Brewcraft Dutch Lager

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3.33 stars - based on 3 reviews
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September 10th 2010
3/5 stars
#1215

Not the worst, not the best

Brewed with Saflager yeast, 2 lots of 12g Hallertau Hop bags and 1 bag of Brew Booster with the aim of making a Heineken style. Fermented for 2 weeks in Primary, then racked to secondary for a further 2 weeks at 10 to 12 Celsius. Bottle matured for 4 weeks then cold conditioned for 4 weeks. Not bad, but tasted very sweet and nothing like any commercial beer. Beer carbonated very well and needed a beer scraper to cut the foam from the head. Looked spectacularly clear, although it was quite dark in colour (it was slightly darker than a XXXX Bitter). Hallertau Hops were very strong and I would only use one bag next time.
August 19th 2007
3/5 stars
#756

Dutch lager

Used this kit with #60 German Lager Converter, and saflager 2-23 yeast to make a distinctive Heineken tatse. Brewed too high of temperature but after 2-4 months in bottle gave a pleasent smooth taste. Recomend brew to anyone but add some hops and grain malt to give it more of a kick...
January 16th 2005
4/5 stars
#114

Dutch Lager

This was one of my standards for quite a while. Used with supplied yeast, 500g LME, 250g dex, 250g cornsyrup powder and 25g Hallertauer hops for aroma, not boiled, sometimes + 25g Saaz hops. Bottled after 2 weeks. A classy European taste developed after 6 weeks in the bottle, tastes like bread if opened too early. Very clean and refreshing, well balanced and thanks to the extra aroma hopping a very pleasant aftertaste. At 18°C use Saflager but needs 3 weeks fermenter and 2 months in bottle.
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