AG#10 - Benson's Semi-Mature Lager (Budvar Clone)

[Gricey]

found the braukeiser guide. Feel a lot better about it now - will just krausen on bottling day

Now where did I put my extra light DME...

One thing I've not see anywhere though is how much yeast to use when making your Krausen beer. I could just use mrmalty but would I be looking for the final volume of the batch or just the volume of the starter I'm making? Googling ain't that useful...

[EoinMag]

found the braukeiser guide. Feel a lot better about it now - will just krausen on bottling day

Now where did I put my extra light DME...

One thing I've not see anywhere though is how much yeast to use when making your Krausen beer. I could just use mrmalty but would I be looking for the final volume of the batch or just the volume of the starter I'm making? Googling ain't that useful...

Just the volume for what you're making. Nothing else will ferment in there at this stage.

[Gricey]

Duh, of course Only about a litre needed, so very little yeast really.

[Gricey]

Building up the kräusen starter now. I am not 100% this will work, but you only live once I might have to add some sugar as well, I'm fine with that, as long as the yeast does its job and eats all the diacetyl.

[Gricey]

Bottled this yesterday. Gah, some of my swingtops were old and donated (and needed a mass of cleaning, really pushed out the time it took to bottle - doh!)

Lets see how it goes. Conditioning at room temps now. I fear the kräusening will stop it dropping fully bright, but time will tell.

[EoinMag]

Bottled this yesterday. Gah, some of my swingtops were old and donated (and needed a mass of cleaning, really pushed out the time it took to bottle - doh!)

Lets see how it goes. Conditioning at room temps now. I fear the kräusening will stop it dropping fully bright, but time will tell.

Lager it again in the bottle for another 3 weeks or so, you'll get it bright, it's not an easy beer to do right, but if you've gone this far then go the whole hog.

[Gricey]

Its for my friends birthday on the 11th July, I need to keep it room temp for a bit to carb and eat the diacetyl, then I guess I will crash cool as long as I can get away with. The 11th is a Monday so if I can stretch it out til the weekend then I may be onto a winner

[Gricey]

Seems its dropped bright already, 5 days in @ 20ºC, its looking very shiny! The one in the PET bottle is pressurising nicely, so hopefully the yeast is doing its job, eating any remaining diacetyl and off flavour.

I think I'll open one on Thursday and give it a taste test. If it tastes good, some cold conditioning before I hand over the babies!


AG#10 5 days after kräusening and bottling by The Grice is Right, on Flickr

[Spurros]

Looks great, and I love all the pictures, keep up the good work.

[EoinMag]

I bottled my lager this weekend after 8 and a bit weeks lagering at 1c. I made a minimash almost identical the first, which got me 5l of hopped wort, I upped the hop schedule in this one as I was not thrilled about the hoppage in the main beer. I pitched it on the lot with some stored budwar yeast before bottling. This is now back in the fermentation freezer at 13c to carb up, before I start it lagering again for another few weeks before our holidays in august.
Tastes good, apart from a very minor banana taste which I hope will be mostly gone by the time all is said and done.