Work order
Heat 13 Liters of water to 72 °C . Add water to (cold) mash tun. Add Grain and mix. Wait for mash temperature to settle at 65.5 °C (you can add boiling water or some ice cubes to adjust the temperature if needed)
Mash for 90 minutes
Heat 21 Liters of water to 76°C . Sparge the grain and drain wort into your brew pot
Bring the wort to the boil and add the first hop addition (104 g Saaz) .Boil for 60 minutes
15 minutes before the end of the boil
- Put immersion chiller in your pot
- Add Irish moss
- Add 25 g Saaz
- Rehydrate yeast in 120 ml tepid water
3 minutes before the end of the boil
- Add 25 g Saaz
At the end of the boil cool down wort to 22 °C and add to the fermenter. Pitch rehydrated yeast
Ideal fermentation temperature 12 - 15°C
Ferment for 2 weeks.
When final gravity has been reached transfer Pilsner to secondary fermenter to Lager. Begin Lagering at 7°C and slowly decrease the temperature to 2 °C over a 2 week period. Bring the beer to 15°C for 3 days before bottling to ensure that fermentation is complete. Allot the beer to carbonate at room temperature for 2 weeks.