Bovell Pils
Broomfield nanoBrewery
Brewing Notebook
Brew size:
23 L in 750 ml bottles
Grains:
400 g Light grain pack with 60 min mini mash
Hops:
15 g Saaz - 15 min boil
15 g Saaz - finishing hops
15 g Saaz - finishing hops
Yeast:
SAFLager W-34/70 (from Cerny Pivo)
Extracts:
1.7 kg Morgan's Saaz Pilsner liquid malt extract
1.0 kg LDME
1.0 kg LDME
Adjuncts:
N/A
Brewing Time:
1 week primary fermentation
1 week secondary fermentation
1 week secondary fermentation
Temperatures:
10 C for 2 days but no fermentation so upped to 14 C for the
rest of the
week
Fridge set to 12 C for the second week..
Fridge set to 5 C first week after bottling, upped to 15 C
for second week.
rest of the
week
Fridge set to 12 C for the second week..
Fridge set to 5 C first week after bottling, upped to 15 C
for second week.
Approximate ABV:
4.5%
Notes:
A birthday brew for Stewart to test out the new brewing fridge and home made thermostat.
Pleasantly clean flavoured at racking. Brewing fridge worked very well! Racked and put back in the fridge.
Fairly bright on bottling, Andy spilt the hydrometer reading sample, dick head.
1 week in the fridge after bottling and the beer has not carbonated properly. Still sweet from priming sugar. Temperature raised a bit to let the yeast do it's work.
After a while in the bottle this brew has matured into something much more drinkable. It is not a Pilsner as we had hoped, a little dark & a little too rich, but still not a bad beer.
3 months after originally brewed (and mostly drunk) is has become a very refreshing and tasty beer. Shame we don't have much left! Just needed some time to lager.
No photo :(
Pleasantly clean flavoured at racking. Brewing fridge worked very well! Racked and put back in the fridge.
Fairly bright on bottling, Andy spilt the hydrometer reading sample, dick head.
1 week in the fridge after bottling and the beer has not carbonated properly. Still sweet from priming sugar. Temperature raised a bit to let the yeast do it's work.
After a while in the bottle this brew has matured into something much more drinkable. It is not a Pilsner as we had hoped, a little dark & a little too rich, but still not a bad beer.
3 months after originally brewed (and mostly drunk) is has become a very refreshing and tasty beer. Shame we don't have much left! Just needed some time to lager.
No photo :(
