Australian Dry Lager – Extract Recipe
This Dry Lager Extract Recipe Kit is heavily inspired by the famous Carlton Dry, it is a light, crisp Australian style lager designed for easy drinking and a clean, refreshing finish. Morgan’s Australian Lager provides the smooth malt base, while Brew Enhancer Blend adds body and fermentability without making the beer overly heavy. Premium Lager Yeast produces a clean fermentation profile, while the addition of dry enzyme helps create the characteristically dry, crisp finish. Brewed to 23 litres, this is an approachable extract recipe perfect for anyone chasing a refreshing Australian lager style beer.
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Ingredients
Everything you need to brew this recipe.
Fermentables
2 ITEMS- Morgan's Australian Draught 1.7kg
- Brew Enhancer 1kg
Yeast
1 ITEM- Premium Lager Yeast
Hops
0 ITEMSOther
1 ITEM- Low Carb Dry Enzyme
Recipe Details
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Preperation
Clean and sanitise all brewing equipment, including your fermenter, spoon, thermometer, airlock, hydrometer, bottles or keg gear.
- Check that your ingredients are ready, including Malt, Hops, Yeast and anything else provided with the kit.
- Mill the grain if it is not already milled. Note: Rolled Adjuncts DO NOT need Milling.
- Fill mash vessel and heat strike water to the temperature listed on the recipe sheet.
- If sparging, prep sparge water.
- Add water treatment. All water treatment on our recipes is based on RO, so adjust accordingly.
Brew
Once at temp, stir in the Malts and Adjuncts unless otherwise noted.
- Hold the mash until conversion is complete.
- Recirculate if required by your setup, then sparge and collect your wort.
- Bring the wort to a rolling boil.
- Add hops according to your hop schedule.
- Complete the boil, then turn off the heat.
- Add any late hop or whirlpool additions IF required by your recipe sheet to help preserve aroma and flavour.
- Chill the wort as quickly as possible to yeast-pitching temperature.
Ferment
Transfer the cooled wort to a clean, sanitised fermenter.
- Aerate well before pitching yeast.
- Take and record your original gravity if desired.
- Pitch the yeast once the wort is at a suitable fermentation temperature.
- Place the fermenter somewhere with stable temperature control.
- Ferment in the recommended range for the yeast provided with the recipe.
- Allow primary fermentation to get underway and monitor activity over the first few days.
- IF dry hopping, add at the stage recommended by your recipe sheet.
- Leave the beer to finish fermenting fully before packaging.
Bottle or Keg
Confirm fermentation is complete by checking that gravity is stable across two readings on separate days before packaging.
- Optional: Cold crash to improve clarity, dependent on style.
- Once fermentation is complete, package the beer carefully to avoid introducing oxygen.
Bottling:
- Transfer the beer gently into sanitised bottles, leaving sediment behind.
- Add priming sugar or carbonation drops at the correct rate for your bottle size.
- Seal bottles immediately with sanitised caps.
Kegging:
- Transfer the beer gently into a sanitised keg with minimal splashing.
- Purge the keg with CO₂ if possible to help protect hop character and freshness.
- Once filled, chill and carbonate the keg to the desired level.
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