NZ Pilsner (Lager) – All Grain

Description

Our all grain kits are our own tried and tested recipes. Included in the kits are the Grain Bill only, that you can then add Hops and Yeast needed to make 20L of beer. The grain can be pre-milled ready to be used in any BIAB, Grainfather/single vessel or multi vessels system. Feel free to purchase just the grain kit and add your own preference of hops and/or yeast to your order.

Hallmarked by the generous use of the Saaz hop, Bohemian or Czech pilsners are also noted for their rich gold color, fat maltiness and moderate to full body. Generally brewed to 10-12° Plato. in Czech these beers are simply called Sv?tlý Ležák. Sometimes served cloudy and unfiltered with young wort mixed in, known as Kvasnicova in the Czech Republic, the same as what is known as krausening in Germany. Regardless of origin, to be a pilsner a beer must have at least 28 units of bitterness, and preferably much more.

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NZ Pilsner

New Zealand Pilsner

Batch Volume: 23 L
Boil Time: 90 min

Vitals

Original Gravity: 1.049
Final Gravity: 1.008
IBU (Tinseth): 41
BU/GU: 0.83
Colour: 8.1 EBC

Mash

Temperature — 63 °C — 30 min
Temperature — 67 °C — 30 min
Mash out — 76 °C — 10 min

Malts

4.15 kg (90%) — Gladfield German Pilsner Malt — Grain — 4 EBC
230 g (5%) — Gladfield Gladiator Malt — Grain — 10 EBC
230 g (5%) — Gladfield Munich Malt — Grain — 15.5 EBC

Hops

15 g (12 IBU) — Motueka 7% — Boil — 60 min
23 g (11 IBU) — Pacifica 5.5% — Boil — 25 min
23 g (8 IBU) — Pacifica 5.5% — Boil — 15 min
46 g (8 IBU) — Pacifica 5.5% — Boil — 5 min
46 g (2 IBU) — Pacifica 5.5% — Aroma — 10 min hopstand @ 80 °C

Yeast

3 pkg — Fermentis W-34/70 Saflager Lager 83%

If you would like to try adding Brewers Clarex to ensure a brilliant chill haze free clarity and reduce gluten you can add 1ml at yeast pitch.

Note: This kit only comes with 1 packet of yeast so you will need to make a 2L starter using 200g of LDME. Alternatively you can purchase 2 additional packets of W-34/70

Fermentation

Pressure Fermentation

Primary — 15 °C — 15 PSI — 14 days
Diacetyl Rest — 20 °C — 10 PSI — 3 days
Cold Crash — 0 °C — 12 PSI — 10 days

Non-pressure Fermentation

Primary — 11 °C — 14 days
Diacetyl Rest — 20 °C — 3 days
Cold Crash — 0 °C — 10 days

Brewfather Recipe