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Finney's Bohemian Pilsner - "What the Ella"

by Paul Finney

Jan 16, 2014

23L recipe

5.4kg Gladfield Pils malt

340g Gladfield Gladiator

200g Gladfield Auroura

Mashed at 67 degrees, efficiency 70%

Boiled for 90mins, and hop burst towards the end mainly because Ella is such a high AA (13.5%)

Hops, all Ella, went in at:

@25mins - 30g

@10mins - 30g

@0mins - 40g - Whirlpooled for 10mins then started cooling

Tried to cool as much as I could, but it is warm! So got down to 17 degrees before pitching 2 rehydrated Mangrove Jack Bohemian Pils yeasts. It was 10.5 degrees by morning, and at time of pitching it was cooling at 0.5 of a degree every half hour.

It took two days to start showing positive signs of fermentation and it is only day 3 when I am writing this! It is sat at 11 degrees and I will keep it there for 2 weeks then steadily increase the temp to help with attenuation.

OG was spot on at 1.056

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    oliver

    Bottle: PF on the lid.
    Aroma: peach, nectarine, musty
    Appearance: pale golden colour, thin fluffy head, some lacing around the glass, great clarity
    Flavour: Grainy malt character, lots of peach, solid bitterness (little lingering), some malt sweetness up front, dry finish, plenty of hop flavour.
    Body: med-full body, under carbed (but enjoyable)
    Overall: great beer, possibly a tad too bitter for me, some plastic/musty/phenolic notes, very enjoyable.
    Assuming the peach comes from the hop, great fruitbowl type character, will have to try it one day :)

    Apr 1, 2014

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      Paul Fraser

      Poured a nice golden colour. Awesome clarity with a thin white head.
      Aroma of some kind of fruit (stone/ tropical) and a light spice. Slight solvent with a deep sniff.
      Flavour is light malt balanced with the hop fruitiness. Bitterness lingers a bit. There may be DMS but it is very slight for my palate
      Med body, slightly under carbed but still ok.
      A few wee changes and this could be great. I personally think the bitterness lingers about a tad too much. Bringing the 25min addition later might help. I think this is my first time trying Ella. I think it suits this style well. Good beer Finney. Cheers
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      Apr 2, 2014

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        Julie Fitzjohn

        Hi Paul

        I tried this weeks ago and my computer ate the reply like six times. not sure why it was jinxed.  but here I go again. 

        appearance - clean beer, bit under carbed which i think was cos i left it too long

        aroma - i sniffed really hard for the DMS but don't have well enough developed detectors. some spicy hops, more malt than i expected

        flavour - i was surprised by the malt flavours. i suspect this is because I have only drunk a few commercial pilsners and i wonder if they aren't bohemian.  i thought the ella worked well.  it had a nice taste that married well with the pilsner style

        overall - i didn't realise a pilsner could be so malty so it has been a pleasant educational experience for me. i liked the ella. enjoyable. thanks 

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        Jun 1, 2014