Summer DIY

This month’s beer of the month is in the spirit of summer DIY.  It’s a home brew recently tried and rated high enough for mention as this months Beer of the Month.  The beer is made using brewing malt from Black Rock (Canterbury Brewery in Christchurch New Zealand).  The style we chose is a two-row lager, there are others available from Black Rock and are sold throughout Australian home brew shops.

We made the brew up using the canned brewing malt and yeast with 600gm of glucose, 400gm of LD malt and 200gm of corn syrup.  The brew was held in the carboy for about 5 days (it was a quick brew due the warm weather in Melbourne recently).  The lager was bottled and left for secondary fermentation in the bottle.

At the two-week mark the beer presents well with some bitterness and a sharp hop aroma.  We will keep you up to date as to how it drinks after extended bottle conditioning.

If you enjoy a lager with a two-row barley, then we recommend trying to brew the Malt Shovel Brewery’s, Two Row Lager.

Happy brewing

Paul Plater