Lager Hop Schedule

[Guysmiley54]

Hi,

I'm about to try my first lager attempt :beerbang:

I tried and liked the Gage Roads Premium Lager recently and the label said it uses Hallertau hops.

I'm thinking of the following schedule:

Magnum 10gm - 60 min
Hallertau 15gm - 30 min
Hallertau 15gm - 10 min

Brew at 12 with S23

and maybe dry hop with Hallertau at 20gm... I only have 50gm of Hallertau, that's why I'm using Magnum for bittering. This gives me around 23.4 IBU which is in style for an Australian Premium Lager.

Any thoughts/recommendations?

Cheers :beer:

 

[mika]

Dry hopping a lager would generally be a no-no.
Even your hop schedule could do with dropping the 10min and/or 30min addition.

 

[NickB]

I agree no dry hopping, but think some later boil additions add a more 'european' lager quality, whereas a bittering only addition is more in place with an Aussie, American or German Lager.

I say go for it, coz there's only one way to know what you like, and that's to brew it!

Cheers

 

[Guysmiley54]

Cool, will skip the dry hop (wasn't sure about it anyway)

What about quantities and timing for the schedule? (23L batch)

 

[kenlock]

How long are you planning to boil?

For a 21L batch (90 minute boil) my hop schedule for a dortmunder style lager is:
22.00 gm Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4.00 %] (90 min) Hops 10.8 IBU
11.00 gm Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (60 min) Hops 10.7 IBU
8.00 gm Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4.00 %] (15 min) Hops 1.8 IBU

So, most hops are utilised in the bittering with only some for flavour and none for aroma.

Hope this helps.

Cheers Ken

 

[Guysmiley54]

I'm doing a 60 minute boil. I'm used to doing ales and I thought my planned flavour and aroma additions for this batch were reserved....

Although I'm not too fussed with tradition, I usually take style guidelines into consideration (as I'm still learning how to design my recipes). Gage Road Premium Lager had a very nice hop aroma that reminded me of James Boags Premium Lager over a decade ago. These days, Boags Premium is very bland in comparison to my memory of this beer and in comparison to the Gage Roads I tried.

Has anyone tried to clone this one? Anyone tried an (Hallertau) aroma addition in their lager?