Grain To Glass American Light Lager | Home Brew Recipe
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- In this grain to glass video I teach out how to make an (easier than you thought) American light lager. This approachable, crushable, craveable, see-through-able beer will quench your thirst and leave you wanting more. Which is good! Because it's under 4% ABV and light enough to pair with just about anything you can put on a BBQ. I tried my hand at using biofine in this one, so check out how darn clear this turned out.
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I just copied your version … it taste awesome 😎 thanks 🙏 I only swapped out whirlflock for Irish moss … an I racked into secondary fermenter for extra clear beer since I didn’t use biofine.
Come back with more brew day videos. Enjoy them.
I feel like I’m watching the Alton Brown of brewing!!
That’s high praise!
Such an enjoyable watch!!
That beer came out great, and looks amazing. I took some notes. Thank you.
Oddly my bud light clone is to this day my #1 most viewed brewers friend recipe and one of my top YT videos - crazy
It’s good drinking!
We need you back on TH-cam sir...
Another banger of a video. Keep it up man. That American lager looks crisp!
Thanks blank!
Another fantastic vid. That beer looks amazing and I bet it tastes even better. Thanks for the inspiration ( I am building my own brew shed ) keep em coming !!!
Oh awesome! Hope it works out well
I’m not sure if I’m here for the beer or the shirts.
More great content. Keep it up!
Haha! Thank you!
Love seeing a slew of lagers hitting my YT feed! Great beer and great video as usual!
Thanks Justin! Appreciate it and a good clear lawnmower beer
Looks great. I just brewed a 100% Pilsner malt beer a couple days ago. I love lager brew days, they're more relaxing compared other beer styles.
I’m planning a couple more right now!
i love how impressed you are with yourself haha. i need to brew a yard work beer ASAP
Haha! It still surprises me sometimes!
You've got me interested in Biofine. Looked like a great beer! Cheers!
Thank you! Cheers!
Awesome video! I was always curious on how to brew a light beer. I always just assumed you’d brew a lager or Pilsner and water it down. Excited to see more and can’t wait for the sour brew day! PROST! 🍻🤘🏻😆🤘🏻
Got a kettle sour and a traditional sour in the plans! Thanks for watching.
Looks the exact light lager type. Great job!
Definitely agree with your decision to use the German pilsner malt on this beer, I did the same with my light lager and its was a good move. Excellent job on the video and the beer!
Thanks man! I appreciate it. I’m definitely happy with the German Pilsner on this one.
Sounds and looks like a super tasty cruiser beer ! Love the shirt at the beginning , prrrrrost 🍻🍻🤙🏼
It absolutely is! Thank you Hellbrews!
killer vid man also that beer is so freaking clear!!!
Thanks! I know I was surprised how well that worked.
Enjoyed it. Yes. I would just brew a double batch and split it between two fermenters. That stuff will disappear so quickly. 5gal is not enough. Thanks again for the great video. I love your style.
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching. I think I may brew this again soon, sans dextrose plus dry hop.
@@ProstwithPeter I agree. Doesn't need to be a big dry hop edition. What were you thinking for dry hop? .5oz citra? or Saaz?
Either could be good, I was thinking more on the citra/el dorado end of things, but I think a lot of hops could add something nice here.
Great video man! Im getting ready to try brewing my first beer soon and your video's have been an awesome resource.
Glad to help! Good luck
@@ProstwithPeter Thank you! Hope your doing well and still brewing🤙🏼
Yep! Got something in the fermenter now and hope to have a video about it soon.
I bought a sack of pils and ima do this recipe. Cheers man!
Good looking beer dude!!!!
Thank you Brian!
I think another video that we would enjoy is your process of adding biofine to your beer. I have used gelatin and it does seem to work well. But I also have been a bit apprehensive about that for several reasons. One being what you mentioned of adding animal product to my beer, but other being adding water that could possibly oxidate my beer.
I could! It was pretty easy since I’m kegging. It was basically purge sanitized keg, add 10 droppers (~10 mL) biofine, repurge a bit, then keg as normal! Shake a bit with CO2 attached to make sure the biofine is well distributed, then leave in the kegerator on pressure to carbonate and fine. First couple ounces were gunky, maybe one pour was a little cloudy, then BAM! Very clear beer.
Another good way is to add it to a 1L bottle. Pressurize it with a soda pressurizer adapter (can't remember the name off hand) and then add it to your gas line on your already cooled and pressurized keg. It just has to be higher pressure then your keg for it to empty.
That. Is a clear beer!
Agreed! I impressed myself with that one.
Hey Peter. I know it's been a year but just curious if that beer changed over time and did you also brew it a second time? Also do you still think that the dextrose could be omitted? Or keep it? Thanks, cheers
Nice video!
It's so clear. @12:30 you can see yourself through the beer. You could have done the whole tasting through the beer glass!
Haha! That would’ve been quite the sight. Maybe I’ll go try that now…
Great looking beer man! Curious to know, how much biofine did you end up using? I use it as well and have been trying to figure out the best dose.
I used about 10mL for the 5 gallon batch. The dropper wasn’t graduated, but I was definitely in the right range. I think that’s a bit high of a dose based on what it says, but I’d rather go high than low.
@@ProstwithPeter yeah that’s around the amount I add. A surprising amount of mixed info out there on the topic. Thanks Peter!
No problem!
I have, in the past, put all my grains in at 100 degrees and bring the temp up to mash temp and then rest. I feel I get a better conversion. However, you cant bring the heat up to fast or you can scorch your grain. So it does take a little longer on the brew day but hey, if your just making beer and drinking beer, what's the difference? Give this a try/do a video. What's your opinion? Great video, love the whole brew from start to finish in one video!
Nice! What is your system like? It can definitely be a bit scary to hear with the BIAB-bag in the kettle!
@@ProstwithPeter yeah I do BIAB, I have a stand off in the bottom of my kettle from my pressure cooker and try and suspend the bag off the bottom to minimize the possibility of scorching. Low heat is the key. Just got a new Stainless false bottom, cant wait to try it. It fits in my kettle as well as my 10 gallon mash ton (home depot water cooler)
really enjoy your videos +++++ cheers
Looks like a nice easy drinker. Another one for my todo list. I think a small amount of dry hops would of been good for a bit of aroma. Any plans for a japanese style lighter beer? I have one planned but interested on what you would come up with.
I’ll definitely be brewing a rice lager this coming summer! Maybe even springtime to get ahead of things.
What about doing something simple like this with something like a kveik at high temp just to see what crazy esters show up?
That could turn out very cool! Maybe with a biotransformation dry hop too?
Please brew more!
That's crazy clear! Have you ever used plain table sugar or cane sugar instead of dextrose to similarly lighten a beer? I've seen hard seltzer experiments comparing the two and coming up with very similar results but I'm yet to test it myself and wondering if it applies the same in light beer.
I’ve used other sugars in a saison, but never a light lager. I think in theory it should come up pretty darn similarly. Maybe I’ll have to do a little reading.
@@ProstwithPeter I've got some extra pilsen malt that I need to use soon and have biofine I'm just low on dextrose and saving what I've got for bottling so I might try this but swapping the sugar and see what happens. Or get my butt to the homebrew store sooner but we'll see which happens first 😅
Or just ditch the dextrose entirely in the boil. Use it for bottling!
How long did that keg last you? During baseball season it’d probably last me 3 days lol
Miss your videos by the way, hope you’re doing good!
Need some Peter in my life right about now
My lager is 1 week in and I’m barely seeing any bubbles coming from my blow off tube. Is that typical for a lager? Im using Que Bueno yeast.
Btw, that’s one good looking brew there buddy.
Yeah, chances are it’s fermenting away happily! I’ve used Que Bueno and others that almost look like fermentation never gets going, but it always has been. It’s hard when you’re comparing to an ale or even kveik that bubbles like crazy.
Great vid. Curious what size fermentation chamber you use, 5 cu ft?
Dang, I don’t remember off the top of my head, but I think it’s slightly bigger. Maybe 7 cu ft? It fits two 7 gallon fermonsters side by side on the bottom.
I think that yeast strain might be a lil bit too much , for a pilsner its great probably a cleaner one might do best
Can you write out the recipe for this and how much biofine did you use
Why do you use RO water?
How much BioFine did you use? I never know the right amount.
There’s definitely a lot of writing about it and seemingly a lot of different opinions. I used about 10 mL, erring on the high side.
Peter, are you still in the hobby?
You should brew a IPL next.
Did you see the cold IPA video? It’s kind of a weird IPL. That being said I wanna brew a non weird IPL soon too! Cheers!
@@ProstwithPeter I’ll be sure to check it out. Cheers
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Haha! Good enough!
Put everclear in your airlock, as if that get sucked in - who cares.
Just go to the store and buy a 30 pack.
What a waste of time n money
Haha! I do that too! This was better than a coors, and hey, it’s a hobby. It doesn’t always have to be about saving money! Cheers!
😂Peter. Yer drunk.
Daaang that's a tasty lookin beer my guy.
That it is! Thanks Yeast!