Paulo Eduardo Neves wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Hi, this is my first post here. I'm just starting my home brewing
> carreer. A project for the decades to come.
>
> The next brew will be my first lager. My greatest problem is that we
> don't have brewing stores here in Brazil. I've just found one supplier,
> and will try to buy from him now. He has a very limited set of
> ingredients. They are:
>
> o Malt: pilsener (I believe it's a german pilsener) or chocolate.
> o Yeast: S-04.
> o Hops: Hallertau Tradition, Galena, Zaaz, or MT.Hood.
>
> After some reading, I've come with the following recipe.
>
> o 4Kg of pilsener malt
> o 2oz (56g) of Hallertauer for bittering
> o 1.5oz (42g) of Saaz for aroma
> o 5 gallons (19L) of water
> o 1 pack of S-04 yeast
>
> Is this good? Do you have any good idead about how to enhance the
> recipe? Should I try to find other type of yeast? How much time should
> I boil the hops?[/color]

S-04 is an ale yeast and a fruity one at that...it definitely won't make
a good lager. Use the pils malt, definitely not the chocolate! In
addition, to make a pilsner, you'll need to have temp control to ferment
at 45-48 F for several weeks, then cold condition (lager) it at 35F for
several months.

---------->Denny

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