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The company itself lists it as two different styles, perhaps a pilsner is a certain level. I just wasn't sure if it is simply a strong pilsner or if it would be something different. Pilsners tend to be super light, this is a more amber color.

My concern was mostly for the plate chiller, I think I'll just use a hop back any time I use pellets.

I agree, I'll be doing it all grain. Even if I can't nail the specific beer if I can atleast get close in the style. I see the ones I'm refering to are not listed as pilsner but a strong lager, I assume that is because they are darker in color. What grain would I sub on that clone recipe...

Does anyone have an idea how small hop pellets are? I picked up some mesh for a kettle screen but I'm concerned it is a bit to large. The openings are .03" I believe, should be small enough to filter coffee grounds.

Would anyone have a Polish Lager recipe? I have a polish freind and she like zywiec and Hevelius Kaper. I can't seem to find it here so we are thinking of trying to brew some. Any ideas?

I was quoted to pa $18 shipping. Pretty good deal.

Welcome neighbor I'm also an all grain brewer, just down the road from you.

Yep, I have a beer we just bottled, i did 2oz of cascade FWH then followed the normal schedule. I'm very anxious to try it. Unfortunately I have no way to tell exactly what the FWH added. That is the main reason for wanting to split a batch. If I FWH one and not the other then I can compare...

Thanks, this is on the list of things to try. I'm still new at this so the more I can understand how variable effect the final product the better.

I'm fine with not doing a short boil. What I ment in this post was what about doing a full length boil but just add the hops late? I should be able to get the same bitterness with more flavor. I'm planning some small test batches so I'll have to add this to the list of things to try...

I did a quick check on ups.com and from there to PA is going to be about $27 a bag, puts me over the lhbs price.

I had this recently and it had an extreme medicine taste, is that normal? I could barely drink it.

I normally mash for an hour. Another benefit would be you are getting a ton more flavor hops. In an IPA this could be really good. Perhaps we can change this a bit, what would everyone think about late hop addition, still maintain the same IBU. Cost wise I think we paid $.60 per once of...

haha, no, I spend about 4 hours normally, but if I need to do 2 1 hour boils it takes a bit more time and also used a lot more propane. Again I'm just thinking of options.

The show I watched said at 60 minutes you normally get 30% utilization and at 20 minutes you get 15% so if you at twice the hops you should get the same bitterness out of it.

I'm planning some experiments by splitting my 5G batch into to smaller batches and playing with different hops and technics, I was hoping to save some time. It will be all grain. Thanks for the input.

You mean because of the boil down? What about on the hop side? See any problem with it?

I watched basic brewing the other day and they did a 20 minute boil, in order to get the right IBU he doubled the normal 60 addition. I was thinking this would be a way to save some time and propane. Any thoughts? We get bulk hops so the added cost is very small.

Those are some great deals.

Where in PA? I'll have to try and talk to troegs or ABC and see if either of them will unload some grain. I think they both use the large silos I wonder if that would matter. Do people actually have luck getting sacks from brewpubs?