Well, you probably know where this is going... THB brewed a Czech-style Pilsner in early January this year. It's in secondary, getting ready for bottling sometime this week. If you didn't remember I had some early fermentation problems with it and purchased an extra Wyeast smack pack. I ended up not using it because the Pilsner did eventually ferment. However, I took the opportunity to use the lonely smack pack this weekend. I wanted to brew the Pilsner again, but I wanted a bigger hop profile, not necessarly more bitter, but more fragrant. I made the malt bill almost the same, I left out the caramel malt and added a little more dextrine to go along with the pilsner malt. I chose to stick with the same variety of hops, being Saaz.
THB Northwestern Pils
Pilsner Malt 10#
Dextrine Malt 1#
Saaz 1.5 60
Saaz .5 10
Saaz .5 5
Saaz .75 0
Saaz 1 Dry Hop
Infusion mash 152F 60 min
2000ml starter
Chehalis tap water with a chlorine filter
I loved my new mash paddle made by my brewther Mark (Hector)
1.25 qt per pound of grain - mash water
.5 gal per pound of grain - sparge water
1st runnings 1.073
runnings after 45 min 1.029
last runnings 1.017 (about an hour)
preboil gravity 1.054
OG 1.062
All an all it was a flawless day in the brewhouse. Lets hope it has a healthy fermentation!!! This should be a 3 week primary and 3 week secondary. Looks like you have to wait till April.
You're going to have a lot of pilsner to consume! We'll come and help you out!
ReplyDeleteSAAAAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZ! I love the last photo of you babying the yeast. This is gonna be a good brew and an interesting comparison to the previous batch of pils. We are all brewing a lot of beer these days....may need to schedule an 'all-star weekend' where we take a break, get together, and drink some of this!
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