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Smoking some sausages with some charcoal and mesquite wood while having a classic!
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Much better.
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I‘m out of homebrew at the farm, at least until I keg the Brown Ale which is ready, I just need to get it done. When we left for the city, about 10 days ago, I had about half a keg of Blonde Ale on tap. My grandson,and some of his friends, used that up pretty quickly. :cool:
 
This is batch 171, brewed 3/5/23. Will improve with some more lagering, but darn good now too.

Grist:
10# pilsner (Bestmalz Hiedelberg)
5# Gleneagle's crisp MO
3# Briess rye malt
2# Canadian Malting oat malt.
(1/2 # rice hulls)

Hops:

FW, 1 oz N Brewer

30 min boil, 1 oz Tettanger

Post whirlpool hop step at approx 160F, .4 oz home grown, vacuum packed Cascade whole leaf.

More details if anyone wants.

10+ gallon batch
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Today’s delve into German-style Pilsners comes to us from Enegren Brewing, Moorpark, California. Ordinarily I scoff at ugly American attempts at German-quality Pilsners, but I ‘gotta admit, this Enegren Edel-Pils is right on target. ¼” head, light yellow-gold and medium carbonation. A touch of cloudiness takes nothing away from this lager. Coming in at a hefty 35 IBU’s and featuring Saaz and Tennanger hops, this thirst quencher hides a 35 IBU well. I’d guess 25 actually, maybe it is the 4.8 ABV that keeps it in check. Dunno.

Usually I’d expect maybe Hallertau Mittlefruh in a German Pils – the Saaz surprised me, usually used more in Czech Pilsners. Great beer, I could chug a couple more, but the Saturday beer hogs sweeping the shelves at Total Wine and More only left me this one, pitiful little can. Actually, it isn’t little, coming in at a Manly 16 oz, enough of that sissy 330/380/500 ml confusion. Good old Merican Pints. Love it.

This really is a fantastic rendition of Euro Pills. Not sure if it is 1516 Reinheitsgebot compliant, but chicks and fellas this is a great stab at it. Also, perhaps the finest example of lacing I’ve seen since my wife’s 1980’s lace wedding dress. Not that I remember much of that day. I think we had beer kegs at the reception too, all I remember is waking up the next day, the next town over. Prost!

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Today’s delve into German-style Pilsners comes to us from Enegren Brewing, Moorpark, California. Ordinarily I scoff at ugly American attempts at German-quality Pilsners, but I ‘gotta admit, this Energren Edel-Pils is right on target. ¼” head, light yellow-gold and medium carbonation. A touch of cloudiness takes nothing away from this lager. Coming in at a hefty 35 IBU’s and featuring Saaz and Tennanger hops, this thirst quencher hides a 35 IBU well. I’d guess 25 actually, maybe it is the 4.8 ABV that keeps it in check. Dunno.

Usually I’d expect maybe Hallertau Mittlefruh in a German Pils – the Saaz surprised me, usually used more in Czech Pilsners. Great beer, I could chug a couple more, but the Saturday beer hogs sweeping the shelves at Total Wine and More only left me this one, pitiful little can. Actually, it isn’t little, coming in at a Manly 16 oz, enough of that sissy 330/380/500 ml confusion. Good old Merican Pints. Love it.

This really is a fantastic rendition of Euro Pills. Not sure if it is 1516 Reinheitsgebot compliant, but chicks and fellas this is a great stab at it. Also, perhaps the finest example of lacing I’ve seen since my wife’s 1980’s lace wedding dress. Not that I remember much of that day. I think we had beer kegs at the reception too, all I remember is waking up the next day, the next town over. Prost!

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I've had several Enegren beers and really enjoyed them all. Big fan.
 
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