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Beer Style: American Lager, American-Style Light Lager
Recipe Type: extract
Yield: 5 gallons
Description:
This American-style light lager recipe is designed specifically for brewing clean, refreshing gluten-free beer using sorghum extract, rice syrup, corn syrup, and honey. Light-bodied, crisp, and highly drinkable, it delivers subtle malt sweetness, gentle hop bitterness, and classic lager character. A great choice for homebrewers seeking a smooth, approachable gluten-free lager with broad appeal.
Ingredients:
- Fermentable Bill ---------------------------------------
- 0.50 lbs Corn Syrup
- 0.50 lbs Brown Rice Extract Syrup
- 1.50 lbs Honey
- 3.30 lbs Briess White Sorghum Syrup
- Hop Bill Summary ---------------------------------------
- 0.75 oz Saaz hops
- 0.75 oz Cascade hops
- 0.50 oz Mt. Hood hops
- Other Ingredients ---------------------------------------
- SafLager S-23
- Yeast Nutrient
Additional Instructions
Primary Ferment: 24 days at 57.5 degreesSecondary Ferment: Lager 48 days @ 35.0°F
Beer Profile
Original Gravity: 1.042Final Gravity: 1.010
Alcohol by Vol: 4.9%
Color SRM: 3.2
Bitterness IBU: 18.7
Recipe Type: extract
Yield: 5.0 Gallons
Procedure:
Bring to boil. Remove from heat and add corn, sorghum and brown rice syrup, and honey (this prevents scorching the syrup), return to boil allow to achieve hot break.
0.50 oz Mt. Hood hops @ 60 min
0.75 oz Cascade hops @ 10 min
0.75 oz Saaz hops @ 0 min
SafLager S-23
Yeast nutrients per dosing and time addition recommendations
Recipe Note: This recipe was most likely developed between 2010-2014 before buckwheat, millet and rice malt was widely available. Therefore, it utilizes many gluten-free ingredients readily found at a LHS or grocery store.