My brew from scratch,what dya reckon ?

[RLGMIlson]

I kg lager malt
100g saaz
500g light spray malt
Saflager yeast full packet

Boiled up malt
Cooled then reboiled with saaz in hop bag

Cooled and split between 2 demijons
Saflager yeast

Will this be a reasonable brew ?

Thanks

 

[Poochops]

Did you mash the lager malt first? Assuming you did then your wort will be around 1.055 at 9 litres. How much hops did you boil and how long for?

 

[RLGMIlson]

Yes I mashed malt , 50g for 45 Mina

 

[Wabby]

100g of Saaz in a 10l batch will taste .... interesting.

 

[Sandimas]

100g of Saaz in a 10l batch will taste .... interesting.

About 115 IBU if you boiled 100g for an hour, if my brewing software is correct (you should be aiming for 20-30) :-o

 

[Poochops]

Well 50g for 45min will give you 50 ibu, it'll be quite bitter but you should get away with it. You would benefit from some brewing software now your going into grains and hops. Keep it out of daylight for a few weeks and watch it doesn't blow out of the demijohn there's not enough headspace in those normally. Good luck :thumb:

 

[DoctorMick]

What temp did you mash at? From reading the op it sounds like it was boiled!

 

[foxbat]

I'm finding it very hard to map the description given to the usual brewing steps.

 

[RLGMIlson]

Yes I mashed malt , 50g for 45 Mina

50 g of saaz hops added

 

[RLGMIlson]

50 g of saaz hops added

Maybe 60/65 g

 

[RLGMIlson]

‘‘Twas boiled

 

[DoctorMick]

‘‘Twas boiled

I’ve never heard of anyone boiling the malt, not quite sure what that’ll have done but I’d imagine it’ll have killed a lot of the enzymes and (possibly) extracted tannins.

 

[Pheqit]

I want to know how it tastes but I`m not doing it!
I`m imaging a very sweet/bitter taste if you boiled the grain. Lots of unfermentable sugars but the extracts will ferment so thats good I think.
Your a pioneer, Good luck!
And let us know how it turns out please.