Drinking some Pilsner tonight, my latest effort is terrific! Brewed 10/25/20, this one is just wrapping up lagering. Pilsners are really hard to make, but this batch is fannnnntastic!.
I'm trying to duplicate my favorite Pils by Ayinger. It's really hard to get the color right using the 90 minute Pilsner boil, I'm working at lightening it with low O2 techniques.
At 90 days old, flavor is very much German Pils, best batch I've done. Compared to Ayinger, it is really hard telling these apart, but there are a few diffences. Theirs 5.3 ABV, 32 IBU, bready, lemon-yellow color. I did pick up just a small sniff of skunk despite the brown bottles, the penalty for that long trip from the Fatherland to Southern California. Light amount of head, good lacing.
Not sure on their hopping schedule, mine is heavy on Hallertau Mittlefruh and Tettnanger on the end, and that is probably what accounts for the difference at this point.
For brewing water, I used the Munich profile from Brewer's Friend and WLP833 Bock yeast. I was aiming at their numbers, mine also 32 IBU, tried for 1.050 but blew past at 1.057. Similar head and lacing, these are GREAT beers!!!!