Ommegang’s first foray into lager brewing: Idyll Days Pilsner

The recipe of the beer sounds tasty!

"...4-packs of 16 ounce cans..." Yuck!

Why couldn't they have just packaged this is in the 'normal' six-pack/12 ounce format?

If I see this beer on tap I will try a pint. I will not be purchasing packaged beers at inflated pricing.

Cheers!

 

Anyone have experience with Belgian lager yeast? Those are two ends of the yeast spectrum for me, so not sure what to expect.

 

I have not personally brewed with it yet but White Labs provides a Belgian Lager yeast strain:

“WLP815 Belgian Lager Yeast

Lagers

A clean, crisp European lager yeast with low sulfur production. This strain originates from a very old brewery in west Belgium. Great for European-style pilsners, dark lagers, Vienna lagers, and American-style lagers.”

https://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-bank/wlp815-belgian-lager-yeast

The aspect of “low sulfur production” reads consistent with the description of the yeast used to ferment Idyll Days Pilsner:

“…a Belgian lager yeast to give it a cleaner profile with fewer sulfuric notes.”

Based upon my homebrewing experience producing lagers I am not so sure what the benefits of “low sulfur production” truly means since for the lagers I brew the sulfur compounds dissipate over the course of fermentation (and any residual sulfur compounds are processed during lagering). Maybe Ommegang chose this strain since it permits a shorter overall production schedule?

Cheers!

 

Here in Houston I haven't seen a Ommegang can in anything other than 16 oz. I am game for this if the pricing is reasonable. I can get Live Oak Pils every day down here for 7.99 to 8.99 a six pack, so it has to compete with that.

 

Ommegang has the ability to can in 12 ounce cans:

“Our new canning line accommodates 12, 16 and 19.2 oz cans and produces about 40 cans per minute. It occupies a compact space within our packaging facility, even tying into the existing bottling line once the cans are filled and sealed.”

https://www.ommegang.com/2018/05/br...irst-on-site-can-release-neon-rainbows-neipa/

They obviously made a business decision to package their Pilsner in the four-pack/16 ounce can format so I wish you luck as regards “if the pricing is reasonable”.

A few days ago I purchased Sterling Pig Shoats Pilsner: six-pack/12 ounce cans for a total price of $7.99. I will likely just buy another sixer of Shoats Pilsner vs. the Ommegang canned Idyll Days Pilsner but as I stated above I would be willing to purchase a draft pint of Idyll Days Pilsner if I ever see it on tap.

Cheers!

 

It does sound tasty and I'm not aware of having beers brewed with Belgian lager yeast, so want to try it. If I stumble upon it on draft I'll certainly order it, but I'm far more likely to encounter the 4-pack. I'm willing pay Ommegang's typical 4-pack price once to try this, but the price makes it highly unlikely to be a repeat buy.

 

Stella Artois?

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Good point...in that case I want to add another data point to my dataset.

 

I will be grabbing a pack when they land, saw this in a video a few weeks ago, looks good.

 

I do not know the answer to your question but my retort would be that providing a new beer (Pilsner) to their portfolio presents them with an opportunity to do 'the right thing' with this new product.

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Two data points are better than one!?!

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If Ommegang = Moortgat, wouldn't the obvious choice for a Belgian lager yeast be whatever they're using in Bel Pils https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/222/7518/ and Vedett Extra Blond https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/222/13766/ ?

 

Yes, Witte, Nirvana, and Rare Vos are all available in six-packs.

 

Pilsners as a desperately needed relief from the sugarmurk of the juice-'n'-pastrymongers? Yes, please.

Pilsners as the latest style that every time-honored brewery feels compelled to put in pounder cans lest their wares be pushed off the shelves? Not a great development.

 

Looking forward to trying this. Would love to get my hands on one of those glasses!

 

Even if they are made well and priced appropriately?

 

My assumption was that Belgian lager yeast = Stella, Jupiler, Maes, Bavik, etc.
While their ale yeasts are incredibly active and bold, their lagers are super clean with next to no character at all IMO.