SJW
As you must brew, so you must drink
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Well thanks for all the advise on getting the Wyeast Czech Pils yeast started. I did a Pilsner Urquell clone on Saturday and it went great. I had 100 grams of Saaz for bittering so I chucked 50g in as first wort hop & 50g in for the 60min boil, then another 50g for 10min. (total of 40 IBU's for 28 litres). I stepped the yeast up twice and pitched about 1 litre of active yeast and I pitched it at 20 deg C. There was action with the airlock from the start but after about 5 hours this big wicked thick, snow white krusen was starting to for so I chucked it in the fermentation fridge @ 9 deg C. So with 75% eff. 6500g of Czech Pilsner malt and way too much Carra Pils/foam, 650-700 grams, and a very wet/cool (65-62 deg C) mash I think it should come out fine. I also did a protein rest @ 50 deg C for 20 mins then mashed for 1 hour. OG was 1.060.
I will wash some of the primary yeast cake for later use and pitch a nice Vienna on the racked yeast.
Thanks for the help with the Wyeast threads.
STEPHEN
I will wash some of the primary yeast cake for later use and pitch a nice Vienna on the racked yeast.
Thanks for the help with the Wyeast threads.
STEPHEN