Granat
On a recent trip I encountered a beer named Granat. It’s a semi-dark lager that has a malty taste with a mild bitterness, and reminds me of the Octoberfest beer made by Manchester Union brewery (although their beer has an intense bitterness).
A quick internet search doesn’t reveal much about the ingredients other than it’s made by mixing pale and speciality malts, and is 4.8%. However, from drinking it I suspect it uses Saaz hops.
I’ve made an educated guess about how to make this beer as a 10L brew:
| Malts | Bill |
|---|---|
| Bohemian Pilsner malt | 81% |
| Munich Malt II | 11.5% |
| CaraMunich type 2 | 6% |
| Carafa Special type 2 | 1.5% |
The overall effect of the speciality malts should be to add a rich malty complexity, a caramel flavour, and some colour. Based on the country of origin of the beer I’ll be using Weyermann malts.
The beer had a mild bitterness, which I really enjoyed. But I want more bitterness so I’m going to add more hops than I suspect are used in the original:
| Hops | Amount | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Saaz | 20g | Start of boil |
| Saaz | 20g | 30 min |
| Saaz | 20g | 15 min |
For the yeast, I’ll most likely use a Czech pilsner yeast. It’ll be later in the year before I make this beer, but I wanted to record my recipe while it’s still in my head.