Italian pilsner
Italian Pilsner
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Description
Get that prosciutto and parmigiano reggiano out, imagine the Italian coast, and savor this slightly hopped lager in a classic Italian style. This is a more traditional Italian pilsner, unlike the more widely available options in stores.

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Fermentables
Pilsner Malt
Mash
4.3 kg
91%
Rice Hulls
Mash
100 g
Munich Light Malt
Mash
300 g
Hops
Hallertauer Magnum
Boil · 60 min · 10% AA
20 g
Tettnanger
Dry hop · 3 days · 3.95% AA
19 g
Tettnanger
Boil · 10 min · 3.95% AA
70 g
Tettnanger
Dry hop · 6 days · 3.95% AA
11 g
Yeast
SafLager W-34/70
2 pkg
Other
Whirlfloc T Tablets
Boil · 15 min
0.5 items
Gelatin
Bottling
10 milliliters
Beer Nutrient Blend
Boil · 15 min
3 g
Beer profile
How much head the beer holds.
Clarity of the finished beer.
Perceived weight and mouthfeel.
Intensity of malt character.
Perceived hop bitterness.
Steps
Mash
Heat strike water
Add water additions
Add grains
Pilsner Malt
4.3 kg
Ingredient
100 g
Munich Light Malt
300 g
Saccharification
Mash out
Sparge
steps.sparge.heat_water
Sparge the grain bed
Boil
Heat wort to boiling
Boil
Add hop
Hallertauer Magnum
20 g
Add misc
Whirlfloc T Tablets
0.5 items
Add misc
Beer Nutrient Blend
3 g
Add hop
Tettnanger
70 g
Chill wort
Fermentation
Pitch yeast
Ingredient
2 pkg
Wait for activation
Wait for stable gravity
Add dry hop
Tettnanger
19 g
Add dry hop
Tettnanger
11 g
Cold crash
Carbonation
Transfer to keg
Add misc
Gelatin
10 milliliters
Force carbonate
Carbonate