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We have here a really good example of the pseudo-Lagers brewed by smaller UK breweries in the 1960s and 1970s. Not having the equipment to brew a proper Lager, they simply brewed a very pale top-fermenting beer.
Which is exactly what we have here. The recipe is very simple: lager malt, flaked rice and a tiny bit of malt extract. I assume that rice has been chosen as the adjunct in order to keep the colour as pale as possible. There’s really not a lot more to say about the grist.
In reality, this is a Golden Ale, just artificially carbonated, stuck into kegs and served cold.
A typical underlet mashing process was employed. Nothing even vaguely resembling a decoction mash. Though much the same as the scheme used for their other beers.
There was a single type of English hop from the 1973 harvest.
1975 Elgood Lager
lager malt
6.50 lb
87.60%
flaked rice
0.67 lb
9.03%
malt extract
0.25 lb
3.37%
Fuggles 95 min
0.50 oz
Fuggles 60 min
0.50 oz
Fuggles 30 min
0.50 oz
OG
1034
FG
1008
ABV
3.44
Apparent attenuation
76.47%
IBU
20
SRM
2.5
Mash at
151º F
Sparge at
170º F
Boil time
95 minutes
pitching temp
59º F
Yeast
WLP007 Dry English Ale
action
barrels
strike heat
initial heat
mins stood
mash
16
147º F
144º F
20
underlet
3
200º F
151º F
100
sparge 1
20
170º F
sparge 2
15
160º F
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We have here a really good example of the pseudo-Lagers brewed by smaller UK breweries in the 1960s and 1970s. Not having the equipment to brew a proper Lager, they simply brewed a very pale top-fermenting beer.
Which is exactly what we have here. The recipe is very simple: lager malt, flaked rice and a tiny bit of malt extract. I assume that rice has been chosen as the adjunct in order to keep the colour as pale as possible. There’s really not a lot more to say about the grist.
In reality, this is a Golden Ale, just artificially carbonated, stuck into kegs and served cold.
A typical underlet mashing process was employed. Nothing even vaguely resembling a decoction mash. Though much the same as the scheme used for their other beers.
There was a single type of English hop from the 1973 harvest.
1975 Elgood Lager
lager malt
6.50 lb
87.60%
flaked rice
0.67 lb
9.03%
malt extract
0.25 lb
3.37%
Fuggles 95 min
0.50 oz
Fuggles 60 min
0.50 oz
Fuggles 30 min
0.50 oz
OG
1034
FG
1008
ABV
3.44
Apparent attenuation
76.47%
IBU
20
SRM
2.5
Mash at
151º F
Sparge at
170º F
Boil time
95 minutes
pitching temp
59º F
Yeast
WLP007 Dry English Ale
action
barrels
strike heat
initial heat
mins stood
mash
16
147º F
144º F
20
underlet
3
200º F
151º F
100
sparge 1
20
170º F
sparge 2
15
160º F
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