Pilsener
From O'Hare Recipes
Yield
5 Gallons
Ingredients
- 5 gal Water
- 4.86lbs Pilsen DME
- 11.75 AAU Saaz
- Saflager W34/70 yeast packet
- 6.57 oz Priming Sugar
Instructions
- Combine water and DME
- t+00:00 Start boiling, add Saaz hops
- t+60:00 Done. Chill in ice bath to 55F.
- Add clean water to 1.045 SG.
- Aerate and pitch yeast
- Ferment @ 55F until sable 1.008 FG
- Diacetyl rest at 60F for 2 days
- Add boiled priming sugar, bottle.
- Bottle condition 72F for 2 days
- Lager in bottles at 38F for 4-6 weeks
Measurements
- 1.045 SG
- 1.008 FG
- 4.8% ABV