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Just looking for a recipe critique and answers to a couple of questions
This is my 3rd and last partial (waiting for my goodies from beerbelly to go AG....yay)

1kg German Pils steeped 1hr at 66c
1.5 Morgans extra pale
1kg Wheat/malt mix into boil
30g Amarillo @ 60min
15g Cascade @ 15min
5g Cascade/5g Amarillo @ flameout (ran out of cascade)
S-05 yeast pitched @ 22c

Been in primary at 18c for a week and noticed it is still very cloudy.
Have just racked to secondary and added finings and will leave for a week.

I am thinking as the S-05 is not so high flocculating the week in secondary may not be enough to clear it up.
I have a beer fridge that will hold the fermenter but no fridgmate to control temp as I was thinking to cold condition to drop some of the yeast out. Does this generally leave enough yeast to carbonate bottles?

Any advice and or recipe critique would be appreciated

S-05 or US-56 often takes a little while to clear, in my experience. The presence of a kilo of wheat malt will also result in cloudiness, I believe. However, it's my experience that such things usually sort themselves out in the bottle after a few months.

I have to say, the ingredients you've listed don't sound typically like those in a pils... in fact, I'd wager you get something more along the lines of a lighter-coloured version of a James Squire Golden Ale.

Lachy wrote:I have to say, the ingredients you've listed don't sound typically like those in a pils... in fact, I'd wager you get something more along the lines of a lighter-coloured version of a James Squire Golden Ale.

Thanks for the reply. Wasn't massively concerned about brewing to style, just started with the pils base to try and keep the colour fairly light. More concerned with flavour (close to a JSGA would be pretty good on reflection) and wanted to try the Amarillo/S-05 combo as I heard good things. Smells and tastes great so far upon transfering to secondary. Fingers crossed

You will be fine if you CC. The carbonation will still occur.

I CC for 7 to 10 days for lagers and they are all good.