is here...

Cheers,
TL

Nice recipe-is this AG ?
I`m not at that stage yet, still experimenting with extract as the trouble and strife only allows me some time at the weekend for the beer science.
Cheers Paul

[rohanbutler]

Paul,

You just need to find a couple of beers they like, and then keep reminding them that the stocks are depleting. All of sudden it jumps from stupid annoying stinky hobby to as higher priorty as any other domestic chore, and the time available increases! It also helps that I generally leave the kitchen in a better state than I found it!

Rohan