Bohemian Pilsner Show Notes

This is a summary of an episode of The Jamil Show.

Notes

Segment 1

• [The Brewing Network]is proud to present [The Jamil Show] with hosts Jamil Zainasheff and Jon Plise
• 1:00 Jon Plise is introduced as the California homebrewer of the year. Jamil Zainasheff is introduced as the back to back homebrewer of the year.
• 2:00 Jamil Zainasheff jokes about the number of "John"'s he knows.
• 3:00 Jamil Zainasheff let's us know that Thomas John Crapper invented the John.
• 3:30 Jamil Zainasheff talks about how his book, [Brewing Classic Styles, 80 Winning Recipes Anyone Can Brew], and his column in [Brew Your Own] are keeping him busy.
• 4:00 Jamil Zainasheff talks about how he has been sending around chapters of [Brewing Classic Styles, 80 Winning Recipes Anyone Can Brew]

to his friends and having them help him fix his errors.

• 5:00 Jamil Zainasheff talks about how there are products out there that he likes and doesn't like. He says that he will tend not to mention products that he thinks are garbage. He does this because there is always someone out there that loves it. Jamil Zainasheff goes on to talk about how one such product for him is the racking cane. He only uses a tube to rack his beer between containers.
• 6:30 Jon Plise can't believe that Jamil Zainasheff doesn't use a racking cane. Jon Plise goes on to mention the steril siphon starter.
• 7:00 Jamil Zainasheff says that if you have something that is working for you, then don't change your method.
• 7:40 Jon Plise says there are products that he doesn't stock in his show room because he knows it is bad and it shouldn't be used.
• 8:00 Jamil Zainasheff names himself the [Kunta Kinte] of brewing. Justin Crossley almost loses it.
• 9:40 Jon Plise tells us about the Bohemian Pilsner Style
  • Bread, Toasty, Malty
  • Highly Carbonated
  • Refreshing
• 10:30 Jon Plise recommends trying this at Trader Joe's.
• 11:00 Jamil Zainasheff says you need to be carefull. You need to get a fresh sample. It is easy to get an oxydized sample. Some people will recognize this as a caramel note.
• 12:30 Jamil Zainasheff says he generally steers away from water adjustments. But on this beer, you want a soft presence. You can do this by using soft water. Do not use pure RO/deionized water. Use 25% - 50% tap water. The rest will be RO/deionized water. You need calcium for the yeast to flocculate.
• 14:39 Break

Segment 2

• 15:00 This is [The Jamil Show]
• 15:45 Lot's of great information in the beer community has come from [George Fix].
• 16:30 Jamil Zainasheff says that [George Fix] was the most wonderful guy. A big bear of a man.
• 17:30 Jamil Zainasheff says that he followed [George Fix]'s techniques he had posted and entered beer into a competition and won first place. [George Fix] won second place. Jamil Zainasheff shared his appreciation of his writings and how he used his techniques to improve his beer. [George Fix] was just thrilled that someone has learned from him. Jamil Zainasheff says it would be a great thing if everyone could take that attitude.
• 20:25 Jamil Zainasheff says that all the information that they are giving out is being passed along from others that they have learned from in the past.
• 20:40 Jon Plise gives a "cheers" to [George Fix]
• 21:00 Recipe: OG 1.056, FG 1.016, 70% attenuation, 40IBU, 5.3ABV. Details of the recipe can be found in [Brewing Classic Styles, 80 Winning Recipes Anyone Can Brew]
• 21:30 Jamil Zainasheff says that the High IBUs are not as noticable with the soft water.
• 22:00 Jamil Zainasheff says that a cheap source of RO water is the water kiosks in the stores.
• 22:30 Grist consists of continental pilsner and carapils, mashed at 154F
• 23:20 Jamil Zainasheff says that a 90 minute boil to reduce the effects of DMS in your beer.
• 23:37 Jamil Zainasheff says that he uses Saaz as the only hop in the beer. Four additions: 60 minutes; 30 minutes; 10 minutes; 0 minutes. 40 IBUs.
• 24:45 Jon Plise asks Jamil Zainasheff how it is possible to get such a malty flavor in this beer?
• 25:45 Jamil Zainasheff the following yeasts to use for this beer: WLP800; Wyeast2001

Segment 3

• 27:00 Now back to [The Jamil Show]
• 27:30 Justin Crossley gives Jon Plise some flack for dancing on the radio when nobody can see it.
• 28:00 Jamil Zainasheff give the pitching rate for the beer. You can always us the [Yeast Pitching Rate Calculator (TM)]
• 28:21