Brewing Pilsner

[alealex]

same pack, bb 09.2014, but it says 11.5g in 20 to 30 litres

[Eoin]

same pack, bb 09.2014, but it says 11.5g in 20 to 30 litres

the first one is probably closer to proper pitching rates for lager to be honest.
With lager I'd always rather over than underpitch myself, the results of overpitching are lack of body and thinness....basically lager like qualities

[alealex]

Totally agree with you, 20 ok but 30 litres seems quite a lot for a sachet.
In this case it doesn't bother me as its only 15 litres batch.

[DEMPSEY]

I had the same sachet of yeast as yourself. Dosage 11.5 g in 20 to 30 Litres BB 09/2014. I used it to ferment my AWARD winning gold medal Lager : Because I had only 1 packet at €5.70 a pack it took a while to get going. Fermented at 12C.

[alealex]

I pitched w-34/70 at 18*C and moved to ferm.fridge set at 11*C.
With my last lager I pitched at 12*C and moved to fridge set to 11*C, took ages to get ferm going and only used 1 sachet of s-23 for 22 litres. After all it fermented down to 1.011 after 18 days on primary.

[Ciderhead]

Let us know how long it takes to kick off

[brenmurph]

Mauribrew lager. 1g per 5 litres. Just rehydrate and goes like a rocket.. no issues. Sometimes i wonder about premium expensive products

[Beerbuddha]

No more photos of brewday ?

[brenmurph]

Mauribrew lager. 1g per 5 litres. Just rehydrate and goes like a rocket.. no issues. Sometimes i wonder about premium expensive products

7 medals in the nationals.... 5 lagers and 2 ales...all with the same yeast...e3.50 a packet ...does 2.2 brews thats ,1.50 per brew....not 12 euros  : for a packs of wp whatever

[alealex]

7 medals per 69 entries  not bad, change yeast for the good ones and you'll get more medals 
no more pics, no time to downsize them and don't know how to do it in the first place

[brenmurph]

ah that wasnt us alex...closer to 9 entries not 69

[alealex]

only joking, my point is I'm not looking at the costs as much cos I only brew once every couple of weeks not couple of brews every day.
ah, some of use are just blessed with plenty of time in hands 
another thing is that I'm only ordering yeast and spec malts twice a year so I'm buying what given shop has in stock. and I rather fill the fermenter with another fresh brew than wash yeast to save time

[brenmurph]

always give me a bell if ur looking for or stuck for ingredients or yeast. As I usually have 4 r 5 beers in fermenters I have some transferring or bottleing most days . So seems as u pass my door 5 times a week do be shy. theres nothing like a fresh vigorous yeast for getting ur brew going. Ive a brewferm lager yeast alive and kicking in HBC's lager kit which will be  transferring tomorow so thats the sort of oppertunity Im talking about.

[Beerbuddha]

Aleax is stuck .....so am I masher Murphy ! Thing is we have drinking glasses minus beer in them so you keep all the ingredients and have lots of beers for our glasses on Saturday 

As for aleax and his photo sizes it's just not good enough ! 100mill pixels to see a tiny pack of yeast  :

[brenmurph]

Ur on our VIP list BB....alex didnt confirm his attendance yet, by ur comments I presume hes heading over with u!

Re beer: We have done 10 all-grains in the past 2 weeks...reason.....I expect my current stock be be gone awol by sunday evening....

no shortage of beer here..looking forward to saturday, sunday and friday