#Pilsner urquell game end update
Will also update on how that goes, but it's just now nearing the end of primary so it will be another 50 or so days before I sample. Thanks for posting, I have a second batch still fermenting with the saved yeast, I toyed with that a little, changing to only a double decoction and also letting the pulls boil a bit longer to get some more color / caramel (but not much). The only notes for improvement were to up the hops, and I think for those that prefer more hop flavor another 0.5 to 1 oz hops towards the end of boil would not put it out of style, but I would hesitate as the current beer is pretty spot on as a bohemian pilsner. Took a sample by the local brew club and the overall consensus was that it is "damn drinkable". Saving most of the rest for memorial day weekend at the lake. I tasted the first test bottle yesterday (after 8 days in bottle) and it was already great. I knew some commercial brewers who do similar to this (reusing the yeast several times), wanted to see if any homebrewers have attempted that with this pils recipe (or other lagers).įor anyone watching / waiting for the results, this came out GREAT! Even with the alternate yeast addition and slow start, it fermented steadily at the cold temps, slowly rise to a higher temp as recommended, then transferred, layered and bottled. After I rack this batch from the primary I aim to make a 2nd 5 gallon batch and transfer that directly onto the trub. I know others remarked on the low pitching temp, wanted to see if others had experience with not using starters at these temps, or if it becomes mandatory when pitching that cold.ģ) I'm tempted to repeat this in about a week. I repitched with saflager s-23 and raised my temp closer to 10C and it started fermenting after the usual lag time (~30 hours, which is a little longer than my avg lag time but I attribute it to some of the oxygen leaving the wort during the initial 5 days). I checked the Wyeast website which provides a temp range with 10C for the lower bound for 2268. So I repitched some dry lager yeast (I'm still lazy and avoided doing a starter). I used the Wyeast slap-pack, so I know the yeast was active from the inflation of the package, but had no activity in the wort after 5 days. This may be b/c I was lazy and didn't use a starter. I pitched around 5C as recommended, but ended up not getting any activity. I had to add some additional boiling water to hit the target temp for the rest period.Ģ) On the low pitching temp. I aimed for 25% but that seems like it was too low as my resulting temp was low after returning it to the mash. You'll likely have to do that conversion anyway if your LHBS only prices by the pound for grain and ounce for hops (like mine).ġ) Thanks for the detail on the decoction mash, I'd just add that for the 1st pull you didn't include a ratio for the amount that should be pulled. Have a few notes to share.įirst, for those confused by metric you want about 8.75 lbs grain and 3 oz hops for a 5 gallon batch. I had previously not done a decoction mash and had a friend request i brew a pilsner so decided this was a good one to go with. This should yield ~ 15 millon cells/ ml when pitched into 9 gal of wort) Bring the temp up to 8.9 C over a period of about 12 days.ĭespite the confused and hurtful comments, I decided to give this a try a week ago.
#Pilsner urquell game end Activator
Cool to 3.9 C and pitch WY2278 or equivalent at a rate of 15 million cells per mL.( Ex./ One activator pack added to 1 liter of wort, then,after ferment,add 1 more liter of wort and ferment. Use fresh Saaz hops(~4 AA) at a rate of 350g/hL(~ 78g/6.4gal of wort) in three portions, 45% at start of boil, 30% at 55min left, 25% at 15 min left befor flameout. Return the decoction to the mash and stir for 5 min at a mash temp of 75.6 C.īoil wort 90 min. This time, drain off about half of the thin mash and boil for about 5 min. Maintain temp with boiling water infusions which helps thin the mash.
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Return the decoction slowly ( about 20 min ) to the mash tun, again stirring to maintain even temp increase to 65 C. Repeat the process above with ~ 40% of the heavy mash.
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Any remaining decoction may be force cooled to the mash temp and returned to the mash. Return the decoction to the mash tun gradually ( ~5 min ) stirring well to bring the mash temp to 52.8 C. Slowly increase decoction temp to rest at 65 C for 10min, then ramp slowly (5 to 10 min) to boiling. Mash in, thoroughly kneading Moravian malt (if you can't find Moravian then use Bohemian) using 1.85 L water per 1kg malt at 32.2 C about 10 min. Not specific for volume, multiply for your volume.