Matilda Hoppy Lager has been added to the list of Crafted Taste home brew beer recipes. Inspired by the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games mascot, Matilda is our hoppy lager. This home brew beer recipe showcases Morgan’s Blue Mountain Lager, a classic and quality home brew extract with a light, pleasant hop bouquet. Additionally, Amarillo and Centennial hops add a twist of floral, tropical and citrus notes. Brewed with a 500g Gold Blend to ensure a mid strength beer and Mangrove Jack’s California Lager yeast to achieve a clean, crisp taste.
Home Brew Beer Recipe:
Mangrove Jack’s M54 California Lager Yeast
Morgan’s Amarillo Finishing Hop
Morgan’s Centennial Finishing Hop
HOW TO BREW
MIX: Pour 2 litres of water into sanitised fermenter and add the contents of the Morgan’s Blue Mountain Lager and Crafted Taste Booster Blend. Use the Crafted Taste Gold Blend for a mid strength. Stir contents to dissolve and add cold water to bring the contents up to 23 litres. Use a hydrometer to record the Original Gravity. Pitch the California Lager Yeast when the brew is below 20˚C.
FERMENTING Home Brew Beer Recipe: Seal the fermenter with lid and airlock. Ferment at a constant temperature until the specific gravity reaches 1.010 (FG) or below. Ideal fermentation temperature is 18-22˚C.
DRY HOPS: 2 days out from bottling/kegging open the fermenter lid and add the Amarillo & Centennial hops to the fermenter. Leave these in the fermenter no more than 2 days.
BOTTLING: Gently fill clean and sanitised PET bottles to about 3cm from the top. Add carbonation drops at the rate of 1 per 330ml/375ml bottle and 2 per 740ml/750ml bottle. Sugar or dextrose may be used at the rate of 8g per litre (approximately 6g of sugar to a level metric teaspoon). Then secure the caps.
MATURING: Allow Bottles to stand at a temperature between 22˚C and 30˚C for 5 days to allow the beer to carbonate. Allow another 10 days at room temperature to fully mature. The finished beer will continue to improve with further ageing.
KEGGING: Check out our ‘A Guide To Kegging – How To Keg Beer’ blog post
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