New zealand pilsner recipe

[Libigage]

Hi, I found a new zealand pilsner recipe on you tube but didn't have exactly the same ingredients. This is what I have, any advice would be greatly appreciated

 

[RoomWithABrew]

Could consider some dry hopping with motueka and Nelson, once or twice.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Hi, this was my KIwi Pilsner and I was really pleased with it, if anything I would add a bit more Riwaka at both stages.

5kg Bohemian Pilsner
250g Carapils


Magnum 15g @60
Riwaka 20g @5
Riwaka 30g Whirlpool at 71-76c for 15 mins.

Yeast- Saflager w34-70 at 12c

 

[BeerCat]

Personally i don't think caramalt has any place in a lager. I would prefer biscuit malt and ditch the wheat. Get rid of the 20m addition and put them in at flameout. Use at least 2 packs of yeast.

 

[joel]

I've made some Kiwi Pils (and drank a few in NZ) and most of them have been mostly pilsner malt with up to 10% carapils, they tend to be very light in colour. The hops you've chosen are good ones for the style but I'd use a bit more, maybe another ounce of late hops somewhere. Nelson Sauvin tends to be a bit dominant so I'd use twice the amount of Motueka to NS. My fave kiwi pils hop is Riwaka, I blend it equal parts with Motueka and half the amount of NS. I've pushed my bitterness up a touch too, it's creeping up above 40ibu's now which sounds high for a lager, but it needs it with the carapils.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Personally i don't think caramalt has any place in a lager

Do you think it meant Carapils? My understanding that this is very neutral and is just there to provide Dextrine for head retention

 

[foxy]

Correct go onto Gladfield web site for a pilsner, they recommend Gladiator which is what I use for head retention in all my beers very similar to carapils.
As for hops my favourite is Wai-iti but not for a pilsner. The best NZ beer I have had is Stoke Bombardier Kiwi IPA

 

[Libigage]

Do you think it meant Carapils? My understanding that this is very neutral and is just there to provide Dextrine for head retention

Caramalt is all I have apart from the torrified wheat, I thought it just added head retention. Should I get some carapils

 

[foxy]

Caramalt is all I have apart from the torrified wheat, I thought it just added head retention. Should I get some carapils

Yes.
https://www.gladfieldmalt.co.nz/new-improved-brewing-recipes/

 

[foxbat]

Do you think it meant Carapils? My understanding that this is very neutral and is just there to provide Dextrine for head retention

Yes; at 3.9 EBC it's a dextrin malt (Carapils is a Weyermann trademark for their dextrin malt). Calling it Caramalt in the recipe is highly misleading since that's a darker crystal that as @BeerCat says does not belong in a pale lager.

 

[BeerCat]

I brewed one a couple of weeks ago. Not exactly to style as i used 10% rice. OG 1040, hopped with magnum and motueka. Going to lightly dry hop half with motueka and nelson.

 

[Libigage]

Update on My take of a nz pilsner, very nice but I think I might dry hop it next time as @RoomWithABrew suggested.
Quite clear for me though. Still very drinkable, in fact it's the first beer I pull when I get home from work. Will definitely do again with additions

 

[Pennine]

Here is an interesting article about hoppy pilsners. There’s More to Italian Pilsners Than Dry-Hopping — Beervana

My takeaway is to hop stand and low levels of dry hopping 1g/l.

 

[An Ankoù]

Personally i don't think caramalt has any place in a lager. I would prefer biscuit malt and ditch the wheat. Get rid of the 20m addition and put them in at flameout. Use at least 2 packs of yeast.

Agreed regarding the caramalt. Use carapils instead.

 

[sifty]

I made a version of the 'Lisa likes Nelson' NZ pils from Brewfather that only used Gladfield Pilsner malt. My favourite brew to date. Only issue is some chill haze that I'll correct next time...