As mentioned in a very recent post, I got a lager making kit for Christmas. Yesterday I went to see my sister and brother-in-law and he has recently made the same kit so I had a chance to taste it before actually making it. I must say I was impressed with the flavour and decided to waste as little time as possible starting my own brew. I couldn't start it the same day so as soon as I'd let the chickens out this morning I got started.
The process was really easy as it was from an all in one kit. All I had to do was sterilize the brewing bucket and provide 1kg of sugar then make up with water to 23l.
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| 1kg of sugar |
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| The contents of the tin of lager mix. |
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| Pour the contents into the bucket |
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| Once sugar and mix are added put some water in to dissolve sugar. |
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| When all is dissolved add water to make to 23l then sprinkle the sachet of yeast into the brew. I then took a gravity reading of 1.034 at this point so will know the strength of the lager. |
The whole process was really easy and I would encourage people to have a go themselves. The next thing to do is wait 4-8 days until fermentation has finished and then bottle it, then leave a further week or 2 for flavour to develop. I'll let you know how it goes. At some point in the future I will aim to make beer or lager without the aid of a kit but this will suffice for now.
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