Since 1870 we’ve lived and breathed malting. With this passion and expertise, and by combining traditional and modern techniques, we create an impressive range of malted and non-malted products, including several unique and exclusive barley malts.
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This Pre-Prohibition Lager homebrew recipe draws from the pre-prohibition era in US brewing history and features our Europils Malt and Flaked Maize to lend grainy and sweet-corn flavours respectively. Substantial hop additions give a moderate bitterness and the low mash temperature gives a lingering dry finish.
BATCH SIZE FERMENTER:
25 l
BATCH SIZE (UK BARRELS):
27.75 l
ORIGINAL GRAVITY:
1044 SG
FINAL GRAVITY:
1007 SG
IBUs:
21
COLOUR (EBC/SRM):
5 / 2.5
BREWHOUSE EFFICIENCY:
80%
MASH TEMP:
63°C / 145°F
COLLECTION TEMP:
20°C / 68°F
FERMENTATION TEMP:
86%
MASH LIQUOR VOL (LITRES):
12.4
LIQUOR / MASH RATIO:
2.7 : 1
MASH:
60 mins
BOIL:
STAND:
30 mins
EUROPILS
3.641
78
FLAKED TORREFIED MAIZE
0.941
22
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CASCADE
11.3
30
7
Start of boil
CITRA
6.3
12.5
Middle
EUKANOT
3.4
20
15.5
Flame out
4.2
Torrefied Flaked Maize is pre-gelatinised so no need to have a cereal cooker, just add straight to the mash.
We take English spring barley with a slightly higher protein than our Best Ale Malt and the subsequent low temperature kilning produces Lager Malt with a sweet but not “malty” character.
Lager malts from continental Europe tend to be higher in protein, have less modification and a lower SNR which means the malt then requires processing in a rising temperature programme. This is the reason that decoction and heated mash vessels are the dominant brewing system on the continent.
However, Lager has been optimised for UK brewing and so it works comfortably in a UK single strike temperature brewery or on a continental system.
Find out more about our Europils Malt here.
