Do you love a nice clean hoppy NZ Pilsner when the sun is shining? We do too! Time to fill your keezer or bottles with this little Kiwi gem so when the sun pops out you have a new world take on an old world style Czech Pilsner that refreshes and relaxes you and your friends in the summer time or all year round.
Kiwi as | New Zealand Pilsner | BeerCo Recipe Kit is a light sessionable well balanced full flavoured new world lager with a quick brew option or a long lager option for that clean dry refreshing taste. Kiwi as Pilsner BeerCo Recipe Kit can be brewed as an ale or lager with a light simple and satisfying Malteurop Pilsen Malt base, Wakatu and Pacifica aromatic NZ Hops and your choice of fermentation from a classic liquid or dry lager Yeast.
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Vital Stats:
Batch & Boil
- Batch Size: 21.0 L US 5 Gallon
- Boil Time: 90 min
Properties
- OG 1.051
- FG 1.015
- IBU 41
- ABV 4.7%
- Colour 3 SRM
- Balance - Very Bitter
Malts
Amount | Fermentable | % Grist | Use | PPG | Colour |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.0 kg |
Malteurop Pilsen Malt |
80% | Mash | 37 | 1 °L |
0.75 kg |
Crisp Vienna Malt |
15% | Mash | 35 | 4 °L |
0.25 kg |
Crisp Dextrin Malt |
5% | Mash | 33 | 1 °L |
Hops
Amount | Hop | Time | Use | Form | AA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 g | Wakatu NZ | 60 min | Boil | Pellet | 7.8% |
50 g | Pacifica (NZ) | 10 min | Boil | Pellet | 5.4% |
25 g | Wakatu NZ | 5 mins | Boil | Pellet | 7.8% |
Yeast
(recommended to make a starter to give a healthy start) - How to Make a Starter
-
BSY-L005 Pilsen Bluestone Yeast (Liquid) Perfect for lager styles where you desire a dry, less malty finish.
OR
- BSY-L006 Stuttgart Bluestone Yeast (Liquid) for a tradition dry clean Czech style pilsner with a light malt body
-
Fermentis Saflager W-34/70 Yeast (Dry) 2 x 11g Sachets
Method:
1. Mash - Choose a higher temperature rest 69–70 °C (156–158 °F) for sweeter, fuller-bodied beers, or a lower temperature 64–65 °C (148–150 °F) for drier, less full beer style.
2. Mash off - Infuse mash with near boiling water while stirring or with recirculating mash system raise temp to mash out at 76C
3. Sparge slowly - once again the brewer should do normal regime at around 77C
4. Boil - vigorous boil for 90 mins
5. Yeast & Fermentation - The wort should be chilled to a temperature of 15 °C (60 °F) or below before you pitch your favourite Pilsner yeast and ferment around 10-12°C.
6. Do a diacetyl rest, by raising the temperature to 16–21 °C (60–70 °F) for a brief period (24–72 hours) after the yeast has nearly finished fermenting the beer.
5. Conditioning - Rack the beer off the yeast after 2-3 weeks when primary and secondary fermentation is complete and cold condition for 7–12 days per each 2 °Plato of original gravity. (One degree Plato is roughly equal to 4 specific gravity “points.”) below 5°C at or near 2°C is ideal.
Sources:
- The Lowdown on Lagering - Brew Your Own
- http://dowlmott.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/aoteagrower-pilsner.html
- https://www.beerco.com.au/blog/codebreaker-pilsner/
- Doug Donelan - CEO at NZ Hops (2016).