Description
When YouTubers from the Oysterboys channel told us about their desire to brew an all grain recipe clone of Stella Artois it sounded like a challenge we wanted to help them with.
So after trawling around online reading up on the history of this pretty famous beer, watching videos, reading others experiences of trying to brew this popular beer we came up with our recipe based on the current 4.6% version rather than the original 5.2% UK version. This all grain recipe kit has everything you need to brew this version of the iconic Belgian lager that’s loved by so many!
Interested in other lager styles? Check out our range of all grain recipe kits here or our extract kits here
Ingredients Included
Crisp Flaked Torrefied Maize (1000 grams)
Oat Husks (400 grams)
Crisp Clear Choice Pale Malt (3600 grams)
Saaz Pellets (55 grams)
Mangrove Jacks Bohemian Lager Yeast M84 (2 packs)
Method
Beer Style (main): Other Origin Lagers
Beer Style (sub): International-Style Pilsener
Batch Size: 23L
Original Gravity: 1045
Final Gravity: 1010
ABV %: 4.6
IBU: 20
THE MASH
Temperature °C: 65
Length (mins): 60
Out temp °C: 75
Out time (mins): 10
THE BOIL
Boil time (mins): 60 mins
Additions and timing:
60min – 40g Saaz
10min – 15g Saaz
Add your yeast nutrient and protofloc tab at 10 mins too (not included)
Secondary additions and timing:
When pitching the yeast we suggest you also add in Clarity to aid with clearing of your beer.
Yeast: 2 x Mangrove Jack’s Bohemian Lager Yeast
Fermentation temperature/steps: Pitch at 12c and hold for roughly 2 weeks (until FG), raise to 16-18 for D rest, cold crash and then lager for 4 weeks
Comments:
This is of course a lager, so you are going to need to have control over your temperatures to ferment this beer correctly and the ability to lager it before it can be enjoyed.
The first batch they brewed used Dingemans Pilsen for authentic Belgian taste, but after feedback from the Oysterboys (see their video) we switched things around and used Crisp Clear Choice for a lighter cleaner tasting beer, as well as changing the yeast.
John Sorensen (verified owner) –
Excellent approximation on colour, mouthfeel and taste. I get a slight ‘sour’ taste on mine after 3 weeks of lagering, but in a blind test I could not tell the difference between this and the target beer!
Andrew Clark (verified owner) –
2nd brew of this beer, brew day was 12th December. First brew I thought it was OK but had a bitter taste, this brew the same I was deflated but left it In the fridge sampling every few weeks after 4 months the bitterness disappeared and was left with a stunning lager, this was with unfiltered London tape water. I think it will improve with filtered water which I will be trying on my third batch.