RecipeDB - Kaiser Goomba SmaragdPerlagermeister

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

Kaiser Goomba SmaragdPerlagermeister

Lager - Dortmunder/European Export
All Grain

Brewer's Notes

Bairds MO is actually Perle Malt
Caramunich is Caramalt (BB)
NZ Hall = Smaragd (cheap German hop from CB)
Yeast = Swiss Lager Yeast (Dry) from CB

Malt & Fermentables

%	KG	Fermentable
	5 kg	Bairds Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt
	0.2 kg	Weyermann Caramunich I

Hops

Time	Grams	Variety	Form	AA
	30 g	Hallertauer, New Zealand (Pellet, 8.5AA%, 20mins)
	20 g	Hallertauer, New Zealand (Pellet, 8.5AA%, 60mins)

Yeast

12 g

DCL Yeast S-189 - SafLager German Lager

23L Batch Size

Brew Details

• Original Gravity 1.054 (calc)
• Final Gravity 1.015 (calc)
• Bitterness 35.1 IBU
• Efficiency 75%
• Alcohol 5.06%
• Colour 13 EBC
• Batch Size 23L

Fermentation

• Primary 7 days
• Secondary 7 days
• Conditioning 4 days

 

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

This more like a Malty Alt x Helles. Very nice malty backbone.

The main reason for this was to make a very cheap lager. It is uber cheap - the hops are from Craftbrewer - a German Hop called Smaragd at 8% alpha acids. Very low Cohumulone levels, mean that the bitterness supports the malt, but never overpowers it.

This is the first time I've used this hop (I made another recipe concurrently, it'll appear on here one day). It has the noble spiciness you get from Czech Saaz, but then some slightly muted fruitiness that comes in a little over the top. It's one of those hops that does enough on its own to make the beer complex enough.

This is my first kegged beer as well, 100kpa, served at 6 degrees, very nice indeed.

Finally, some piccies: