This is a recipe for a modern hoppy lager style, currently growing in popularity on the West Coast of the USA. For style and balance, think somewhere between a NZ Pilsner and a new-school West Coast IPA – showing the finesse and sessionability of the former and the hop character and snappiness of the latter.
The recipe is built over a Pilsner malt base, which provides light notes of toast and honey, and is hopped with two relatively new US hop varieties (Krush and Strata). These hops bring an intense berry-like and tropical-fruit character to the final beer, rounded out with a pleasant amount of ‘dank’ hop character from the Strata. Fermentation with the novel lager hybrid NovaLager allows for uber-clean expression of these base ingredients and some contribution towards bio-transformation from the cool whirlpool hops.
Novalager is the recommended yeast for this brew, however BRY-97 also works well to create a clean, crisp finish when brewed at cooler temperatures. Diamond lager yeast is best for a more traditional, yet still hoppy, approach.
This recipe includes the malts and hops to brew this beer, and yeast if selected. You will need to have the necessary equipment for all-grain brewing.
Batch size: 21L (in fermenter)
OG: 1.049 (approx.)
FG: 1.011
IBU: 39
EBC: 7.3 (light yellow)
ABV: 5% (approx.)
Ingredients
Note: substitutes will be made where specific malts or hops are not readily available.
Bohemian Pilsner Malt
Strata Hops
Krush Hops
Yeast, depending on your selection
