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Author:

paulhholub@gmail.com

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.037

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 50 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/14/2018 4:25 AM

Notes: 2g gypsum

Step by Step
The traditional Pilsner Urquell utilizes an undermodified Pilsner malt that is malted by the brewery. The mash is subsequently triple decocted to help break down the protein matrix that is still present in the undermodified malts. For three reasons we have decided to change up the classic recipe. First homebrewers don’t often have access to undermodified Pilsner malts these days. Second, a triple decoction means a long and rigorous brew day for the brewer. Finally adding in a protein rest could be detrimental to the beer’s body and head retention. So we’ve simplified the mash procedure and added some malts to help adjust the color and add a slight toasted character that the triple decoction should otherwise add to the beer’s profile.

Mash grains with 15 qts. (14.2 L) soft water at 142 °F (61 °C) and hold for 30 minutes. Perform a decoction, pull 1/3 thick portion of the mash (~1.5 gallons/5.7 L) and bringing to a boil. Boil for 15 minutes being sure not to scorch the grain mix. Stir the decocted portion back into the main mash.

The main mash should now settle at 155 °F (68 °C). Hold for a 30 minute rest.

Mash out, vorlauf, and then sparge at 170 °F (77 °C) to collect enough wort to result in 5 gallons (19 L) after a 90-minute boil. Boil 90 minutes, adding hops at times indicated. Cool, aerate, and pitch yeast.

Ferment at 50 °F (10 °C) until signs of fermentation have slowed considerably. Some diacetyl is noted in Pilsner Urqell, but if there is a strong diacetyl presence at this point, 2-4 days at 65 °F (18 °C) is advised. Rack to secondary and lager for 4-6 weeks at 40 °F (4 °C). After lagering is complete, bottle or keg as usual.

Author:

Basin SandS

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 80 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/10/2015 9:46 PM

Notes: late addition hops only. willamette for flavor and Fuggle for aroma.

Author:

Boil Size: 14 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.056

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/4/2015 4:24 PM

Notes:

Author:

fusilliandrew

Boil Size: 18 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 63

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/19/2012 4:24 PM

Notes:

Author:

bmailhe

Boil Size: 32.69 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.033

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 2.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 13 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/12/2018 6:12 PM

Notes: This recipe is Vienna Lager style but boosted a little bit in IBU to counter balance the malty side.

Adapt the mash volume with the dead volume of your tun.
I use a Klarstein 50L brewing machine which has 6.5L of dead volume under the tun basket => take it in account for the mash thickness :
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3 L/kg * 5.15kg + 7L = 22.5L (new mash thickness = 3.7L/kg)

Sparge water = 9.2L
Total water = 31.7L
Lost water (mash)= 3.6L
Lost by evaporation = 4L
Lost in the kettle = 2L
To go in the fermentor = 22.1L

Fermentation at 13°C during 2weeks min.

Author:

petrichor brewing co

Boil Size: 4.25 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/21/2016 3:51 PM

Notes: add flameout hops and allow temperature to free fall, whirlpool for 5 minutes.
cool to 170 add hops allow temperature to free fall, whirlpool for 30 minutes

Author:

jordanfrenzy

Boil Size: 6.1 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/12/2016 1:14 AM

Notes:

Author:

remmons

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 62

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/8/2016 9:01 PM

Notes: Heated water to 170 - 4.0 gallons went into the cooler and went down 5 degrees as expected. Added 13lbs of grain and temp readings showed readings from 144 to 157. Added more hot water because it was a thick mash and my temp was too low. Probably 5gallons. Generally leveled out at around 146-150. Would have preferred to have it at the 150-154 range and an opportunity to do more stirring down.

40 minutes into mash - stirred. Temps still ranging from 146-150. Exactly what I was hoping for.

Mashed for 70 minutes this time as well.

First run: 3.3 gallons
Second run 4.7 gallons

SG: 1.044 (11 brix) -- 75.54%
After 2 days, fermentation stopped for the most part
4 days later:
FG: 1.026 (6.57 brix) -- Refractometer Corrected @ 1.013 (3.20 brix) -- 75% attenuation
7 days later:
FG: 1.025 (6.3 brix) -- Refractometer Corrected @ 1.012 (2.98 brix) -- 77% attenuation

ABV: 5.50%

Author:

BrewHop

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 71

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/22/2012 5:28 PM

Notes: Infusion mashed at 152 and/or 154. The electric said 152 at the top. Figured since it is a colder day that it would drop down a bit. Efficiency was 4% lower than expected. I am figuring the yeast might make up for it and attenuate a little more than 75%.

Author:

4Gs Brewing

Boil Size: 7.48 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 2

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/8/2015 12:42 PM

Notes: This version uses Columbus as the bittering hop and changes around the flavoring and aroma hop bill.

Author:

This Guy

Boil Size: 9.6 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 74

Mash Thickness: 1.225

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 65.7 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/11/2015 9:34 PM

Notes: Centennial and Falconer's for the first 5 days of Dry Hopping. Then Nelson and Simcoe for the second 5 days.

Author:

Tsai94

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/26/2017 12:00 AM

Notes:

Author:

Mark

Boil Size: 11.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/23/2013 10:51 AM

Notes: Doubled Yeast, two packets, 15 mins stand then 15 mins mixed in water

May of mixed hops with Calypso

Author:

Girona Brewers

Boil Size: 29 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3.66

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/2/2022 4:46 PM

Notes:

Author:

Diamond-Geezer

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 74

Mash Thickness: 2.9

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 18.5 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/18/2015 5:51 AM

Notes: 60 min boil. Chill to 19deg c, aerate add yeast slurry, ferment 19degc. Added clear ferm to make it a Gluten free beer @ 10ppm.

Won Bronze NZ Nationals HB Comp September 2015

Author:

Nörden Bräu

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 50 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/17/2015 8:51 AM

Notes:

Author:

Porschefile

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 45

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/5/2019 4:49 PM

Notes: 3 tsp gypsum
deionized water only
4g CaCl2

Author:

mystikhybrid

Boil Size: 1 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.126

Efficiency: 85

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/25/2015 9:41 PM

Notes: Split batch into 4-5 bottles
8 Blackberries Bottle #1
1/4 oz Galaxy Hops Bottle #2

Author:

EdK

Boil Size: 13 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 12.3

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 62 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/31/2017 5:48 PM

Notes: FERMENT RELATIVELY COOL (60-62). THIS IMITATES A MEXICAN LAGER TYPE BEER WHICH WON'T HAPPEN AT WARMER TEMPS.

USE 3 PACKS OF 05 YEAST IF POSSIBLE FOR A FAST START.

CIRCULATE MASH AFTER 30 MINUTES OF STATIC REST.

DRAIN AND SPARGE VERY SLOWLY (SHOULD TAKE 1 HOUR) - THIS WILL GIVE BEST EFFICIENCY AND HIGHEST GRAVITY.

Author:

Jojo

Boil Size: 12.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.037

Efficiency: 82

Mash Thickness: 1.27

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 52 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 12.28 psi

Creation Date: 12/30/2021 3:06 AM

Notes: primary ferment at 52F.

raise temp to 67 for 4-6 days for diaceytl rest.

lower temp to 37F and lager for 4-8 weeks.

carbonate in fresh keg.

add lime at kegging/carbonation. (18 grams/1 pack in each keg) - after brewing this several times, 18g of the crystallized lime is HEAVY. It’s drinkable if you love lime. But moving forward, probably only adding 9-10 grams per 5 gallon brew.

mash for 90, boil for 75.
I’ve brewed this beer twice, so far. First as a 5 gal, then a 10.
In the first brew, the yeast stalled, I think I under-pitched, so the abv was way low.
In the second, 10 gallon brew, there was clear channeling in the mash tun around the sides, and the OG was lower than expected.

Third time is a charm! - Third brew went very well, no channeling, crystal clear lautering, good mash efficiency (91%). Healthy starter, expect good fermentation.

This third iteration of brew was entered in a brewery competition in Lexington VA - Heliotrope Brewery, and took SECOND place. (Fall 2024).

Made a few updates for annual brew #4, updated 2 row to 6 row malt, added carapils. Also, subbed out some hop varieties. Liberty, for bittering, for obvious reasons, and some Citra at flameout to hope for more depth in the citrus (lime) flavor. Adjusted to try to hit around 4.5% abv, 17.5 IBU.