Bittering addition for bohemian Pilsner

[joshesmusica]

I am wanting to make a pretty traditional bo pils, but still want it to not be overly expensive. It's my first attempt at a lager, so I'm buying enough yeast to pitch the proper amount. So then if I wanted to have only saaz hops in there, I would basically have to buy another 100g pack. Is anybody using a high AA for the bittering charge? It would basically be a 70 gram difference between the warrior that I have, and the 2.7% saaz they have at the LHBS!

Is it still gonna taste just the same?

 

[Stonga]

What AA is the Warrior?

I just used 10g of Polaris at 60 mins for a 1.050 OG (20 AA) for a German Pilsner. Samples taste a little bitter but I expect it to mellow with lagering.

 

[UndeadFred]

I've been researching a Munich Helles, and multiple recipes suggest using a small amount of Warrior or Magnum instead of a noble hop to prevent "grassiness". I suspect if you properly measure that hop addition it will be fine.

I am not sure I will do this when I brew it. I am considering one of the high alphas I have. If so it will be a fraction of an ounce addition.

Here is one example: http://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php/Edel_Hell

 

[m00ps]

IME, bittering is bittering. Unless you are using something liek Chinook which is notorious for having high cohumelone %, which reportedly makes for a harsher bitterness, just line up the IBUs for what you want to use. Keep a lot of magnum on hand for bittering cause its cheap and has a nice smooth bitterness. I wouldn't try to bitter with saaz, seems like a waste.

The only reason boho pils were traditionally bittered with saaz is cause they didnt know any better or have access to good bittering hops (100% guess)

 

[joshesmusica]

IME, bittering is bittering. Unless you are using something liek Chinook which is notorious for having high cohumelone %, which reportedly makes for a harsher bitterness, just line up the IBUs for what you want to use. Keep a lot of magnum on hand for bittering cause its cheap and has a nice smooth bitterness. I wouldn't try to bitter with saaz, seems like a waste.

The only reason boho pils were traditionally bittered with saaz is cause they didnt know any better or have access to good bittering hops (100% guess)

Yeah that's pretty much my train of thought. But I am still curious to see an experiment, or maybe take the time to do it myself at some point, to see just how different a beer with only bittering additions would taste with using different hops for that.

 

[Stonga]

Different hops used inly for bittering SHOULD end up being pretty much the same shouldn't they? All aroma is boiled off and only the buyer mess is left.

 

[Stonga]

*bitterness