BELGIAN PILSNER: This is NOT the Pilsner You're Expecting
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
- This is NOT a Stella Artois or Jupiler clone, it is so much more! Belgian Pilsner is what happens when you take traditional Belgian brewing practices and apply them to brewing Pilsner. Increased fermentation temps, open fermentation, spicy noble hops and an interesting water profile makes this beer very much its own thing, and I see why its popularity is on the rise!
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Recipe for 5 gallons (19 L) , your efficiency may vary:
"More than Semantics"
5.1% ABV 30 IBU
9 lb Dingemans Belgian Pilsner (90%)
1 lb Flaked Maize (10%)
Mash:
-148 F (64 C) for 30 min
-158 F (70 C) for 30 min
-170 F (77 C) for 15 min
Water (ppm): Ca: 59, Mg 7, Na 52, Cl 92, SO4 100, HCO3 63
Add to 8 gal (30 L) RO water: 2g Baking Soda, 3g CaCl2, 2g NaCl, 2g Epsom, 4g Gypsum
60 min boil:
-60 min: 2 oz (56g) Saaz (2.8% AA) (20 IBU)
-20 min: 1 oz (28g) Saaz (5% AA) (6 IBU)
-10 min: 1 oz (28g) Saaz (5% AA) (4 IBU)
-0 min: 1 oz (28g) Saaz (5% AA) (0 IBU)
OG: 1.046
Yeast: White Labs WLP808 Mythical Hammer
Ferment open, at 60 F (15 C) for 3 days or until the krausen falls, then add spunding valve for remainder of fermentation, ramping up to 65 F (18 C). Once complete, cold crash for a few days then package and lager in keg for 1-2 months.
FG: 1.007
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0:00 Intro and welcome
0:26 Beer description and approach
2:21 Recipe
6:21 Brew day
9:03 Fermentation plan
13:33 Fermentation follow-up
14:41 Pour and tasting notes (in a fun location)
20:25 Potential Improvements
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Been following you for a while now, But this is comfortably the best produced video you have ever made! congrats.
That is so awesome to hear! I'm really glad the effort paid off!
Beachin’ beer shots dude! Looks lovely!!!
Thanks man! It was a lot of fun to go out there!
God damn! This is by far the best HB beer chanel on YT. Thanks to you I got in to beer brewing and made some exceptional beers that I could not believe were made by me. Thank you! ❤
I'm glad you enjoy the channel and the recipes so much! It really is an amazing feeling when you make something so delicious!
Another great looking brew
Hell yeah that sounded like an amazing twist on a pilsner! Enjoy some time off and excited to see what you brew up next!
Thank you! I'm enjoying a little relaxation now!
Steve...Great video and tutorial!....excellent as usual....definitely a must make beer for me!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love the beach tasting, thanks for that. Here's Mr envy 😁. I just brewed my very first lager, a Czech/German pils type thing. NZ pils next. Love your videos, you're a hero.
I'm glad you enjoy the channel so much and congrats on the first lager, it's a whole new world!
Best HB channel hands down, great production on this one! Definitely gonna try this one.
Really glad you enjoyed it!
Good video Steve! Very interesting style I've never tried. Would love to soon
Definitely worth a brew!
Looks and sounds fantastic. Love that you’re willing to do these “experiments” with hopping and fermentation with a clear view of what the end product should be like and how you want it all to come together. Speaks very highly of your processes and your skill as a brewer. Well done.
Glad you are enjoying them! I really enjoy experimental brewing!
I like the beach. A nice refreshing Pilsner makes sense to take there. Thanks again.
Glad you enjoyed the scenery!
awesome, as always, gonna miss you! 'til the next one, cheers!
Cheers!
Been using nearly the same step mash schedule with increased efficiency. Great job Steve with beach beer on location it looks perfect!
Glad you enjoyed the scenery!
Nice, I am really getting into lagers at the moment, I've got a Czech style lager conditioning and a Marzen still fermenting away. Maybe I should give this lager style a go next 🍻
That is awesome! It is a great subset of beers to get into!
🍻 Cheers, great video
More Beach shots in future please Steve! I had no idea where you live is so beautiful 😅
I use the same open fermentation method when using the Dupont strain for saisons.
Open ferm is pretty fun when you can do it!
I'm salivating!!!! Can't wait to try it!
You have tried it lol
Excellent content Steve, absolutely love the beach review. On the yeast topic - Bootleg Biology has Oslo kveik which produces exceptionally clean and beautiful lagers while fermenting at 95F. Drops like a brick too. I just pitched it in a Mexican lager with purple corn and an American lager in the garage. Also, I've been using your mash schedule for couple of years now and can attest that it helps produce these clean (no haze) beers. Cheers!
Very nice! I love to do the step mash when I can. Cheers!
Speaking of Stella Artois, I'm enjoying a 0.0% version, and I gotta say, between it and the Heineken 0.0% they satisfy. Both to the nose, and the palate. Solid video, and definitely a bill that I'd love to riff on, btw.
Hey Steve. Another gem thanks for the video! I really want to start brewing more lagers but I don’t have a glycol chiller for the fermentation process. I’m your opinion what’s the best alternative?
I want to make this beer, and thanks for putting your recipes on brewfather.
Glad the Brewfather library is working well for you!
Looks really good! Do you think that using foil in place of an airlock as you did would work on a Carboy? I really want to try open fermentation, this seems like a good technique to dip my toe in the water, cheers!
Looks absolutely amazing. It looks crispy and refreshing.!!!!!!
😎👍🏻👍🏻🍺🍺🍺🍺
It is! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Another one i have to try. These crispy pils hit the spot after working outside all day in the heat. So true on aging these. Ive got an italian pils that after 10 weeks has hits it stride. Went from a pretty darn good one to an excellent ont.
It is amazing how powerful of an ingredient time is!
reminds me of modern times lomaland, which was nominally a saison but actually closer to a hoppy pilsner. wish they would bring it back.
ive been wanting to make one of these beers for a while now. just got done making an american blonde ale. it turned out so damn good. it seriously taste like a lager... its crispy and slight dry. i used california ale yeast for the very first time and i really love the results. its way better then lutra kviek and nova lager. i read online that for lagers i dont exactly need to use a lager yeast for lagers but without a fridge for temp control ill just stick with what works for me. cluster and meridian is what i used. prost!
I highly recommend it if you want to get a little extra something out of the yeast! I've done it many times, this is just the first time I've done it with a lager.
Dude love the open ferment, been something we have been wanting to try for a while, this may be what gives us the nudge we need to give it a crack
I just did open fermentation for a Belgian single. It turned out insanely well.
It is definitely one of those things that makes a noticeable impact - for some styles more so than others, but I had never tried it with lager yeast before, glad I did!
Oh, how long did you have to keg condition for this to be pouring so crystal clear by the way? Great video 👍🏻
About 2 months for me. Although you can certainly use finings to clarify it faster!
Hence, it’s in the name don’t come out of character.
I kid, great job as always.
Definitely going to give this recipe a go! Only downside is that I know is that the keg is going to go QUICK
Sounds like you should brew a double batch!
Great video, would love to try and make a Belgian pilsner. When is White labs going to WLP808 Mythical Hammer?
Its a vault strain so I would imagine they will release it in the future again. That being said they do have an upcoming release of WLP815 later this year!
Fantastic video, and great looking beer! Two questions for you:
1) What level did you set your spunding valve at?
2) What temperature did you lager at?
Thanks!!!
Spunded at about 12 psi, had to add a bit more carbonation in the keg later. Lagered at about 35 F.
Intresting recipe, will be making it this weekend! No sparge needed?
I typically don't sparge
where where you Saturday when i was looking for a pilz recipe :D
I have been using 34/70 at 20psi for 3 days then 15psi until fermentation is complete at 68F. Tastes like is has been lagered for months. Ready for drinking in 10 to 14 days.
Have you thought about about making a Mexican Lager? They're also great summer beers, alot of breweries in my area have been making them for the warmer weather.
Morebeer is having a sale on kits
100% Its a beer I am WAY overdue on
That beer looks great. I hope you saved some of the yeast. That has been my house strain for a while now. It has made some really great beers.
Thanks Emmet! I wish I had!
Great video, as usual. I just open fermented a hefeweizen! Turned out great, aside from adding a bit too much grain and bumping the OG/FG and alcohol a bit high and taking it out of style. It got me thinking about open fermenting a Belgian style beer, like a Quad or Golden Strong. Might be something to try. Have you given it a shot before? If so, do you think it's worth it?
Done it several times actually, this was just the first time trying it with a lager. It definitely is one of those things that brings out a little extra yeast character, and every time I have done it, it has made a perceptible impact!
@@TheApartmentBrewer thanks! I'll probably give it a shot on the next Belgian I make.
Thanks for video. Worth a shot.
What dry yeast substitute can be used?
@10:50
@@dasme8673 No offence but just listing all possible dry lager yeasts all with different characters(
I want to replicate the character but all mentioned ones are European lager yeasts
@@Gev966 no offense taken. Best contact White Labs, Apt Brewer is likely promoting this yeast from them.
The reason why I give many different euro lager yeasts that do slightly different things is because different brewers want different things from their yeast. A dry "Belgian Lager" yeast doesn't really exist, so the closest one would probably be the ubiquitous 34/70. It has the same ability to attenuate well and can handle slightly higher fermentation temperatures.
Wow I came up with the idea to brew a Belgian Pils because of a play of words, wondering if the style exists. And here comes this video...
Nice!
TO THE MOON!
Lagers fined with gelatin can be really good in like 3 weeks but oof, a true 2+ month lager is just awesome.
This is the truth!
I just finished a beerpakt beer from Weihenstephaner and bernadus that is kinda like this.
Nice!
With the corn addition, does this cross into the Alsatian Pilsner tradition?
Interesting point, the corn was pretty standard for Belgian pils as far as I could tell from my research as well though.
I think "barbe rouge" would be the perfect hop for this style of beer😊 is it available in the US? In Germany no problem^^ p.s. it's a french hop😊
That is a very cool idea!
Steve, do you have statistics on which beer the Belgians drink more?
Not statistics, but I can tell you from personal experience. Also you can confirm this with a quick web search on the subject
@@TheApartmentBrewer They write that they love lager, and only then: blonde, dowel and threepel)))
When you lagered did u leave it off co2 for the 2 months ?
yes and no, I always had CO2 pressure in the keg because I was sampling every so often and had to keep the headspace clear, but I didn't always have it hooked up.
Did you keep/save the yeast?
Unfortunately no
Is that a Plymouth beach
no
High stoke level
Steve, I think (Ok I know) I missed something here. What Beligian pilsner are you aiming for? A Jupilar clone? I have not had a beer like you are describing.
P.S. I think I got sunburn from just watching the video. Nothing about you. I just have very fair skin.
Nope, not a Jupiler clone at all, or any clone really.
Copenhagen is the Carlsberg strain.
Ah man, ok I got it wrong then thank you
Dude you make these incredible beers that look so amazing. Then you take them outside in full sunlight and I cringe every time! You’re the light striker man. Congratulations on the brew though.
As a suggestion of how to maybe make it less cringy for us light sensitive folks, maybe some subdued lighting and tiki bar atmosphere. Fire pit with a group of friends. Ya know?
Haha I know where you are coming from, but good lighting is really hard to come by, and I can't just put a set together in my house too easily. I like to ensure the beers come across well on video, and full sun is the best way to do that unfortunately. Artificial lighting never looks right.