Pilsner without Lagering?

[JediMaster77]

I was gifted a True Brew Beer Kit that was a Pilsner, extract of course.

it came out great. I would like to formulate my own recipe for this instead of buying another kit.

I know Pilsner to be a Lager, yet the kit has me brew it without lagering. And when you reference the Brewmasters Bible it also lists all the recipes as Lagers as well.

I don't currently have a means to lager properly (meaning I don't have a way to maintain the required 50-55 degrees) so I would like to try and do it like the kit did.

while the ingredients look similar is lagering required for this style? what makes the kit different that I didn't need to lager? can I bypass lagering for this style for now and get good results?

Thanks in advance

 

[trefilov22]

If I have read correctly in the past, yeast style plays a big part in this. Do you know the style yeast you used with the kit?

 

[JediMaster77]

If I have read correctly in the past, yeast style plays a big part in this. Do you know the style yeast you used with the kit?

the kit came with a 6 gram pack of Muntons Dry Yeast, and while the pack wasn't labeled any more than that the instructions simply call it ale yeast.

 

[RM-MN]

It probably fits best into the category called blond ale but as a new brewer, you wouldn't likely to know exactly what a blond ale was, what it should look or taste like but you probably have heard of pilseners. It a marketing idea and if it gets a new brewer started into the hobby, it worked. If it tastes sort of like a pilsener, it must be a pilsener.

 

[JDGator]

a lot of beer kits(extract) will use an ale yeast because they are more forgiving. Not everyone has a way to control temperature they way you need to with a lager yeast. the beer with still taste like a pilsner, but like RM-MN said, it's going to be more of a blonde ale.

I did the Coopers Pilsner and it was an ok beer. it was one of my first beers so i fermented it warmer then it should have been but i still down it. LOL