Light Ale

With this recipe the beer is not primed, but racked and bottled while there is still some sugar present. The beer will then go dry and effervescent during storage in the bottle. For this reason stopper the bottles remembering that the contents will be under some pressure.

Ingredients:

• 3 oz hops
• 1¾ lb brown malt
• 1½ oz crushed barley
• 1½ lb brown sugar
• 5 gallons water

Method:

Boil the hops, malt and barley for 30 minutes.

Strain on to sugar and allow to cool to lukewarm and add a Lager Beer Yeast brew.

Cover and allow to ferment for about 48 hours. Bottle without disturbing the sediment.

This beer can be drunk after 5 days but improves with keeping.

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