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Has anyone here made any decent imperial pilsner recipies? Looking to brew one of these in the near future. Something in the 8-10% range.

I haven't made it myself, but the Imperial Pilsner recipe from Sam Caligione's Extreme Brewing has been on my "to brew" list for a while. Mind you it's an extract recipe. If you're interested, I can probably post it here.

IIRC, JohnnyMac was brewing one up. Might want to PM him.

If you like the Picaroons Feels good imperial pils, the brewer posts his brewlog which contains all the ingredients, just no the percentages.

Yeah, that's actually not been a bad beer the 3 or 4 times I've tried it.

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Here's the one I brewed about 3 weeks ago. Just transferred to the secondary...

Style: Imperial Czech Pilsner
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 10.00 gal
Boil Size: 12.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.074 SG
Estimated Color: 7.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 50.7 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 85.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
17 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 68.27 %
3 lbs 12.0 oz Caramel Pilsen (MFB) (10.0 SRM) Grain 15.06 %
3 lbs 4.0 oz Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 13.05 %
14.4 oz Acidulated (Weyermann) (1.8 SRM) Grain 3.61 %
8.00 oz Saaz [3.30 %] (75 min) Hops 45.3 IBU
2.00 oz Saaz [3.30 %] (15 min) Hops 5.4 IBU
3.00 oz Saaz [3.30 %] (0 min) Hops -
1.00 tbsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
2.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Czech Pilsner Lager (Wyeast Labs #2278) [SYeast-Lager


Mash Schedule: Temperature Mash, 1 Step, Light Body
Total Grain Weight: 24.90 lb
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Temperature Mash, 1 Step, Light Body
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
75 min Saccharification Add 7.72 gal of water at 161.5 F 150.0 F
10 min Mash Out Heat to 168.0 F over 10 min 168.0 F

let me know how she turns out.

JohnnyMac wrote:----------------------------
Temperature Mash, 1 Step, Light Body
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
75 min Saccharification Add 7.72 gal of water at 161.5 F 150.0 F
10 min Mash Out Heat to 168.0 F over 10 min 168.0 F

Forgot to mention that I did a protein rest at 135 degrees for 30 min then slowly stepped (over 40 min) the temp up to 150 degrees for a 45min rest.

Tastes great.

mr x wrote:Tastes great.

Less filling?

Not quite, lol. I think I may brew this myself come winter, but I'm cutting the carapils down to to around 5%.

Time to resurrect this thread. I need to do something with my lager yeast while the temperature's still good. I think this may be a good idea...

mr x wrote:Time to resurrect this thread. I need to do something with my lager yeast while the temperature's still good. I think this may be a good idea...

let me know how she goes.

I think I'll drop in 5-10% corn, and not sure about the hops yet. Something smooth for bittering, and then load up with Saaz/Hallertau from 30 minutes - flameout...maybe...

mr x wrote:I think I'll drop in 5-10% corn, and not sure about the hops yet. Something smooth for bittering, and then load up with Saaz/Hallertau from 30 minutes - flameout...maybe...

would magnum work?

top of the list

would be interested in seeing the recipe when you are done.
ive been wanting to make an imperial pilsner for a while.

28.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (1.7 SRM) Grain 1 90.3 %
3.00 lb Corn, Flaked (1.3 SRM) Grain 2 9.7 %
2.00 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 40.4 IBUs

need to work on the rest of the hopping, which will be substantail.

28.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (1.7 SRM) Grain 1 90.3 %
3.00 lb Corn, Flaked (1.3 SRM) Grain 2 9.7 %
2.25 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 45.4 IBUs
1.00 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker [6.00 %] - Boil 25.0 min Hop 4 6.0 IBUs
1.50 oz Glacier [5.60 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 5 6.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 6 2.9 IBUs
1.00 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker [6.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 3.1 IBUs
1.00 oz Glacier [5.60 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 2.9 IBUs
1.00 oz Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 2.1 IBUs
1.00 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker [6.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 11 1.7 IBUs
1.00 oz Glacier [5.60 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 10 1.6 IBUs
1.00 oz Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 12 1.2 IBUs
1.50 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker [6.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
2.00 oz Glacier [5.60 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 13 0.0 IBUs
1.50 oz Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 15 0.0 IBUs

73 ibu

Just having my first Propeller Imperial Pilsner. I like mine better. Too much dark malt in Propeller for me. Not bad, just was expecting a pilsner malt profile.

Is that a new beer for them? I think I've seen/tried the pilsner before, just not an Imperial. When the cold weather comes back, I really want to try doing a popcorn pilsner - maybe make it Imperial as well.

i was thinking maybe he was referring to picaroon's imperial pilsner - i havent heard anything about propeller having one either

That would make sense. Someone told me once the Picaroon's version is actually an ale, not sure if that's true. They had it 2 years ago at Sappyfest and I wasn't the biggest fan.

I'm on drugs. it was the double ipa. carry on.

Hahaha that's quite funny.