A full bodied Australian draught. Moderate malt character, medium bitterness and lingering malt notes with a clean lager finish.

Australian lagers, often referred to as Aussie Draught, are the backbone of the country’s beer culture, designed for refreshment under the hot sun. The style emerged in the 19th century as German and British immigrants brought lagering techniques to Australia, adapting recipes to local ingredients, water, and climate. These beers are pale to golden in colour, light-bodied, and crisp, with moderate malt sweetness and subtle hop bitterness, making them incredibly easy-drinking and sessionable.

Vitals

Original Gravity: 1.043
Final Gravity: 1.008
IBU (Tinseth): 20
BU/GU: 0.46
Colour: 7.9 EBC 

ABV: 4.6%
75% efficiency
Batch Volume: 23 L
Boil Time: 60 min

Mash Water: 15.98 L
Sparge Water: 14.23 L
Total Water: 30.21 L
Boil Volume: 28 L
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.038

Mash

Temperature — 65 °C — 60 min
Mash Out — 75 °C — 10 min

Malts (4.16 kg)

4 kg (96.2%) — Joe White Maltings Pale Malt, Traditional Ale — Grain — 5.9 EBC
160 g (3.9%) — Weyermann Carapils/Carafoam — Grain — 3.9 EBC

Hops (31 g)

16 g (20 IBU) — Pride of Ringwood 10.5% — Boil — 60 min
15 g — Pride of Ringwood 9% — Boil — 0 min

Miscs

1.72 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Mash
1.1 g — Epsom Salt (MgSO4) — Mash
1.31 g — Gypsum (CaSO4) — Mash
2 ml — Phosphoric Acid 85% — Mash
1.57 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Sparge
1.01 g — Epsom Salt (MgSO4) — Sparge
1.2 g — Gypsum (CaSO4) — Sparge
1 items — Whirlfloc — Boil — 15 min

Yeast

2 pkg — Fermentis S-23 SafLager West European Lager 82%
2 pkg - Lalbrew Diamond Lager
1 pkg - Novalager
1 pkg - Kveik Lutra

Fermentation

Primary — 13 °C — 5 days
Primary — 15 °C — 5 days
Diacetyl Rest — 20 °C — 2 days

Carbonation: 2.9 CO2-vol

Water Profile

Ca2+: 50
Mg2+: 7
Na+: 8
Cl-: 57
SO42-: 75
HCO3-: 16

This recipe takes inspiration from Swan Draught and produces an Australian Draught with similar characteristics - but is not intended to be a direct clone. Ferment cool for a clean, crisp lager finish. Extended conditioning, filtering or fining agents can be used to get this beer ultra clear. If you don't have temperature control we would recommend fermenting with Kveik Lutra. Lutra can be fermented between 20°C and 40°C and still produce ultra clean, crisp lager styles.