recommend a bland lager

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recommend a bland lager

Post by bettyswallocks » Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:45 pm

At our new year party I had bushys bitter (local brewery), coopers bitter (home brew) through the handpumps and both got supped. I had arkells lager(home brew) in the corny keg, ok this brew but as it tasted like bitter so the carling brigade wouldn't drink it. I put 30 cans of carlsberg lager in a corny kegs and they supped it. So can anyone recommend a bland lager kit like carling, skol etc so to please the lads with no tastebuds.
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Re: recommend a bland lager

Post by bitter_dave » Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:52 pm

bettyswallocks wrote:At our new year party I had bushys bitter (local brewery), coopers bitter (home brew) through the handpumps and both got supped. I had arkells lager(home brew) in the corny keg, ok this brew but as it tasted like bitter so the carling brigade wouldn't drink it. I put 30 cans of carlsberg lager in a corny kegs and they supped it.
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Post by steve_flack » Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:54 pm

One of the problems of homebrewing lager is temperature. If you ferment at normal ale temperatures you'll get ale like flavours - even with most lager yeasts. There is a liquid yeast that is supposed to give lager like flavours at higher temps - Wyeast 2112 or White Labs WLP-810. Even this won't be the same as a proper European lager yeast fermented at the right temperature.

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Post by bitter_dave » Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:01 pm

Bland lager is pretty damn cheap in the supermarket, I'm not sure I could be bothered to make it for other people.. but then again that says a lot about me :lol:

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Post by bettyswallocks » Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:17 pm

Think your right there. Saw 24 cans of castlemaine for £8 the other day. I could stick crap like that in a corny keg. Cheaper still ban all carling drinkers coming round to me shed.
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Post by chopperswookie » Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:21 pm

get yourself to wilkos and get a geordie. might not be the "bland" lager you are after but makes a great "session" lager.

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Post by bitter_dave » Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:24 pm

bettyswallocks wrote: Cheaper still ban all carling drinkers coming round to me shed.
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Amen to that :lol:

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