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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?

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Silk,

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

Dogger

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...