Wiltenburg- Lager (5%)Updated 2 days ago

A MiniBrew Brew Kit comes with everything you need to start craft brewing at home. Each kit includes fresh malt, hops, and yeast—pre-measured and ready to brew.

You'll receive ingredients to brew 20 beers (25 cl), delivered to your door whenever you want.

General Information:

• Style: German Pils
• ABV: 5.5%
• Fermentation Time: 21 days
• Conditioning Time: 3 days
• Taste Profile: This lager is everything it should be—clean, crisp, and deeply refreshing. It opens with subtle sweetness, offers bready malt notes in the middle, and finishes with a gentle, satisfying bitterness

Ingredients Needed

• 1× mixed bag of malt
• 1× Magnum hop pellets
• 1× Saaz hop pellets
• 1× Saflager W34/70 yeast

Hop Instructions

1. Use 10 grams of Magnum hops in hop bag 1 during the boil.
2. Use 10 grams of Saaz hops in hop bag 2 during the boil.
3. Use 10 grams of Saaz hops in hop bag 3 during the boil.
4. Use 10 grams of Saaz hops in hop bag 4 during the boil.
5. Use 10 grams of Saaz hops in hop bag 5 during the boil.

The remaining hops can be sealed and stored in the freezer if you'd like to use them in a future brew.

Fermentation Schedule (Advanced)

This recipe uses a guided fermentation profile that is automatically controlled by your MiniBrew keg. Just follow the steps below and let the keg do the work.

Primary:

1. The keg drops the temperature to 25C.
2. Add the yeast into the keg;
3. Attach the airlock to the keg post (located in the middle of the keg lid);
4. Attach the trub container to the bottom of the keg;
5. The keg controls the temperature at 12C for 9 days;
6. The keg controls the temperature at 23C for 3 days.

Conditioning 1: 

1. The keg controls the temperature at 5C for 1 day;
2. Remove the trub container and empty its contents.
3. Replace the trub container.

Secondary 1:

1. The keg controls the temperature at 5C for 9 days.

Conditioning 2: 

1. The keg controls the temperature at 5C for 1 day;
2. Remove the trub container and empty its contents;
3. Replace the trub container.

Secondary 2:

1. The keg controls the temperature at 5C for 9 days.

Conditioning 3: 

1. The keg controls the temperature at 5C for 1 day;
2. Remove the trub container and empty its contents.

Carbonation/Serving:

1. Attach a cartridge to the pressure regulator.
2. Attach a black ball lock connector to the regulator.
3. Mount the regulator on the keg post with CO2 text.
4. Open the regulator and wait 1 day.
5. Replace the cartridge and wait 1 more day.
6. Connect the tap to a black ball lock connector and attach it to the keg post with TAP text.
7. Release the pressure inside the keg by gently lifting the overpressure valve.
8. Pressure the keg to 5psi for a proper tapping flow and tap your beer!