US-05 used for Lager styles?

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Permalink Reply by Richard Jack on October 1, 2012 at 9:20pm

You've pretty much got it, lagers are hard and we all get lazy sometimes.

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Permalink Reply by Hamish Jones on October 1, 2012 at 11:06pm

I've used it a few times, I tried out a lager and split the batch one with S23 and one with US05, other than fermentation speed very similar results, you can actually make a pretty good fake lager with it, and the bonus of not needing to worry so much about temp control

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Milligan on October 2, 2012 at 9:10am

The really interesting thing about US-05 is that it will actually grow and ferment fine as low as like 14c, and as you can imagine the yeast character it produces just gets cleaner and cleaner as you go lower! It does however attenuate a bit more than most lager yeasts which can be an issue depending on the Lager style you're trying to replicate ;)

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Permalink Reply by Dan on October 2, 2012 at 8:02pm

Thanks for feedback guys. Im gonna give it a go this weekend with a Motueka/ Rakau hopped AG "fake" Pilsner! Cheers

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Permalink Reply by MrC on October 2, 2012 at 8:35pm

I've used US-05 for psuedo pilsners many times and they come out great.  Just keep the ferm temp low, around 15C, and it'll be great.

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Permalink Reply by Nathan Murrell on October 7, 2012 at 8:22am

Was going to try a pils for my next recipe, but now my keg is getting low I think I'll do it this way with us-05 so I dont run dry ;) Maybe split a later batch and try a comparison of yeasts.

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