Can anyone recommend a good first 'proper' lager recipe?

timmy · Post by **timmy** » Friday Apr 13, 2007 7:54 am

Morning all,

I've been brewing ales for the past 6 months with some success, now I want to try my hand at a lager because it's starting to get a bit cool in my makeshift brewery. What would be a good recipe for a first stab at a proper lager? I was considering getting a can of Coopers Bavarian + extra malt + saflager yeast. Any other ideas?

Cheers,

Tim

SpillsMostOfIt · Post by **SpillsMostOfIt** » Friday Apr 13, 2007 8:05 am

Lethaldog has made a world-renowned Becks Clone. Given that you can only buy clones of Becks in Australia, you might actually make a superior brew!

Recipe here:

http://www.homebrewandbeer.com/forum/vi ... ing+shovel

velophile · Post by **velophile** » Friday Apr 13, 2007 12:37 pm

The Coopers Bavarian does come with a lager yeast.

My best lager to date was the original Coopers series with BE2 + some cascade & chinook hops and Saflager S23. This was brewed in winter in the coolest part of the house before I had the brew fridge. I also let it sit in secondary for at least a few weeks.

I'll be doing some more lagers this winter & only use the fridge for primary. I'll get another/more cubes & just leave them stored for a month or so.

SpillsMostOfIt · Post by **SpillsMostOfIt** » Friday Apr 13, 2007 1:58 pm

velophile wrote:
I'll be doing some more lagers this winter & only use the fridge for primary. I'll get another/more cubes & just leave them stored for a month or so.

Don't do what I did. Ensure there is a clear pathway from the front door through to any part of the house your significant other will want to get to...

velophile · Post by **velophile** » Friday Apr 13, 2007 2:13 pm

SpillsMostOfIt wrote:
velophile wrote:
I'll be doing some more lagers this winter & only use the fridge for primary. I'll get another/more cubes & just leave them stored for a month or so.

Don't do what I did. Ensure there is a clear pathway from the front door through to any part of the house your significant other will want to get to...

It sounds like a 'lager cube tripping incident' has put you off making lagers.