Classic American Pilsner

[Good Ed]

Brewed this today, which is a pre prohibition beer, and many thanks to Aleman for the recipe and advice :thumb:

Brew length 23L, efficiency 75%

4493g Pilsner malt (78%)
1267g cornmeal (22%)

23g Saaz 3.1%AA FWH 7.7 IBU
34g Cluster 8.1% 60mins 24.7 IBU
20g Saaz 3.1%AA 15mins 2.9 IBU

Boil 90mins

WLP833 German Bock yeast, ferment at 10C.
OG1058; FG 1015; IBU 35.3; SRM 3.5; ABV 5.7%

Added 20% of the Pilsner malt to the cornmeal and rested at 65C for 15mins in a big pan on the stove with 3L/kg of liquor; got the main mash on at 64C; then boiled the cornmeal grist for 25mins and then added to the main mash. This came up to 71C so added some cold water to get down to 68C and continued the mash. It's not as complicated as it sounds.

Just cooling the wort at the moment.

 

[broadfordbrewer]

Very nice indeed :clap: . I fancy a bash at doing something similar (maybe the same recipe ) and to use WLP833
Let us know how it turns out. Cheers

 

[Good Ed]

Thanks BB, collected 24.5L at 1059 and it tastes great

This is a previous thread and if you scroll down you'll come across Aleman's links to CAP and cereal mashing http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=14802 and by the way the Urban Peoples Common Lager turned out very well and I'll be brewing another batch soon.