Hi, this is my first post here. I'm just starting my home brewing carreer. A project for the decades to come.
The next brew will be my first lager. My greatest problem is that we don't have brewing stores here in Brazil. I've just found one supplier, and will try to buy from him now. He has a very limited set of ingredients. They are:
o Malt: pilsener (I believe it's a german pilsener) or chocolate. o Yeast: S-04. o Hops: Hallertau Tradition, Galena, Zaaz, or MT.Hood.
After some reading, I've come with the following recipe.
o 4Kg of pilsener malt o 2oz (56g) of Hallertauer for bittering o 1.5oz (42g) of Saaz for aroma o 5 gallons (19L) of water o 1 pack of S-04 yeast
Is this good? Do you have any good idead about how to enhance the recipe? Should I try to find other type of yeast? How much time should I boil the hops?
regards and thanks for any answer, Paulo