Hop Shedule Ideas.

[brizleciderarmy]

I acquired myself a Wilko Pilsner kit and a bag of dextrose the other day. I wont be using the yeast supplied, instead i will be taking advantage of the cold weather and using Brewferm lager yeast instead(wanted S23 but too stingey). With a pilsner enzyme.

I have a packet of Saaz to hand. Before making the kit up i plan on boiling up say 5 litres of water and adding the hops at various points like you would on an all grain recipe, then using that hopped water to dissolve the dextrose and pilsner kit and make up as normal.

Would that work? If so could i just follow a hop schedule from any 20-23l recipe online? Could anyone recommend a good hop schedule using the Saaz.

I realize this is just a step away from an extract brew but i wanted to see if i could make a very reasonable pilsner/lager from a budget kit.

 

[Good Ed]

don't forget that your extract with the kit will have the necessary bittering. All I did with a recent Muntons Gold Pilsner was to make up some hop tea with Saaz. I used 20g in 2L of water and steeped for 30mins at 70C, strained and added this. Not having done this kit before I had nothing to compare it to :? you could use more Saaz in this way, but I wouldn't do a boil with the hops as you will be adding a lot of bitterness that will put your beer out of balance.

 

[puravida]

I just made a pils with Saaz as follows:

40g @ 60 mins
30g @ 30 mins
15g @ 10 mins
10g @ flame out

I brewed this a few weeks ago and tasted yesterday. Absolutely nailed it.

 

[memit]

I just tried a similar thing with a bitter kit.

Because I've found the kits I've made lacking in hop flavour/aroma, but suitably bittered, I did a 10minute boil. I recommend thinking about what type of hoppiness you want to add and making your own schedule up, rather than following a full schedule.

 

[John_Henry]

How about dry hoping with them? You'd get what you want without too much extra bitterness, in theory anyway.