Full Nelson - New Zealand Pilsner - All Grain Recipe

Foreword

We actually brewed this beer several months ago but negated to post it at the time (for a couple of reasons), but after recently entering this beer into the NSW Homebrewing Competition where it claimed second place in the pale lager category, we figured it's definitely worth sharing.

This beer is considered a "smash" beer, featuring Single Malt And Single Hop - with pilsner malt and Nelson Sauvin hops making up the recipe. It's a timely reminder that simple can be incredibly effective when it comes to making beer. On top of this, we also didn't bother with any water salt adjustments, and only adjusted mash and sparge water pH.

The competition results also prove how great Novalager is as a versatile lager yeast. You can view the scoresheets and our own review in the Tasting Results post linked at the bottom of this page under Related Articles.

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Vitals

Batch Volume: 23L 
Boil Time: 60 minutes
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75%

Original Gravity: 1.049
Final Gravity: 1.008
IBU (Tinseth): 34
BU/GU: 0.70
Colour: 6.7 EBC
Expected ABV: 5.4%

Mash

Mash In: 65°C - 60 minutes
Mash Out: 75°C - 10 minutes

Fermentables

5.0kg - Gladfield Pilsner Malt

Hops

60 mins - Nelson Sauvin - 21 IBU
10 mins - Nelson Sauvin - 9 IBU

Hopstand/Whirlpool 15 mins @ 85°C - Nelson Sauvin - 4 IBU

Dry Hop - Nelson Sauvin - 18g- 3 Days
Note: we dry hopped with 18g as this is what was left of our 100g packet after the boil and whirlpool hops

Yeast

Lallemand LalBrew NovaLager - 1 packet (dry)

Fermentation

20°C - 12 days

Carbonation

2.4 CO2-vol

Water Profile 

Untreated Sydney water profile (approximate values)

Ca2+ (Calcium): 13
Mg2+ (Magnesium): 4
Na+ (Sodium): 18
Cl- (Chloride): 30
SO42- (Sulfate): 5
HCO3- (Bicarbonate): 50

Want to see how it went? Check out the link to the Brew Day post below.

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