As featured in CAMRA’s – The Modern Homebrewer – Andy Parker & Jamil Zainasheff and sponsored by ourselves The Malt Miller.

We would highly recommend purchasing and reading this book as it feature not only a wide selection of recipes but some great knowledge and techniques from Andy and Jamil on how to brew the best beer possible at home.

This recipe was provided for the book from a professional brewer, all of the recipes were scaled by the writers to a 20ltr batch size using 75% efficiency.

Where ever possible we have matched the exact ingredients, however in some recipes slight changes may be required and volume adjustments based on ingredient available to homebrewers. Be sure to fully read the below details before purchasing so you are fully confident in the process and aware of any ingredients which are not included with this kit that you will need to add.

Weights are removed on this page due to publishing agreements but will be provided on the bags when the recipe is purchased or are present in the book for those who purchase it.

 

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Ingredients Included

Simpsons Malt – Low Colour Maris Otter
Motueka – Hop Revolution – T90 Pellets 100g (1 pack)
Hallertauer Magnum – BarthHaas® Pure Hop Pellet (16 grams)

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Method

Beer Style (main): Other Origin Lagers
Beer Style (sub): International-Style Pilsener
Batch Size: 20
Original Gravity: 1.045
Final Gravity: 1.009
ABV %: 4.7
IBU: 35
Mash efficiency: 75
Brewing equipment:

THE MASH
Temperature °C (Step 1): 65
Length (mins) (Step 1): 60

Mash notes: Water: London water treated with 7g of calcium chloride and 1g of calcium sulphate which is added to the mash. Note there are additional salts added to the boil.

THE BOIL
Boil time (mins): 60

Hop / kettle additions and timing:

Magnum 16g/0.56oz @ 60 mins
Calcium chloride 8g/0.28oz @ 60 mins – Not Included
Calcium sulphate 2g/0.07oz @ 60 mins – Not Included

Whirlpool / hop stand:

Whirlpool (15 minutes @ 90°C/194°F)

Motueka 50g/1.76oz

Yeast: NOT INCLUDED – SafLager™ W-34/70 or WHC Einstein
Fermentation temperature/steps: Pitch correct amount of yeast at 10c and ferment to terminal gravity at 1.009. Raise to 15°C/59°F for a diacetyl rest for three days then chill to 7°C/44°F and hold for a week before chilling down to 0°C/32°F or as cold as possible then lagering for a minimum of 28 days.

Secondary additions:

Motueka 50g/1.76oz

Comments:

The Kernel Brewery – Motueka Pilsner

The Kernel Brewery was founded by Evin ORiordain in Bermondsey, London in 2009. The brewery moved a few 100m down the railway line in 2012 to its current location. Evin set out to make beers he enjoyed home brewing on a commercial scale. These included bitter, hoppy beers (Pale Ale and IPA) as well interpretations of historic recipes (Export India Porter and Export Stout). Recently the brewery has added some lagers to its range.

Pils

Brewers at The Kernel had been considering making a lager for a few years (there were a couple made as collabs in the early days of the brewery), and late in 2019 brewed their first one since 2012, Foudre Lager. This was fermented in one of their oak foudres, and they were really happy with it, but it did turn sour after a few months due to previously making mixed culture beers in the foudre.

Thoughts then turned to something more bitter with new world hops. When the first lockdown happened in 2020, the brewery had a lot of tank time spare, so brewed a Pilsner. They used the same malt as their pale beers, as they wanted something with a bit more support for the planned increased bitterness. When making their lager The Kernel use their whirlpool and add cold water to get the hop stand down to 90C. They then dry hop the pils about half way through the lagering process and carbonate with top pressure to 2.55 vols of CO2.

As with many of their beers, they change up the hops for each batch, but Motueka is one of the favourites among the team.

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