Honey Ginger Lager

Classification: lager, honey beer, ginger beer, spiced beer, all-grain

Source: Jeff Stampes (jeff@neocad.com), r.f.d., 5/1/95

Ok, I have a Honey Ginger Lager recipe that comes our pretty darn good.

This ferments and ages for several months before it's really good. If you're shy about ginger, use only 2 oz. The 4 oz. is TOXIC and undrinkable for the first 4-5 months until it ages enough!

Ingredients:

8.75 lbs German 2-row Pils malt
.5 lbs Wheat Malt
.5 lbs Dextrine
.5 Lbs Crystal Malt - 20L
4 oz. grated Ginger root
2 lbs. honey
1 oz. Perle hops (boil)
1 oz. Tettnang hops (finish)
lager yeast

Procedure:

Mash with no pretein Rest...Single 155F infusion until conversion is complete.

Boil with 4 oz. grated Ginger root, 2 lbs. honey and 1 oz. Perle hops.

Finish with 1 oz. Tettnang hops