Averagely Perfect Project #8 - Suggestions

One more vote for Hefeweizen. I worry that if we decide on pastry stout that the recipe formulation would never end...

 

Or if you live in cold areas you could place your bottles outside (e.g., unheated garage) in the winter time (January, February). Needless to say but it is now April so....

Cheers!

 

I’m excited about a lager. Haven’t attempted one yet

 

German Pils or Munich Helles.

34/70 is fairly forgiving at above lager temps. It might also turn some people on to what I fresh German lager tastes like.....or make them appreciate how amazing some of those brewers are.

 

I’m a big fan of a Dunkel but it is gonna be hot soon too. So I’m good with a light easy drinking one as well.

 

Unheated garages and northern winters work well, too. My garage maintains about 2 C for about 4 months of winter.

 

my celler never gets above 50F but next to the north wall its more like 40. Not perfict and neither are my attempts at lagers.

 

I’m up for any style really. I just love to brew.

 

Best I could do would be the unfinished part of my basement, but it didn't seem to get much below 50F this winter.

 

Yeah I would like to do a brew that includes everyone.

 

Happy medium- kellerpils?

 

Maybe dig a subbasement to get colder?

Just kidding.

But on a more serious note when I took a tour of Pilsner Urquell last year they showed us their cellar brewery where they fermented and lagered at the same temperature (e.g., 5 °C which is 41 °C) and they provided glasses of the finished beer (right from the lagering barrel). That beer was sublime!

Cheers!

 

Well, "kellerpils" would be what I detailed above for the Pilsner Urquell cellar brewed beer (kellerpils literally translates to Cellar Pilsner). You would still need to have cold temperatures to brew a "kellerpils".

Cheers!

P.S. The other aspect of a kellerpils is that it is unfiltered. The Pilsner Urquell cellar brewed beer is unpasteurized and unfiltered.

 

That’s some pretty Keller pics you got there!!

 

Yeah, getting to see the cellars where Pilsner Urquell was fermented and lagered back in the old days prior to modernization was a highlight of the tour. Drinking a fresh, unpasteurized and unfiltered Pilsner Urquell straight from the lagering barrel was indeed a 'cherry on top' on that tour.

But wait, there's more!

After the tour my wife, buddy Phil and I went to a nearby pub for lunch and some beers. And we drank more fresh, unpasteurized and unfiltered Pilsner Urquell:



Beer at Na Parkanu & my ticket for the PU tour

Cheers!

 

For a German style, I'd go altbier if looking for a daily drinker, or weizenbock for something big and special, yet traditional, within the capabilities of most brewers, and, yet, outside of just about everyone's wheelhouse.

 

@pweis909 the first pre-poll is up here, in case you missed it.

 

See a number of lagers, I'll add Maibock. Vennia would be nice too. I'm very happy with my Helles, Pils, both Czech and German, and Marzen; so wouldn't be as interested in thoughs.