Emigrant Pils
American Pilsner
Brewed January 2, 2021
As I look to expand my operation, I will be looking to do more lagers. I have shied away from them before since I didn't want to tie up my equipment for a month or two at a time. I do enjoy lagers and it would be good to have some light and crisp homebrew for consumption. I am looking to get another fermenter and another fermentation chamber to allow two beers to be fermenting at once. I also had an email conversation with some at my water district that gave me the analysis of the water and how to correct it. This beer will be brewed with a water adjustment instead of buying chloromine free water from the store.
Ingredients
Malts
9.25 lbs Superior Pilsen Malt
1 lbs American Vienna Malt
Hops
0.8 oz Mt. Hood Hops (5.1% AA) - 0 minutes
1.2 oz Mt. Hood Hops (5.1% AA) - 60 minutes
Yeast
1 package WLP800 Pilsner Lager Yeast
Brewing Instructions
1. Heat 6.0 gallons of strike water to 158°F
2. Dissolve 0.5g potassium metabisulfate into water
3. Add 6.0 gallons of water to the mash tun
4. Add all grains to mash tun and confirm temperature of ~148°F
5. [Temp too high so added cold water and confirmed 148°F]
6. Steep grains for 75 minutes
7. While steeping, heat 2.8 gallons of water to 171°F for lautering
8. Extract first runnings into boil kettle
9. Add 2.8 gallons water and wait 10 minutes
10. Extract second runnings into boil kettle
11. Total wort volume should be 7.3 gallons (7.3 actual)
12. Add 15 drops FermCap to reduce foaming
13. Bring water to a boil and wait for the hot break
14. Begin boil
15. At 0 minutes, add 0.8 oz Mt. Hood hops
16. At 45 minutes, add one tablet Whirlfloc
17. At 50 minutes, add 1/2 tsp of yeast nutrient
18. At 60 minutes, add 1.2 oz Mt. Hood hops
19. At 60 minutes, chill the wort to approx. 65°F
20. Aerate with pure oxygen for 1 minute
21. Move to the primary fermenter
22. Pitch yeast from yeast starter
23. Ferment at 52°F for 14 days
24. Ferment at 60°F for 4 days (diacetyl rest)
25. Starting at 44°F, drop temperature 1°F per day for 10 days
26. At 28 days, keg beer
Starter & Notes
Boil 6 oz DME in 3 L of water for 10 minutes
Let cool to 68°F
Pitch 1 package WLP800
Start stir plate