Lagered ale?

[bandarker]

Hi all, I really enjoy beaus lug tread and wondered About making a lagered ale. Any good resources on this?

[Celiacbrew]

Hi all, I really enjoy beaus lug tread and wondered About making a lagered ale. Any good resources on this?

Altbier's and kolsch are traditionally lagered. I think Scottish ales were also stored cold for a period as well. Should be lots of information on these beers out there.

http://www.homebrewing.org/Lagering--Ch ... _58-1.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; this is a basic explanation of what lagering is. There is also a brewstrong episode on lagering. John Palmer explains what is happening during lagering. It's one of the first bunch of episodes of brewstrong.

[bandarker]

So basically, take a pale ale recipe and lager it with a proper lager yeast? I like Tatamagouche's lagered ale too, but it sounds like they are kolsch

[Celiacbrew]

So basically, take a pale ale recipe and lager it with a proper lager yeast? I like Tatamagouche's lagered ale too, but it sounds like they are kolsch

You can also use an ale yeast if you want.

[CorneliusAlphonse]

If you lager it with a lager yeast, you have made a lager.

beaus probably ferments with ale yeast at cool temp (but still in regular range) and then cools it down and let's it lager for a month. Might be off base tho

[NASH]

Might be off base tho

Definitely.

[CorneliusAlphonse]

Haha. I'd think lagered ale just means fermented with ale yeast, either at lager yeast temps (like kolsch) or lagered after fermentation... Not sure what else it could mean

[bandarker]

So, in summary - brew an ale and ferment as lager? No trickery?

[Ladd]

To lager just means to store cold for a period of time. If you are wanting to lager an ale, make the ale as you normally would and after fermentation is complete, drop it slowly down to lager temperature and let it sit for however long you decide. Typically 4-6 weeks.