i love a crisp clean japanese lager. even prefer them to mexican lagers alot of the time. in any case, i've tried other folks' attempts at japanese lager. and frankly, they mostly remind me of budweiser. bit of rice flavor, but doesnt really remind me of japanese beers. so just adding rice doesnt seem to be the answer.
ive always thought you need actual japanese yeast. so to that end i wonder if anyone has been able to get a hand on some actual japanese lager yeast? i cant find a damn thing online. but i figure its worth asking.
otherwise the only other avenue to pursue is a commercial yeast bank. found some samples that are from japan, but dated back in 1955. i wouldnt really have a guess as to whether they represent the japanese lager taste we are familiar with nowadays. its a bit expensive, but was thinking of proposing to the local homebrew club as a project/experiment.
anybody ever heard of options for actual japanese yeast?
ive always thought you need actual japanese yeast. so to that end i wonder if anyone has been able to get a hand on some actual japanese lager yeast? i cant find a damn thing online. but i figure its worth asking.
otherwise the only other avenue to pursue is a commercial yeast bank. found some samples that are from japan, but dated back in 1955. i wouldnt really have a guess as to whether they represent the japanese lager taste we are familiar with nowadays. its a bit expensive, but was thinking of proposing to the local homebrew club as a project/experiment.
anybody ever heard of options for actual japanese yeast?