Homebrew German Pilsner Brewday and Recipe

“Ray of Sunshine” is the first lager recipe I ever made. I’ve made it once before (somehow I ran out of brews to fill the kegerator so I used it as a fermentation chamber that time). I’m so excited to finally have a way to lager that doesn’t prevent me from drinking! I got my hands on Craft a Brew’s ‘Stasis’ glycol system. It’s a game changer. It can run two fermenters at different temperatures at the same time and it fits on my little table!

Another awesome piece of equipment I recently got was the Anvil Forge burner! I’m hoping swapping to propane will decrease my brew day by around an hour.

Check out the Stasis here: https://bit.ly/2WwTKD0
All other equipment here:
Anvil Forge Burner: https://bit.ly/35K7pLz
Anvil Kettle: https://bit.ly/3fpaBQP
Monster Mill: https://bit.ly/3aohPlJ
Grain scale: https://bit.ly/2V0tOAO
Catalyst Fermenter: https://bit.ly/2L8lkRL
Hudson sprayer for sanitizer: https://amzn.to/2RY1Fbw
Refactometer: https://amzn.to/39Hd45A
Brewfather App: https://bit.ly/38JXW7t

Ray of Sunshine
4.9% / 12.5 °P
Recipe by
Flora Brewing

All Grain

Batch Volume: 5.5 gal
Boil Time: 60 min

Total Water: 7 gal
Boil Volume: 6.53 gal
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.046

Vitals
Original Gravity: 1.051
Final Gravity: 1.013
IBU (Tinseth): 30
Color: 3.5 SRM 

Mash
Temperature — 149 °F — 60 min

Malts (10 lb 8 oz)
9 lb (85.7%) — Avangard Pilsner Malt — Grain — 1.7 SRM
8 oz (4.8%) — Acid Malt — Grain — 3 SRM
8 oz (4.8%) — Briess Carapils — Grain — 1.5 SRM
8 oz (4.8%) — Bairds Munich Malt — Grain — 5 SRM

Hops (3 oz)
0.5 oz (15 IBU) — Northern Brewer 8% — First Wort
0.5 oz (8 IBU) — Hallertau Blanc 9% — Boil — 15 min
0.5 oz (6 IBU) — Hallertau Blanc 9% — Boil — 10 min
1 oz (1 IBU) — Saaz 3.5% — Boil — 2 min
0.5 oz (1 IBU) — Cashmere 7.9% — Boil — 1 min

Miscs
3.8 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Mash
2.9 g — Epsom Salt (MgSO4) — Mash
3 g — Gypsum (CaSO4) — Mash

Yeast
1 pkg — Wyeast Labs 2007 Pilsen Lager

Fermentation
Primary — 50 °F — 14 days

Water Profile
Ca+2 67
Mg+2 11
Na+ 8
Cl- 75
SO4-2 107
HCO3- 16