Alexandra Pils - Beer Recipe - Brewer's Friend

Brewer's Friend

Print

Alexandra Pils

182 calories 19 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Classic American Pilsner
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.039 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 74% (brew house)
Source: byo
Calories: 182 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 19 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Sunday April 29th 2018
1.055
1.014
5.4%
36.5
3.7
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6.25 lb American - Pale 2-Row6.25 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 61%
4 lb American - Pale 6-Row4 lb Pale 6-Row 35 1.8 39%
10.25 lbs / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.50 oz Millenium0.5 oz Millenium Hops Pellet 15.9 Boil 60 min 33.28 33.3%
1 oz YCH - german hallertau1 oz YCH - german hallertau Hops Pellet 3.8 Boil 5 min 3.17 66.7%
1.50 oz / 0.00
 
Yeast
Wyeast - Pilsen Lager 2007
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
73%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
48 - 56 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
54 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 90 B cells required
0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
4 qt Sparge -- 150 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.3 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.3 qt/lb 3.33 13.3  
Mash volume with grains 4.15 16.6  
Grain absorption losses -1.28 -5.1  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.51 g | 22 qt) 5.2 20.8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.31 g | 29.2 qt) 7 28  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.06 -0.2  
Post boil Volume 5 20  
Going into fermentor 5 20  
Total: 8.53 34.1
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

this is a continuation on my attempt to make a dryish crisp pilsner with faint but fresh hop and grain flavor. started with a raw green bullet pils, then boiled green bullet. both were kind of funky. going to use the same yeast and a different hop this time to see what happens. still sticking with the 2row because i would like to be able to make this work with 2row since that is a majority of what i buy and have on hand all the time.,

using whatever hops i have in the freezer. looks like i dont have enough in style to bitter properly so i will supplement with millenium for the bittering and use german hallertau the rest of the way to try to keep the hop bill simpler.

going to mash at 150 this time hoping to get a lower FG and more dryness. i mashed at 158 i believe for the raw pils so maybe that was a factor in the thickness and body.

using recycled 2007 pilsner yeast with a starter im making 3 days ahead of time.

im seeing on forums to ferment at 54 for two weeks. another guy says start at 44 for a week and ramp up to 51 for 3 weeks. i think i will go with option a in the interest of time...

some say to do diacetyl rest : after about 10-12 days raise the temp up to 67 for 3 days then drop it back down to lager temps (some do it in steps, 1 degree per day)

byo fast ferment approach janFeb2017. reread but start at 44-50 let fermentation go 50% then (remove the probe from the fermentor let it reach ambient temp then...?) raise temp 5 degrees every 12 hours til you get to 65-68. once you get 100% you can crank down to lager temp for 3-5 days then you done. this will take care of diacetyl rest and apparently gets the lager completely done in 2-3 weeks.

According to fast ferment technique i need to start ramping up at 50% attenuation, ingeneral 4-7 days. On day 4 I measured 1.045 in refractometer => 11.2 brix. With wort correction factor of 1.00 that means the beer is at 1.038. Should start the ramp up at 55 - ((55-14)/2) = 1.034. so day 5 i guess.

Last Updated and Sharing
 
369
Views
0
Brews
Recipe QR Code
  • Public: Yup, Shared
  • Last Updated: 2019-06-10 17:13 UTC