Pilsner Recipe

[Meatymc]

I'm not a lager drinker but the powers that be are asking me to brew something they might like rather than the highly hopped IPA's I'm after. I don't want to tie-up my brew fridge however - knowing these brews take longer than ale, so am looking for recommendations that can be brewed in a cool/cold garage but not with specific temperature control - I'm thinking wet towels etc when temperatures are forecasted to rise beyond a certain point.

I guess the yeast is the most important factor followed by the hops - I have my home grown Northdown, First Gold and some Fuggles and Cascade but guess none of these are suitable except, perhaps, for bittering.

I'm a BIAB’er hence will post this there as well.

Any suggestions?

[keith1664]

Could you get by with a faux lager, Pilsner malt and a noble hop fermented cool with a neutral ale, california common or kolsch yeast?
Having said that it's rather chilly in my garage at the moment so perhaps a real one.

[robbym123]

You could always brew as normal and then lager in the bottle. In a big bucket of iced water if the weather makes it necessary.

[Rookie]

Can you get some Wyeast Pacman yeast? I brewed a pilsner with it at normal ale temp and it came out pretty good.
Check out the Last Drop piece in the March/April 2016 issue of Zymurgy.

[TheSumOfAllBeers]

Could you get by with a faux lager, Pilsner malt and a noble hop fermented cool with a neutral ale, california common or kolsch yeast?
Having said that it's rather chilly in my garage at the moment so perhaps a real one.

^ I know a guy who is cleaning up in competitions with kolsch beers. Go for this

[alexlark]

CML kolsch yeast is the go to lately for this type of brew.

[Meatymc]

Kolsch yeast it is then - cheers guys