Monument Loopy Juice
German Pilsner (Pils) • All Grain • 23 L
New summer pilsner
December 21, 2008 pm 06:17pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 23 L)
- 5.5 kg
Australian Pilsner
Australian Pilsner
Well modified, good attenuation.
- .27 kg
Belgian Cara-Pils
Belgian Cara-Pils
Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.
- 37.5 g
Perle - 6.3 AA% whole; boiled 60 min
Perle
Used mainly for its minty bittering and good green hop aromas in all non-pilsener lagersand wheats. Aroma is pleasant and slightly spicy
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Fermentis S-189 Saflager S-189
Fermentis S-189 Saflager S-189
Originating from the Hurlimann brewery in Switzerland, this very popular strain is used by a large number of commercial breweries. Selected for its fairly neutral flavour development, this yeast is recommended for a wide range of lager and pilsen beers. Sedimentation: high. Final gravity: medium. Pitching instructions: Re-hydrate the dry yeast into yeast cream in a stirred vessel prior to pitching. Sprinkle the dry yeast in 10 times its own weight of sterile water or wort at 23C ± 3C. Once the expected weight of dry yeast is reconstituted into cream by this method (this takes about 15 to 30 minutes), maintain a gentle stirring for another 30 minutes. Then pitch the resultant cream into the fermentation vessel. Alternatively, pitch dry yeast directly in the fermentation vessel providing the temperature of the wort is above 20C. Progressively sprinkle the dry yeast into the wort ensuring the yeast covers all the surface of wort available in order to avoid clumps. Leave for 30 minutes and then mix the wort e.g. using aeration.
Notes
I used a decoction mash - 50 degrees celsius (1hour) 65 degrees celsius (1.5hour) 76 degrees celsius Sparged with 80 dgree water. A simple temperature stepped mash coud be used and the times shortened to 30 min and 1 hour.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 2 - Pilsner
Subcategory: A - German Pilsner (Pils)
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.049 | 1.044 - 1.050 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.011 | 1.008 - 1.013 | |
| Color: | 3.9 SRM | 2 - 5 | |
| Alcohol: | 5.0% ABV | 4.4% - 5.2% | |
| Bitterness: | 29.0 IBU | 25 - 45 |
Discussion
A refreshing pilsner
2009-01-21 9:24pm
Having sampled this brew on and off (the batch is only 4 weeks old) I am impressed with the beer. Will definitely brew it again. Probably tomorrow.
