Little Bo Pils

Grain Bill / Fermentables

  • 10 lb Pilsner Malt

Hops

  • 2 oz Czech Saaz (4.9%  AA)

Yeast

  • 2x – Saflager 34/70

Other

  • Whirlfloc Tablet
  • 3.6 g Citric Acid
  • 1/8 tsp Amylase Enzyme
  • 6 Gallons Distilled Water

Target Stats

  • 5.5 Gallons
  • OG 1.054
  • FG 1.009
  • ABV 5.86%
  • IBU 28.47
  • SRM 3.37

Final Stats

May 5, 2024
  • 6 Gallons
  • OG 1.052
  • FG 1.012
  • ABV 5.25%
  • 78% Efficiency

 

Brew Day

Heat 8 gallons of water to 159°.  (2 gallons unfiltered Dover City water with chlorine removed, 6 gallons distilled water and citric acid.)

Gently dough in grains until all grain is covered by water.

Mash grains at 154° for 1 hour.

Remove “grain bag“, rinse, squeeze and allow grains to drain.

Bring wort to a boil and add 1oz Czech Saaz hops and increase to a hard boil for 45 minutes.

Add 1 oz Czech Saaz hops and continue boil for 15 minutes.

Reduce wort temperature to 68° and take OG reading. Then drop temperature as close to 54° as possible.

Sufficiently aerate, transfer to primary fermenter and pitch yeast.

Ferment in the primary at 54° to adequately ferment and raise temperature of the fermenter for the last 20% of fermentation to cleanup any diacetyl produced during fermentation.

Keg and lager.

Enjoy!

Notes:

May 5, 2024
  • Pitched yeast at 68
  • Rehydrated 1 packet and pitched second packet dry
  • 1.052 OG
  • 2024-07-12 – Kegged – 1.012 FG