I made my first Bohemian Pilsener back in June, dead simple:
5000 Wey Bohemian Pilsener
20 min protein rest 55 degrees
90 min sach rest 66 degrees
6 plugs Czech Saaz 90 mins
3 plugs Czech Saaz 15 mins
Wyeast Urquell
Nochill
I fermented it at around 12 for two weeks then lagered for a month, bottled in glass and made a decision not to touch a bottle until last week in August. It's a real disappointment, it's drinkable but tastes more like Tooheys extra dry, a bit of hop bitterness but no hop flavour or aroma whatsoever. I took a bottle to GravityGuru's brewday and Winkle had a glass as well, and we are wondering where the hell 130g of Saaz went to :huh:
I can think of only two possibilities:
5000 Wey Bohemian Pilsener
20 min protein rest 55 degrees
90 min sach rest 66 degrees
6 plugs Czech Saaz 90 mins
3 plugs Czech Saaz 15 mins
Wyeast Urquell
Nochill
I fermented it at around 12 for two weeks then lagered for a month, bottled in glass and made a decision not to touch a bottle until last week in August. It's a real disappointment, it's drinkable but tastes more like Tooheys extra dry, a bit of hop bitterness but no hop flavour or aroma whatsoever. I took a bottle to GravityGuru's brewday and Winkle had a glass as well, and we are wondering where the hell 130g of Saaz went to :huh:
I can think of only two possibilities:
- The nochill cube ate the hops
- The plugs were crook (06 crop but they should have been ok?) Maybe I should have used pellets.