New Preboiled Extract Means a Quick 30 Minute Boil
• New Choice of Optional Liquid or Dry Yeast
Unlike traditional Lager, our California Lager is an unrefrigerated lager beer, as has been brewed on the West Coast since the early 1900's, originally by brewers desiring local lager beer, but lacking refrigerated aging equipment. This warm fermentation of a lager yeast beer gave the new California beer a unique flavor, as the lager yeast, normally subdued by cold temperatures, adds its own flavor compounds to the beer when not refrigerated. These yeast flavors mix with the hearty malt and hop flavors to give our California Lager a robust, almost ale-like character. Alcohol: 4.0%, IBU's 37.
Includes 7 lbs. of our blended malt extract, Northern Brewer and other hops, and corn sugar for carbonation. Needed yeast not included, order separately above. Makes 5 gallons of beer with a starting gravity of at least 1.044.
Yeast recommendations:
1. Lalbrew NovaLager Dry Yeast for the smoothest flavor and a forgiving temperature range.
2. Wyeast 2206 Bavarian Liquid Yeast for a smooth flavor if you can keep the temperature below 68 degrees F.
Click to download the instructions in pdf format.
Oct 21, 2023 by Kevin
Q: I pitched my liquid yeast Thursday afternoon and it’s Saturday and it’s still not started fermentation is there another type of yeast I can use on this lager or what should I do to get it started fermenting
A: If your liquid yeast pack swelled after you activated it, you have live yeast and I would not do anything. Adding more yeast will not make a difference, because the live yeast in the pack that swelled will take off soon.
YEAST PACK FAILURE
YEAST PACK DID NOT ACTIVATE AFTER 4 DAYS. MADE A YEAST STARTER, STILL DEAD WILL USE DRY YEAST I GUESS INSTEAD. 1ST BAD EXPERIENCE. I'VE MADE THIS BEFORE 2 TIMES WITH GOOD RESULTS
Decent Lager - Easy to Brew
My "Go to" beer kit!
I have made this beer countless times over the years. It always turns out flavorful, yet balanced. Probably the most requested by my friends, and often the choice of my Christmas beer kit to distribute to the lucky ones. Lager at ale temps...what a concept!
tasted 68', not carbonated, only 7 in tank
I brewed this 10 days ago, took a S.P. reading yesterday and it read 1.020, so with no place to empty the vial, I tasted it. Already I can tell this is going to be excellent. I was sent 2206 Bavarian Lager yeast, and with that I moved the batch to a secondary @56'F. after reading the temp range chart from the yeast mfr. I'm going after an Anchor Steam flavor and I think I'm going to get even better. This is the fourth Williams kit my neighbor and I have done together and everything we've done has turned out better than expected. I'm planning on three more batches within the month while the temp in my garage is mid 50's. The Wits will start in the warmer weather. My hope is the fine folks at Williams does a Marzen(Oktoberfest) oder ein Maibock, bitte? How about sooner than later, after all it does have to be brewed in March. Keep up the great work; you have a steady customer in Channahon Illinois.
NICE
Great tasting beer. Be sure to let it sit for 2 months.