Coopers Lager - is it real?
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:50 am
by esobofh
I'm just starting out in this brewing business here.. and from what i've read, lagers need to be cold fermented.
Now.. i've been brewing a version of coopers lager, that's fermenting at room temperature.
Is this real lager, or am I brewing a lager extract with ale yeast? What would you really call the resultant product?
thanks!
Re: Coopers Lager - is it real?
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:35 pm
by Sent From My iPhone
esobofh wrote: What would you really call the resultant product?
A fruity lager
Re: Coopers Lager - is it real?
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 1:33 pm
by Nate Diggler
Yeah, there's Lager- beers made from the bottom-fermenting yeast strains, and Lagering- the technique of cool fermentation and cold storage... most good Lagers use both... Coopers only uses the former.
Re: Coopers Lager - is it real?
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:38 am
by esobofh
Nate Diggler wrote:Yeah, there's Lager- beers made from the bottom-fermenting yeast strains, and Lagering- the technique of cool fermentation and cold storage... most good Lagers use both... Coopers only uses the former.
Thanks Nate - Good info.
Has any successfully 'lagered' a coopers extract can lager recipe?
Is it worth the trouble?