tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892913891935546731.post574622850880610629..comments2023-12-31T21:53:25.234-08:00Comments on The Beer Garden: The Blow Off...Benthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525612176098847895noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892913891935546731.post-47143737960766323672009-09-26T14:53:07.694-07:002009-09-26T14:53:07.694-07:00Hey Matt thanks for stopping by my blog. The Applw...Hey Matt thanks for stopping by my blog. The Applwe Lager is huge hit. The trick is simple. In a five gallon batch, I start with a three-pound can of Thomas Coopers Lager liquid malt extract and two pounds of dry Breiss light malt extract un-hopped. I get that boiling and add 2 pounds of Fuji apple chunks (cut small enough to fit in your carboy). I use a about a half ounce of Hallertauer hops and another half ounce of Saaz half way through the boil. I usually boil for 30 minutes. Then I scoop off the apples into a sanitized bowl, while prepare the wort in my carboy. I like to pitch my yeast and get it hydrated before I put the apples back in the wort. If you don't wait it gets pretty difficult to pitch the yeast because the apples are floating on top. You need to keep a close eye on beer during blowoff because those apple chunks can clog your tube. After seven days rack the beer off into a clean car boy to finish the fermentation. I also dry hop at this point with a quater ounce of Sazz hops. BTW, siphoning can be tricky toward the end of the batch because of the apples, but I have a funnel with a screen so I slowly pour the remaining beer through that very slowly to minimize the aggitation. I usually go another seven days in the second carboy to make sure it is fermented out. The apples do add a lot of sugar to the beer and give it a pretty good bump in alcohol content. I have made this beer twice and on both occassions I have I totally spaced taking the gravity readings. So I can't help you there. If you try it let me know it turns out man...Benthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525612176098847895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892913891935546731.post-68881244829941022772009-09-25T23:33:08.236-07:002009-09-25T23:33:08.236-07:00So how did the Apple Lager turn out? I'd love...So how did the Apple Lager turn out? I'd love to try your recipe, as Stella Artois is one of my wife's favorite lagers, and we live close to lots of apple orchards!mattozanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15952674682722252596noreply@blogger.com