I'm brewing this weekend and have come up with a recipe that's a Bopils-ish ale using S05 fermented at around 58 to 60 degrees.
Recipe will be 6 gal anticipated OG around 1.61
- RO water with very small additions of MgS04, CaCl
- 10lbs 2row
- 4lbs Pils malt
- 1/2lb Carafoam
- 150 degree mash or as close as I can get with my single step infusion
- .5oz Magnum first wort
- Saaz, Sterling, Crystal, Tettnanger, and a couple others blended and tossed in 1oz quantities about every 5 minutes from 20 to flame out
- Dry hopping with 1oz Hallertau and 2oz Saaz
- Safale S05
Pilsner Urquell is easily my favorite import. I realize this won't really taste like it, but I'm hoping the results carry some similarities. This will be bigger and hoppier for starters.
Thoughts, opinions? Anybody try something similar and like it?
I had planned to go all Saaz and I have enough to go that route ( bought extra ).
I've never used Crystal and recall some reports of catty flavors? Or dank? I might leave them out.
TIA