welly2
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Hello all,
Planning on a brew day this weekend. And was going to make a (NZ hop hopped) pilsner. It'll be my first pils/lager brew so this is a new adventure. I've been doing some reading on decoction mashes and how it's the practice of choice particularly for pilsners. It might make an interesting addition to my brew day so thinking of going down that route.
Recipe is looking like:
4.8kg Pilsner malt
0.2kg Terrified wheat (head retention and to make it scary)
20g Wakatu (7%) at 90
20g Wakatu (7%) at 45
20g Wakatu (7%) at 15
WLP800 Pilsner yeast
ABV: 5.1%
EBU: 36.7
OG: 1.051
Questions are: fermentation - what's a good temperature to ferment and what about lagering? I've literally never made a lager before so this is a totally new practice.
Cheers!
Planning on a brew day this weekend. And was going to make a (NZ hop hopped) pilsner. It'll be my first pils/lager brew so this is a new adventure. I've been doing some reading on decoction mashes and how it's the practice of choice particularly for pilsners. It might make an interesting addition to my brew day so thinking of going down that route.
Recipe is looking like:
4.8kg Pilsner malt
0.2kg Terrified wheat (head retention and to make it scary)
20g Wakatu (7%) at 90
20g Wakatu (7%) at 45
20g Wakatu (7%) at 15
WLP800 Pilsner yeast
ABV: 5.1%
EBU: 36.7
OG: 1.051
Questions are: fermentation - what's a good temperature to ferment and what about lagering? I've literally never made a lager before so this is a totally new practice.
Cheers!