Bella Strada Italian Pilsner | All-grain Recipe Kit | 5 Gallons

Bella Strada Italian Pilsner All-grain Recipe Kit for Italian Pilsner / Dry-Hopped Pilsner Character

Bella Strada Italian Pilsner is for brewers who want a refined pale lager with elegance, aroma, and a dry finish. Italian Pilsner emerged from modern Italian craft brewing as a more expressive pilsner: still crisp and highly drinkable, but often with a graceful noble-hop aroma that makes it more vivid than a basic continental lager.

This all-grain kit is built around a pale, precise malt profile with restrained late-hop character and a clean lager fermentation. Expect a brilliant straw-to-gold beer with gentle breadiness, floral-spicy hop lift, firm balance, and the kind of polished finish that rewards careful brewing.

This is the all-grain version. If you want the extract format for a different brew day, see the companion listing: Bella Strada Italian Pilsner | Extract Recipe Kit | 5 Gallons.

Beer Profile

• Style: Italian Pilsner / Dry-Hopped Pilsner
• Batch Size: 5 gallons
• Original Gravity: 1.048
• Final Gravity: 1.009
• ABV: 5.1%
• IBU: 32
• SRM: 3
• Fermentation Range: 50–54°F primary; 60–64°F diacetyl rest; 34–38°F cold conditioning

Grain Milling

We automatically mill the grains included with SoCal Brewing Supply beer recipe kits so they are ready for brew day. If you want the grains left unmilled, please add that request in the shopping cart notes before checkout. We’ll do our best to support unmilled requests when packing your order.

Flavor and Brewing Character

Expect pale color, crisp malt, refined bitterness, floral noble hop aroma, light spice, and a clean finish. The dry hop should smell fresh and elegant, not grassy or harsh.

Fermentation Requirements

• Recommended fermentation range: 50–54°F primary; 60–64°F diacetyl rest; 34–38°F cold conditioning.
• Pitch healthy yeast into fully chilled wort; do not pitch into hot wort.
• Use gravity readings, not airlock activity alone, to confirm fermentation is complete.
• Package only after gravity is stable and the beer tastes clean for the style.
• Plan for a diacetyl rest near the end of fermentation if using lager yeast, followed by cold conditioning when possible.

Detailed Kit Contents

• German Pilsner Malt: 144 Ounces
• Vienna Malt: 8 Ounces
• Carafoam® / Dextrin Malt: 4 Ounces
• Hallertau Mittelfrüh Hops: 2 Ounces
• Saaz Hops: 2 Ounces
• SafLager W-34/70 or German lager yeast: 1 Sachet

Why Brewers Choose This Kit

This kit gives lager brewers a modern, premium pilsner option with more aroma than a standard pils but more finesse than IPA. It is excellent for brewers who care about process and clean fermentation.

Brewing Notes

• Default grain handling: included grain is milled by default and packed together unless a listing or order note says otherwise.
• Use very healthy yeast and oxygenate well.
• Perform a diacetyl rest when gravity is close to terminal.
• Keep the dry hop short and cold to avoid grassy character.

Download the Bella Strada Italian Pilsner all-grain brewing instructions PDF.

If you are bottle conditioning, Priming Sugar is sold separately. Use our Priming Sugar Calculator to calculate priming sugar from your actual packaged volume, beer temperature, and carbonation target.

If you are kegging, use our Keg Carbonation Calculator to match CO₂ pressure, serving temperature, and desired carbonation level before serving.

Brewing all-grain in a single vessel? A BIAB bag is a useful add-on for easier mash handling, grain removal, and cleanup.