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Pilsner up next

Post by Rookie » Mon Feb 07, 2022 3:32 pm

I'll be doing this in 2.5-3 weeks.
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Re: Pilsner up next

Post by Jocky » Mon Feb 07, 2022 5:46 pm

Looks good. I prefer the Bestmalz Pilsner malt for my Pilsners.

I also personally like to throw in a sizeable amount of noble hops in the last 5 minutes. Last one I did split 100g of leaf Hallertauer Mittelfruh between 15 minutes and 1 minute left in the boil. Tasted/smelt fantastic, but was marked down in competitions for being a bit too up front hoppy.
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Re: Pilsner up next

Post by Cobnut » Mon Feb 07, 2022 6:00 pm

Jocky wrote:
Mon Feb 07, 2022 5:46 pm
... marked down in competitions for being a bit too up front hoppy.
Those bl**dy judges; you can never please the b*ggers ;)
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Post by f00b4r » Mon Feb 07, 2022 7:05 pm

Jocky wrote:Looks good. I prefer the Bestmalz Pilsner malt for my Pilsners.

I also personally like to throw in a sizeable amount of noble hops in the last 5 minutes. Last one I did split 100g of leaf Hallertauer Mittelfruh between 15 minutes and 1 minute left in the boil. Tasted/smelt fantastic, but was marked down in competitions for being a bit too up front hoppy.
So what’s the Bestmalz character that you like so much in your pilsners?
I know Weyermann do about 8 different ones but have only tried 3 of them and think I prefer Dingemanns, although that is mostly brewing Helles a while ago.

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Re: Pilsner up next

Post by Jocky » Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:30 pm

f00b4r wrote:
Mon Feb 07, 2022 7:05 pm
Jocky wrote:Looks good. I prefer the Bestmalz Pilsner malt for my Pilsners.

I also personally like to throw in a sizeable amount of noble hops in the last 5 minutes. Last one I did split 100g of leaf Hallertauer Mittelfruh between 15 minutes and 1 minute left in the boil. Tasted/smelt fantastic, but was marked down in competitions for being a bit too up front hoppy.
So what’s the Bestmalz character that you like so much in your pilsners?
I know Weyermann do about 8 different ones but have only tried 3 of them and think I prefer Dingemanns, although that is mostly brewing Helles a while ago.
Difficult to say as I’ve not brewed the same beer side by side using the two. Both were good, but Bestmalz was just a bit sweeter and maltier, but without being really bready.
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Re: Pilsner up next

Post by f00b4r » Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:44 pm

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Re: Pilsner up next

Post by Rookie » Tue Feb 08, 2022 3:59 pm

Jocky wrote:
Mon Feb 07, 2022 5:46 pm
Looks good. I prefer the Bestmalz Pilsner malt for my Pilsners.

I also personally like to throw in a sizeable amount of noble hops in the last 5 minutes. Last one I did split 100g of leaf Hallertauer Mittelfruh between 15 minutes and 1 minute left in the boil. Tasted/smelt fantastic, but was marked down in competitions for being a bit too up front hoppy.
It is Bestmaltz. And the amount of hops scheduled (3 gallon batch) gets me where I want.
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Re: Pilsner up next

Post by Rookie » Tue Feb 22, 2022 3:33 pm

Brewed yesterday with a starting gravity of 1.053 for 3.5 U S gallons.
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Re: Pilsner up next

Post by Rookie » Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:29 pm

Took a F G reading yesterday: 1.008.
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Re: Pilsner up next

Post by Rookie » Thu Mar 10, 2022 3:08 pm

I'm really liking the hersbrucker. This is my first time using it in a pilsner.
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