Cascadian Spring Snow Golden Lager Recipe

By EricS52

Ingredients

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• Ingredients
• 3.8 pounds Golden Light dry malt extract
• 1 1/2 pounds Pilsen Light dry malt extract
• 1/2 ounce US Saaz hop pellet (boiling): 2.65 HBU
• 1/2 ounce Liberty hop pellets (boiling): 2.45 HBU
• 1/2 ounce Liberty hop pellets (finishing)
• American Lager yeast|
• 3/4 c corn sugar or 11/4 c dried malt extract (for bottling)
• Read more: http://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/homebrewing-for-beginners-part1-zbcz1404.aspx#ixzz31VKRt8ce

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from motherearthnews.com

Preparation

Step 1

Let’s decode the ingredients. Malt extract (typically from barley) is the broken down sugar (maltose) from the grain that is needed to ferment the beer. As you become more advanced in your skills, you can start experimenting with the whole grain for more complex flavors. Hop pellets are whole hops mechanically processed by a hammer-mill, rated in percentage of Alpha units. Boiling hop pellets add bitterness to beer. Typically, the higher the percentage of Alpha, the more bitter the beer. However, the level of perceived bitterness will depend on the style of beer being brewed. For example, a darker beer may have the same amount of Alpha units as a paler beer, but the taste is more discreet. Finishing hop pellets, added in the last 2-3 minutes of cooking the wort, add floral aroma and taste to the beer. Yeast activates the fermentation process by converting the sugars from the malt extract into alcohol and carbon dioxide (making beer). There are two main types of beer yeast, lager and ale, with many varieties under each type. Corn sugar is added before bottling to prime (carbonate) the beer. Corn sugar may be substituted with dry malt extract for the same result.

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