PaulF8 Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Guys just wondering If Its posible to brew lager at very low % alcohol? Rather than using 500g-1000g of sugar & getting 3-5% alcohol content, My friend wonders if he is to brew the lager like he does his Coopers home brew ginger beer (3-4 hours withour sugar then bottling) would this result in a low alcohol lager? If not do you have any tips on how he can achieve a very low alcohol content in his lager home brew? Cheers in advance!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianN Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 On the Coopers FAQ it says that brewing the concentrate without a sugar addition will yield approx 2.9% ABV. Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulF8 Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 On the Coopers FAQ it says that brewing the concentrate without a sugar addition will yield approx 2.9% ABV. Hope this helps! Cheers man!! So this is as low as we can get it? I express Its for a friend!! [lol] I like my beer 4-5% :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianN Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 From a pure alcohol to volume ratio, my high school chemistry taught me that if you increase the volume you decrease the percentage of alcohol. I'm a giant noob so I couldn't really speculate re: taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulF8 Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 From a pure alcohol to volume ratio, my high school chemistry taught me that if you increase the volume you decrease the percentage of alcohol. I'm a giant noob so I couldn't really speculate re: taste. lol You may have a point there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulF8 Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 Guys if ,y friend was to brew lager for 3 hours without sugar in it, then bottle it (with the bottling sugar) would it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I wouldn't think so Paul- there are fermentables already in the brew mix so if you were to bottle in 3 hours I would suspect bottles bombs would be the order of the day. Your friend would be better off brewing a low alcohol beer to full fermentation in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulF8 Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 Cheers MW. I was unaware that there are fermentables already in the brew. Ill let him know before he redecotates his kitchen with beer chards lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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