Basmati Rice Pilsner


Happy New Year! Good to be back brewing after a great holiday. First brew of the new year will be inspired by the pre-prohibition style lager. My cellar is at 49f, a little warmer than I would like but I don't think it's going to get much colder down in the cellar. This style was created by German immigrants in the late 19th century. Using German brewing techniques, German lager yeast and American ingredients (six row barley, maize, rice, and Native American hop variety's).

My version today will be brewed with American two row, German pilsner malt, basmati rice, and wheat malt. Hopped with a heavy hand, for the style, of continental hops.

BJCP describes the style as, "History: A version of Pilsner brewed in the USA by immigrant German brewers who brought the process and yeast with them when they settled in America. They worked with the ingredients that were native to America to create a unique version of the original Pilsner. This style died out after Prohibition but was resurrected as a home-brewed style by advocates of the hobby.

3 comments:

  1. Wow dude!

    I'm impressed with your calendar. I've got a calendar, but its mainly in my head and very fluid, but it looks like you've got your days planned out for you. How many batches do you brew a year you think? I would also like to know more about your setup. It looked like you had a pretty big pot to brew in. Is that a 10 gallon pot?

    Your Schwarzbier looks pretty nummy coming out of that pot...

    Cheers

    Mike

    Mike's Brew Review

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  2. Thanks Mike!
    brewed quite a bit last year. That is a 10 gallon mash tun/kettle. Basically single vessel brewing, running off into buckets. Dumping spent grains from mash tun, rinsing it, and pouring wort into. I've got a propane cajun cooker outside to heat strike water and boil.

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  3. One of the guys I brew with just got a 10 gallon kettle. He wants to do some experimenting with the exact same wort. Basically he wants to try some different yeasts and see what they do to the final taste.

    Have you ever tried anything like this?

    Mike
    Mike's Brew Review

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