Low Alcohol Pilsner

Low Alcohol Pilsner

(5 gallons/19 L all-grain)
OG = 1.016  FG = 1.013
IBU = 19  SRM = 2  ABV = 0.5%

Ingredients
3 lbs. (1.36 kg) German Pilsner malt 
3.2 oz. (91 g) wheat malt
3.2 oz. (91 g) Carapils® malt
4.5 AAU Hallertau Mittelfrüh hops (60 min.) (1 oz./28 g at 4.5% alpha acids)
4.5 AAU Hallertau Mittelfrüh hops (10 min.) (1 oz./28 g at 4.5% alpha acids)
White Labs WLP306 (Torulaspora delbrueckii) or SafAle LA-01

Step by step
Strike in with a very thin mash, roughly 2 qts./lb. (4.2 L/kg). This is a single infusion mash performed for 60 minutes at 162 °F (72 °C). Begin lautering by raising to mash out at 170 °F (77 °C). An infusion of boiling water is recommended for rapid termination of enzymatic activity. Sparge with enough water so that you are not exceeding 1.5x the amount of initial strike water used between the boiling infusion and sparge water. Top up your kettle to 6 gallons (23 L) with water. Bring wort to a boil. Total boil time is 60 minutes. Add the first hops just after boil is achieved. Add the second hop addition with 10 minutes remaining in the boil.

Chill the wort down to 50 °F (10 °C) and pitch the yeast. Hold at this temperature for one week then check the gravity. If gravity is stable, move the beer to a lager vessel and reduce the temperature to 34 °F (1 °C). Hold at this temperature for two weeks. Keg and force carbonate to 2.8 v/v.

Low Alcohol Pilsner

(5 gallons/19 L extract only)
OG = 1.016  FG = 1.013
IBU = 19  SRM = 2  ABV = 0.5%

Ingredients
1.8 lbs. (0.82 kg) Pilsen dried malt extract
4.5 AAU Hallertau Mittelfrüh hops (60 min.) (1 oz./28 g at 4.5% alpha acids)
4.5 AAU Hallertau Mittelfrüh hops (10 min.) (1 oz./28 g at 4.5% alpha acids)
White Labs WLP306 (Torulaspora delbrueckii) or SafAle LA-01

Step by step
Heat 3 gallons (11.4 L) of water in your kettle. Once boil is achieved, remove from heat and stir in the malt extract and add the hops. Return to heat and follow the remaining boil, fermentation, and packaging instructions from the all-grain recipe.