Beer Style: Pale Lager Family
Home Pale Lager (1915)
Digital and Plus Members OnlyHome Brewing Co.’s Assistant Brew Master Alphonse Gosch gives no information as to whether this beer was lagered at low temperature. He does say the beer was racked to casks after eleven days, which suggests it was not further processed.
Gordon Strong’s Italian Pilsner
Digital and Plus Members OnlyCompared to a German Pils, the late hops are the first thing to notice. The flavor and aroma hops are more prominent and the aroma can have a freshly dry-hopped character. The hops don’t need to be at the IPA level; just more noticeable than in a German Pils.
Bierkeller Columbia’s Kellerbier clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyAn unfiltered Franconian lager with a bready malt character that is balanced by soft carbonation and clean Perle hops.
Rebel Queen
Digital and Plus Members OnlyI like to think of this as a transatlantic lager, using a U.S.-inspired malt profile with a single British hop variety (Boadicea). I’ve often thought British hops would be well-suited to lager brewing and I think this proves it. Light and refreshing, this is perfect for summer barbecues.
Gordon Strong’s German Helles Exportbier
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis beer is bolder than your typical lawnmower beer, but it is meant to reward a hard day’s work. So go cross something off your to-do list, then grab a cold one, like life was meant to be.
Confluence Brewing Co.’s Blue Corn Lager clone
Digital and Plus Members Only“Blue Corn Lager is made like a classic American Pilsner with a twist. Blue corn makes a sweet wort, with a little bit of that corn chip flavor.” — John Martin
Mow the Damn Lawn
FREEWhen a summer thirst quencher is what you are looking for . . . look no further. This is the recipe that made Annie Johnson the 2013 Homebrewer of the Year.
Gordon Strong’s Leichtbier
Digital and Plus Members OnlyWhen I first thought about giving a recipe for this style, I was going to say, “just take your favorite Pilsner or helles recipe, but use more water” – and I wouldn’t be too far from the mark. But there is a little more to it than that.
American-Style Lager
Digital and Plus Members OnlyAmerican-Style Lager (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.046 FG = 1.008IBU = 15 SRM = 2–4 ABV = 4.9% Ingredients7 lbs. (3.2 kg) 2-row pale malt2.5 lbs. (1.1 kg) raw rice or corn0.25 lb. (113 g) acidulated malt12 AAU Mt. Hood hops (60 min.) (2 oz./56 g at 6% alpha acids)0.5 oz. (14 g) Mt. Hood
Kellerbier
FREEThis recipe is based on the gold-medal winner kellerbier Mut Lager from Cervecería Mut out of Quito, Ecuador. Special thanks to the Brewer Dora Durán for her help pulling this recipe together for the homebrew scale.
Western Hills Pre-Prohibition Lager
Digital and Plus Members OnlyWestern Hills Pre-Prohibition Lager (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.060 FG = 1.014IBU = 42 SRM = 7 ABV = 6.2% Ingredients6 lbs. (2.7 kg) German Pilsner malt3 lbs. (1.4 kg) US 6-row malt1 lb. (0.45 kg) Victory® malt1.25 lbs. (0.57 kg) flaked maize1.25 lbs. (0.57 kg) flaked rice 1 oz. (28 g) acidulated malt7 AAU Simcoe®
Jack’s Original Lager
Digital and Plus Members OnlyJack’s Original Lager (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.047 FG = 1.011IBU = 40 SRM = 3 ABV = 4.8% This is my attempt to brew a historic Michelob. I have read many historical accounts that indicate that back in the 1800s beers often had higher final gravities than present day beers. Since there