{"id":840,"date":"2013-04-23T23:34:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T03:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/?page_id=840"},"modified":"2015-06-04T13:58:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T17:58:41","slug":"batch-x-xx-easy-pilsner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/?page_id=840","title":{"rendered":"Batch #1-15: Easy Pilsner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Style<\/td>\nSimple Pilsner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ingredients<\/td>\nEasy Pilsner<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brewing Date:<\/td>\nFriday, April 10,\u00a02015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Primary Fermentation:<\/td>\nFriday, April 10,\u00a02015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Original Gravity:<\/td>\nOops… forgot to measure it. \u00a0\ud83d\ude41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Secondary Fermentation:<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bottling Date:<\/td>\nSaturday, April 18, 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final Gravity:<\/td>\n1.014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Release Date:<\/td>\nFriday, May 15, 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alcohol by volume:<\/td>\nestimate around 3.5% ABV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final Release Name:<\/strong><\/td>\nFlying Ace Pilsner<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

A simple Pilsner recipe. \u00a0The first batch since November\u00a02013 due to\u00a0a semi-voluntary hiatus.<\/p>\n

The name is in honor of the new Peanuts movie coming out in November of this year.<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/p>\n

Wed 8 Apr: While reviewing the ingredients, I noticed that I have an unhopped Breiss 3.3Lb Pilsen\u00a0Malt. So I am going to use 2oz of Saaz Hops in the brewing process (1oz at start, 0,.5oz at 30 minutes, and 0.5oz at last 5 minutes of boil) for flavoring.<\/p>\n

Thursday April 9 @ 8:00 PM: Created the yeast starter.<\/p>\n

Friday April 10 @ 2:00 PM: Yeast starter looked good. \u00a0Brewing process went smoothly, except that I forgot to take a gravity reading before starting the fermentation. I guess forgetfulness is one of the penalties of taking such a long hiatus. The wort was sealed in the fermentation container by 5:30PM.<\/p>\n

Saturday April 11 @ 9:30 AM: I checked the S-sharped airlock and am a little concerned that it is only bubbling at 20 second intervals. Good yeast starters have previously been generating bubbles at less than 5 second intervals in prior batches. I am hoping this will be at 5 second (or less) intervals by the 36 hour point.<\/p>\n

Monday April 13 @ 10:00 AM: The bubble rate went up to strong bursts at 10 second intervals. This should \u00a0be fine.<\/p>\n

Saturday April 18 @ 2:00 PM: \u00a0Bottling day. The wort has a fantastic aroma and taste. This is easily the clearest and lightest wort I have ever made. Yield: 1x 64oz, 1x 32oz, 3x 20oz, and 35x 12oz.<\/p>\n

Saturday April 25 @ 5:00 PM: Sampled a bottle to check progress. \u00a0Carbonation is weak but definitely there. \u00a0The taste is good but very sweet. Obviously the yeast has a bit of work to do with the conditioning sugars.<\/p>\n

Thursday May 21 @ 8:00 PM: The final product\u00a0came out quite good. \u00a0The head on the beer is very thin, and completely dissipates in less than a minute. \u00a0The beer itself is very thin, slightly sweet and has a good balance in the hop aromas. \u00a0The overall taste is not far off from Yuengling, and this is a beer that is great for warmer weather. \u00a0This appeared to be a risky recipe from the beginning, but turned out well. \u00a0If I had to do it again, I would increase the amount of grains it used by 50-75%. \u00a0While the thin taste is good, it needs a tad bit more body for more liking.<\/p>\n

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Style Simple Pilsner Ingredients Easy Pilsner Brewing Date: Friday, April 10,\u00a02015 Primary Fermentation: Friday, April 10,\u00a02015 Original Gravity: Oops… forgot to measure it. \u00a0\ud83d\ude41 Secondary Fermentation: n\/a Bottling Date: Saturday, April 18, 2015 Final Gravity: 1.014 Release Date: Friday, May 15, 2015 Alcohol by volume: estimate around 3.5% ABV Final Release Name: Flying Ace Pilsner […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-840","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1550,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/840\/revisions\/1550"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}