Good hoppy pilsner?

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Hey what's up! I'm looking for a good recipe for a hoppier style pilsner, maybe similar to a prima pils. Anyone know a good recipe? I'm fairly new at brewing, this would be my 7th batch. I've been doing extracts and partials only, but I want to make the jump to all grain in the near future. Anyway, any help would be great! Thanks.
 
Pilsners are as a rule,not very hoppy,but well balanced. There are some breweries that are doing IPL's though. Idia Pale Lagers. Seems to be the latest craze.
 
Here we have a dry hopped pils and its fantastic. Dont stick the rules too much. Personally id follow a standard recipe and dry hop with 1oz of saaz to get a wondeful floral aroma.
 
Just want to point out that pilsners are lagers. If you know that, ignore this post. If not, keep in mind that lagers require better fermentation temperature control.

What is it that you like about pilsners? Maybe the community can point you in the direction of something that would work for you.

And I agree with the previous post. Screw the "rules." Brew what you like the way you like it.
 
Weeell...anymore,I like to stick to the basic style parameters,but add my own little tweaks to make it unique. But the IPL thing is def intriguing...
 
I like the crispness and drinkability of a pilsner. I love ipa's and pale ales but something about a good pilsner hits the spot. Wanted to make something other than an ale for once, although I did try to do a pilsner for my second brew attempt and like an idiot did not know it was a lager. I ended up dumping that batch. I'm just looking for something refreshing that isn't to strong and maybe a little more challenging to make.
 
If you can handle lagering, try unionrdr's approach and brew a lower gravity IPA with lager yeast (IPL, as he said).

There is a brewery near me that makes lagers exclusively, but they branch out to other styles, so they make ale-style beers with lager yeast. Their IPL is fantastic. I'll be trying to brew something similar pretty soon.
 
I used WL029 German ale/kolsh yeast in my hybrid lager recipes I'm working on. It's a hybrid of ale yeast & kolsh,being a lager type yeast. It gives a clean,lager like quality. But the part I like is that it's ideal ferment temp range is 65-69F. Works real well in this regard.
And it wasn't an IPL or India Pale Lager,just a light lager malt profile with the mentioned yeast. There are a couple breweries doing the new IPL's. I just haven't done it myself yet.
 
I like the crispness and drinkability of a pilsner. I love ipa's and pale ales but something about a good pilsner hits the spot. Wanted to make something other than an ale for once, although I did try to do a pilsner for my second brew attempt and like an idiot did not know it was a lager. I ended up dumping that batch. I'm just looking for something refreshing that isn't to strong and maybe a little more challenging to make.

Can you ferment at 50 degrees? If not, can you ferment at 60? Or 65?

What I would do is make a very simple pilsner (pick out a recipe from here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f58/) and then we can help you make it a pseudo-pilsner by picking the proper yeast strain for the temperature you can hold for fermentation.

For example, a lager yeast strain for 50 degrees. A hybrid strain for 58-62 degrees, or a clean well attenuating ale strain for 63-68 degrees. It might not be a crisp as a real lager, but we can help you pick out the best strain and technique based on the fermentation temperatures you can maintain.

Edit- how about this one? https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f58/sorta-like-prima-pils-150972/ If you're using extract, you can just sub 6 pounds of light or extra light extract for the two-row, adding half at the end of the boil and half at the beginning for a nice light color.
 
I'm pushing around 62 degrees in my basement, but I do have a small fridge I can fit a carboy in. I was thinking about attempting that. I'm probably going to try that prima pils recipe you posted Mr. Yooper, it looks good. Thanks for the help I really appreciate it!
 
Extract with steeping grains. Must have the capability to ferment at 50*F and lager at 35*F for 4 - 6 weeks.

Bohemian Pilsner
Type: Extract
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 3.00 gal
Boil Time: 60 min

Fermentation: Lager, Two Stage

Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1 lbs Munich 10L (Briess) (10.0 SRM) Grain 1 14.3 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.1 %

2 lbs 8.0 oz Pilsen Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 3 35.7 %
0.25 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 4 2.8 IBUs
0.25 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 2.8 IBUs
0.25 oz Saaz [7.90 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 5.6 IBUs
0.25 oz Spalter [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 7 3.2 IBUs
0.25 oz Tettnang [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 8 3.2 IBUs

3 lbs Pilsen Dry Extract [Boil for 15 min](3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 9 42.9 %
0.25 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 10 1.4 IBUs
0.25 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 11 1.4 IBUs
0.25 oz Saaz [7.90 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 12 2.8 IBUs
0.25 oz Spalter [4.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 13 1.6 IBUs
0.25 oz Tettnang [4.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 14 1.6 IBUs

0.25 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 15 0.6 IBUs
0.25 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 16 0.6 IBUs
0.25 oz Saaz [7.90 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 17 1.1 IBUs
0.25 oz Spalter [4.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 18 0.6 IBUs
0.25 oz Tettnang [4.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 19 0.6 IBUs

1.0 pkg Pilsner Lager (White Labs #WLP800) [35.49 ml] Yeast 20 -

0.25 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 21 0.0 IBUs
0.25 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 22 0.0 IBUs
0.25 oz Saaz [7.90 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 23 0.0 IBUs
0.25 oz Spalter [4.50 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 24 0.0 IBUs
0.25 oz Tettnang [4.50 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 25 0.0 IBUs

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.050 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.050 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.009 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.9 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.4 %
Bitterness: 40.5 IBUs Calories: 164.7 kcal/12oz
Est Color: 4.8 SRM
 
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