Tasteless Pilsner

[Mash Monster]

Help needed I am currently brewing a Brupaks All grain Bavarian Pilsner mash kit and am just about to cold crash before bottle conditioning and then lagering. I should add that I am not a great lover of lagers in general but was asked to brew this for the Boss!!
Prior to cold crashing I tasted the brew from the trial jar and it was inoffensive if a little bland.However the bosses opinion was it had NO taste !
Recipe
4.3 Kg Lager malt
450g wheat malt
100g Acidulated malt
Hops
45g Perle @60 mins
45g Hallertauer Hersbrucker @ 30 mins
Yeast Brewferm lager yeast as supplied
Pre boil gravity 1.045
Original gravity 1.051
Final gravity 1.011
I hit all the numbers spot on
This was the first time in using RO water for any of my brews and I adjusted it with CRS,Cal Chloride and Gypsum as per Brewfather to get a Pilsen water profile.
Will the taste of this brew improve greatly after conditioning and Lagering ? Or am I hoping for too much ?
Any advice welcome

 

[chthon]

Are you sure your boss doesn't have a cold, sinusitis or taste loss due to COVID-19?

 

[The Baron]

I find it hard to believe a lager drinker (guessing he drinks macro lagers) would say that it has no taste as it has got enough hops to give it a lager taste. Maybe he's got covid and lost his sense of taste and smell

 

[Clint]

...or it doesn't taste like Fosters..

 

[Mash Monster]

Hi guys sorry when I said the Boss I meant SWMBO !!!
I let her taste a Birra Italia that I had brewed just to be sure and she enjoyed that ! So No Covid here !

 

[foxbat]

No hops later than 30 minutes is going to be on the malty side. Let it condition and served chilled it should be a nice refreshing lager.

 

[Clint]

Well if she don't like it tell her not to drink it..

 

[Brewed_Force]

I just brewed a Bohemian pilsner and had a cheeky taste 2 weeks after bottling. I was underwhelmed with the flavour. 2 weeks later I tried it again and it had improved considerably. 2 weeks further on it was amazing - so don't judge a young pilsner, it needs time to condition.

 

[Nicks90]

And dont forget 90% of your taste is actually smell
The more bubbles in your lager, the more chance those flavours will reach up to your olfactory receptors via your nose and back of your mouth.