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Yet another German Pilsner. This is a double batch to test the latest ethyl acetate theories. Nothing fancy here. I knocked this out during an ice storm. I circled the date since it was supposed to be warm for a couple days, and turn out it stormed. Oh well... at least it wasn't 5-degrees.

Something of interest is I've been using acid malt for my pH. This time I used 1/4 lb per 5 gallons and the mash pH was just a little low. It was about 5.1. Next time I may go 3oz and adjust up, maybe 2 oz on a beer with some specialty grains. Just something different to try instead of adding salts or acids.

02/05/08
German Pilsner

11.5 gallons
OG = 1.048
IBU = 35
Efficiency = 80%

18.5# Dingeman's Pilsner Malt
0.5 # Acidulated Malt

1.3 oz Magnum 12.9 AA @ 60 minutes
1.0 oz Crystal 4.4 AA @ 15 Minutes
1.0 oz Crystal 4.4 AA @ 1 Minute

WLP833
WLP830

90 minute, 148-degree single infusion