Full of Diacetyl, hazy and I struggled to drink it. but it got drunk at my birthday, and funnily enough was the first keg to kick.....
Anyway, with a long weekend coming up, and some time away organised, I figured it would be a good time, to brew another pilsner.
A Nice simple recipe, as I've been trying to simplify my recipes a bit more recently.
A Base of Pilsner and no specialties. NZ Hops at F/O and dryhop.
I figured it might be time to review another MJ yeast. M84 Bohemian Lager.
3 Packs in 1.050 wort. rehydrated and added.
the idea was to brew something Pivo pils like (READ: Firestone Walker), but without access to hops like spalt or Saphir in this copuntry, I made the decision to turn it into something more "Kiwi"
so, here it is:
EMPTY SHELL PILSNER
Batch Size: 21 Litres
Estimated OG: 1.052
IBU: 35
EBC: 6.4EBC
Efficiency: 74%
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Grain:
3.2kg Pilsner
0.2kg Acidulated
3.2kg Pilsner
0.2kg Acidulated
Hops:
60min - 17g Pacific Jade
00min - 30g Wakatu
00min - 25g Wai-iti
Dryhop: 30g Each of Wakatu / Wai-iti
Yeast:
M84 Bohemian Lager (3 Packs R-hydrated in 200ml Water)
M84 Bohemian Lager (3 Packs R-hydrated in 200ml Water)
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion Mash 66 Deg C
Mash out 76 Deg C
Mash out 76 Deg C
Brewing Notes:
29 October 2016: Brewed aiming for 1.052, 22 litres of wort at 1.050 got. 10 min hop steep at flameout.
4 November 2016: FG Reading 1.038 - ramped temp as per brulosophy fast lager method.
Temp raised by Deg C every 12 hours until 20 degrees is reached.
8 November 2016: 20 degrees reached, and held for 7 Days - Dryhopped 3 days prior to cold crash.
15 November 2016: set for lagering/cold crash for 2 days
17 November 2016: Kegged with gelatin, and force carbonated
Left for 2 weeks in keg prior to tasting (Giving it a bit more time to "Lager")
Notes -
Appearance: Crystal clear - typical Pilsner coliurs. not alot of head to speak of.
Aroma: Crisp pilsner malts, and plenty of flowery tropical hop character. I think I also get a touch of apples (which is a shame, as its a nice easy drinker)
Flavor: The hop flavor dominates here, with a nice crispness to the boy, sweeter than I expected, but nice. A Little green apple again.
Mouthfeel: sweetness keeps this from being dry, but nice body. head retention is an issue.
Overall: its nice, I think this particular lager yeast (dry) is not overly suited to the faster lagering mathods detailed in Brulosophy, the beer was 1.050 and went to 1.011 i pitched 3 packs to be safe on pitching rates, and to gt enough cells for clean fermentation.
YEAST INFO:
This yeast is slow and took forever to take off. at 5 days, the FG had dropped from 1.050 to 1.038, i ramped the temp at day 8 (FG 1.026) and ramp 3 degrees every 12 hours to get to 20 deg C. This was left for 10 days to clean itself up, then kegged/gelatined/carbonated.
Next Lager will be a Baltic Porter, for a special occasion. mostlikely brewed early in the new year.
Overall: its nice, I think this particular lager yeast (dry) is not overly suited to the faster lagering mathods detailed in Brulosophy, the beer was 1.050 and went to 1.011 i pitched 3 packs to be safe on pitching rates, and to gt enough cells for clean fermentation.
YEAST INFO:
This yeast is slow and took forever to take off. at 5 days, the FG had dropped from 1.050 to 1.038, i ramped the temp at day 8 (FG 1.026) and ramp 3 degrees every 12 hours to get to 20 deg C. This was left for 10 days to clean itself up, then kegged/gelatined/carbonated.
Next Lager will be a Baltic Porter, for a special occasion. mostlikely brewed early in the new year.
