I recently brewed a slightly lower OG AG version of Denny’s Santa’s Helper. A couple modifications: lower OG (1.054) and I used my preferred lager yeast (WY2007). The beer is fantastic.
I want to enter it into an upcoming local homebrew competition. My question is: what category should I select? It’s pilsener-like but without the noble hops. Any recommendations?
Thanks, Denny. If I didn’t make it, and someone gave me a glass of it, I’d think it was a pils - and a damn fine one at that.
Damn, I love brewing my own beer. :cheers:
Thanks, Denny. If I didn’t make it, and someone gave me a glass of it, I’d think it was a pils - and a damn fine one at that.
Damn, I love brewing my own beer. :cheers: [/quote]
Santa’s Helper is a all Munich beer. Kinda strange that it came out like a pils.
Perhaps a bit but the lager yeast i use is extremely clean/neutral. It’s fairly light in color, very little hop aroma/taste and hops/malt are in balance.
Perhaps a bit but the lager yeast i use is extremely clean/neutral. It’s fairly light in color, very little hop aroma/taste and hops/malt are in balance.[/quote]
An extremely clean and neutral yeast should make it taste more like an alt. “Fairly light in color” puzzles me. I also made a scaled down batch of SH, but it’s definitely a light brown color.