Features: golden, pale and hopped to perfection (4 .6% abv)
Price Range: $16.00
Overall Rating: Very Good
Blending together the pale gold color and extraordinary hop flavor of the Cowboy Golden Lager with the traditional continental style of the golden colored Pale Export UME creates a truely hoppy lager with added body.
Cowboy Golden Lager w/Pale Export
REFILL INCLUDES:
1 Can Cowboy Golden Lager (HME)
1 Can Pale Export (UME)
1 Packet Dry Brewing Yeast (under lid of HME)
1 Packet One-Step™ sanitizing cleanser
INGREDIENTS: MALTED TWO ROW BARLEY, HOPS, HOP EXTRACT, WATER, AND YEAST (Packed Under Lid).
Fermentation, Carbonation And Conditioning Times:
21 days for fermentation
21 days for carbonation
28 days minimum conditioning at 50-70F
02 days minimum in fridge
Fermentation: 31-Jan-2010 to 20-Feb-2010 - (68-76F)
Carbonation : 20-Feb-2010 to 13-Mar-2010 - (68-76F)
Conditioning: 13-Mar-2010 to 13-Jun-2010 - (50-70F)
Brewer's Comments:
"This was my second attempt at brewing beer, my first using a 'Premium' recipe that included (UME), in place of the Booster that ships with the 'Standard' refill. After fermenting for 21 days I sampled the brew before bottling it. From the first taste I could tell it would be a challenge waiting another 21 days for carbonation to complete".
Fermentation:
The ingredients used in this recipe included 1 can hopped malt extract (HME), 1 can of unhopped malt extract (UME) and 1 packet of dry yeast. Recipes having more ingredients require increased fermentation time, to allow the yeast to work.
Carbonation:
Just as in the fermentation process carbonation times will depend on the complexities of each recipe. As a rule of thumb recipes containing many ingredients take longer to carbonate than recipes with few ingredients.
Up until this point I completely omitted the very important process of conditioning the beer. Allowing the beer's flavors to fully merge and mature in the bottle before drinking. In a basement, with a consistent year round temperature range of 50-70F, naturally brewed beer can be stored for up to 4 months. Prior to drinking the beer should be refrigerated for 24-48 hours and served cold in a clean glass.
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