Something light and refreshing

[rui]

Helloo to all, from a sunny and warm Portugal
Every easter i have a tradition of brew something, and this year will be a something light and refreshing for the warm days... and something that the shitty lager drinkers tolerate

here's the recipe:

Golden/helles


Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 25.0
Total Grain (kg): 5.500
Total Hops (g): 25.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.046 (°P): 11.4
Final Gravity (FG): 1.012 (°P): 3.1
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.52 %
Colour (SRM): 4.2 (EBC): 8.3
Bitterness (IBU): 31.6 (Average - No Chill Adjusted)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 67
Boil Time (Minutes): 75

Grain Bill
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4.000 kg Pilsner (72.73%)
0.500 kg Munich I (9.09%)
0.500 kg Pale Ale Malt (9.09%)
0.500 kg Vienna (9.09%)

Hop Bill
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25.0 g Magnum Pellet (10.5% Alpha) @ 75 Minutes (Boil) (1 g/L)

Misc Bill
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5.0 g Irish Moss @ 15 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 67°C for 90 Minutes.
Fermented at 18°C with Safeale S-04

what do you think about the recipe?


cheers

[Rookie]

Helloo to all, from a sunny and warm Portugal
Every easter i have a tradition of brew something, and this year will be a something light and refreshing for the warm days... and something that the shitty lager drinkers tolerate cheers

What a waste giving anyone something that'll be tolerated. Let them fend for themselves.
Brew what you like to drink.

[MonsieurBadgerCheese]

Helloo to all, from a sunny and warm Portugal
Every easter i have a tradition of brew something, and this year will be a something light and refreshing for the warm days... and something that the shitty lager drinkers tolerate

here's the recipe:

Golden/helles


Recipe Specs
----------------
Batch Size (L): 25.0
Total Grain (kg): 5.500
Total Hops (g): 25.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.046 (°P): 11.4
Final Gravity (FG): 1.012 (°P): 3.1
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.52 %
Colour (SRM): 4.2 (EBC): 8.3
Bitterness (IBU): 31.6 (Average - No Chill Adjusted)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 67
Boil Time (Minutes): 75

Grain Bill
----------------
4.000 kg Pilsner (72.73%)
0.500 kg Munich I (9.09%)
0.500 kg Pale Ale Malt (9.09%)
0.500 kg Vienna (9.09%)

Hop Bill
----------------
25.0 g Magnum Pellet (10.5% Alpha) @ 75 Minutes (Boil) (1 g/L)

Misc Bill
----------------
5.0 g Irish Moss @ 15 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 67°C for 90 Minutes.
Fermented at 18°C with Safeale S-04

what do you think about the recipe?


cheers

Bom Dia,

Off to Lagos on Sunday for a week. No doubt drinking Sagres. Can't have everything I guess.

MBC

[orlando]

It won't be light and refreshing at that mash temp and using Vienna and Munich to those levels. If you want to stick with the malt bill I would mash at 64 at the most. This will make it far more fermentable so it could finish a lot lower and be a little more alcoholic because of it. If you don't want that I would adjust the grain bill down across the board. You are only using Magnum as a bittering hop so I would put in some late aroma hops and think about dry hopping some more. I'm not familiar with Helles as a style so this view is based on your light and refreshing requirement. It will certainly surprise the Lager drinkers as it should have a lot of flavour coming from the malt.

[scuppeteer]

They have lemonade don't they? Sod them and brew for yourself!

Sorry, not helpful. Recipe looks grand but as already said, some late hopping would be appropriate. English Cascade?

[Bazz]

I'm aware that this is a bit late for your Easter deadline but hey, there's always next time. What i like to brew for this sort of crowd is this:

45% lager/pilsner malt
45% pale ale malt
10% flaked rice or maize

then take a 100g pack of your favourite American hop, stick 25-30 IBU's worth in at the start of the boil then stick the remainder in at flame out.

Ferment with Mangrove Jacks California lager yeast at 18 degC.

Job done.