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Author:

ImV

Boil Size: 12 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/14/2014 1:29 PM

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Author:

Boil Size: 23 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

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: 8/11/2018 2:36 AM

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Author:

Flying Weasels Home Brewery

Boil Size: 44 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 3.3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/10/2018 3:51 PM

Notes: Recipe for a classic Bohemian Pilsener
Updated JAN2026 for new larger s/s decoction pot. I based this on SALT08, but I've made a few adjustments too.

This is a 38L batch. Two 5-gallon fermenters, not the FastFermenter. It's too much work to only yield 26L.

It's a decoction mash too. I have a second burner and a s/s pot that will hold up to 19L. I organize it so that the 2nd burner is close to the mash tun. I carry a lot of hot steaming mash back and forth!

Idea: BUY A 3.5 Kw Induction Heater instead of using the gas burner. Safer, easier, and probably faster.

**YEAST**

My preference is ESCARPMENT LABS CZECH LAGER LIQUID YEAST but any true lager yeast could be used.

Set up a starter two days before the brew. It should follow the "Pro Brewer 1.75 lager" setting on the BF Yeast Calculator. Normally a two-step starter is required.

**GRIST**
Just lager malt and acid malt.

400g acid malt has typically been good enough to get a pH of 5.2. For a couple of brews, I set the amount to 700g but that was too much! Dialing it back henceforward...

**DECOCTION MASH**

Use mash cheat sheet at google drive in my beer and brewing folder.

Dough in (protein rest) and first decoction
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* FIll HLT w/ 40L water (80% RO & 20% Spring)
* Bring HLT to 134F and dough in 27L.
* - Strike temp =/ 122 °F (50 °C). Hold for 10 minutes (maintain until return of first decoction)

Pull a thick decoction: one-third to one-half the mash; s/s pot is ~70% full and contains ~ 11 Kg of mash (tare of kettle is 3.2 Kg)
Heat the decoction to 150°F; hold for 10 minutes // as soon as you are anywhere near 150F, kill the heat!
Heat the decoction to 162°F; hold for 10 minutes
Heat the decoction to a boil; boil for 20 minutes. ('boil' means visible boil plus 208F thoughout, with lots of stirring.)

Beta Amylase rest and second decoction
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* Return the decoction to the mash, strike temp = 144–147°F ; hold 15 minutes (Maintain with HERMS, if necessary, until return of second decoction.)
* Pull a second thick decoction one-quarter of the mash; s/s pot is ~70% full and has 13 Kg of mash (pot tare is 3.2)
* Heat the decoction to 162°F; hold for 10 minutes.
* Heat the decoction to a boil; boil for 10 minutes.

Alpha Amylase rest and mashout
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* Return the second decoction to the mash, strike temp = 158°F; hold for 30 minutes.
* Use HERMS to raise temp to mashout 170F
* get a sample before you sparge. (For SaltMines5, the gravity was 1.096 at this point!)
* Sparge and lauter as usual

**HOPS**

Use 450 alpha points (my system - g * AA%) or 16 AAU (BF system - ounces times AA%) or 30 IBU (BF-reported) of a noble hop. Normally Saaz or Hallertau. Ideally, all of those values should line up with the same values.

Do the first wort hopping thing (https://byo.com/article/first-wort-hopping-techniques):
Take a quarter of your bittering hops and toss them in the kettle as soon as there is wort heating in it. Don't wait for it to reach a boil. Throw the rest in when it reaches a boil, and boil for the usual 60 minutes.

**FERMENTATION**
This recipe has occasionally had problems with sluggish fermentations. And DMS issues. Consider krausening in the future as a remedy for such problems. https://byo.com/mr-wizard/krausening-for-homebrewers/

Author:

Boil Size: 28.4 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 19.5 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/19/2017 4:58 AM

Notes: - Consider using brewing salts.

- Use sour tub.

- Remove 1cup of grains before mashing to use as sour starter.
- Add back to mash following 60mins mash.
- Cover mash with weighted plastic and cover.
- Leave mash in tun for 36 hours at 46-49C to kettle sour.

- Heat back to 77C to mashout and sparge, continue as normal.

- Add sea salt at end of boil.

- Primary ferment 2 weeks at 20C.
- Transfer to secondary, add grapefruit peels and sit for four weeks at 21C.

- Bottle and sit for further four weeks.

Author:

TAM Bryggeri

Boil Size: 50 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/31/2016 9:23 AM

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Author:

RustyBarrelHomebrewing

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.037

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.12

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: 5/27/2015 3:21 AM

Notes: trying to make hardywood singel but no attempts online! going off of this :
https://byo.com/component/k2/item/2827-belgian-blond-style-profile

adding the simple sugar to fermentor not during the boil but a couple days into fermentation. will probably dissolve in a little water.

meanwhile trying to hit the official hardywood singel stats : OG 1.056 ABV 6.2 SRM 4 IBU 30. I sense a little woodey or piney something in the beer so im adding a little more hops plus a flameout addition. adding decent amount of light crystal malt to try to achieve a little sweetness without sacrificing the color. probably gonna mash at 150 but try to stay on the cool side.

there is a kind of sour taste to the beer too so im not sure how to achieve that, but likely through yeast selection. still looking at yeasts...would oberon yeast be a candidate?

ogg tony suggests White Labs wlp500

aa on hallertau hersbuckler in this app was way different than german hallertau from the store so i bought too little hops. substituting east kent goldings a little in the bittering addition.

planning to add the sugar to minimal water (pint or two) bring to boil and boil down as much as possible. chill then add to fermentor on day 4 or 5.

Author:

crayfish_dc

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.076

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 63 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/3/2015 3:10 PM

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Author:

JP Griffith

Boil Size: 4 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.088

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/16/2015 5:22 AM

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Author:

Dorimo

Boil Size: 24 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 3.1

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/11/2015 4:54 AM

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Author:

Full Bird Brewery

Boil Size: 26 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.024

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/4/2015 11:24 AM

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Author:

Kjeller 5

Boil Size: 38 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: sucrose

Priming Amount: 73.9 g

Creation Date: 9/21/2015 8:55 AM

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Author:

Sneaky Duck

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 1.028

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/6/2015 3:04 PM

Notes:

Author:

Back Porch Brewing Company

Boil Size: 9.09 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.032

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 60 ° F

Priming Method: Dextrose

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/27/2017 5:49 AM

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Author:

Andy Peart

Boil Size: 5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 75

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: 7/28/2012 11:06 PM

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Author:

Frosty Weasel

Boil Size: 2 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.144

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 74 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/25/2015 11:45 PM

Notes: Steep grains in 1.5 gallons of water at 155ºF for 30 minutes. Rinse grains and remove.

Add .5 gallons of water plus the dry malt extract and bring to a boil.

While boiling, add the hops per the hopping schedule.

Add Irish moss after 45 minutes of boiling.

Cool the wort to 75ºF and add to 3 gallons of cold water to primary fermenter and top off with cold water to make five gallons.

Pitch yeast and aerate well. Ferment in primary for 5 days.

Rack to secondar and add dry hops per schedule. Ferment for an additional 8 days.

Rack to bottling bucket and priming mixture. Bottle and condition in bottle for at least two weeks.

Author:

TravelDog

Boil Size: 5.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/29/2016 5:18 PM

Notes:

Author:

FBorrego

Boil Size: 25 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.033

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: 4

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: Injection

Priming Amount: 2ml (5.5g/L) priming sugar

Creation Date: 11/17/2016 12:46 PM

Notes: Fermentation (Primary): 18-19c until attenuation
Fermentation (Secondary): 3 days with +1˚c per day until 21-22c
Cold Crash: +5days at 0.5c

*c = celcius

Author:

jgt

Boil Size: 23 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 82

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/18/2014 5:17 PM

Notes: 2.3 oz lemon zest, .7 oz lime zest, 2 oz orange peel, ground corriander
Balanced water profile.

Author:

Mall

Boil Size: 44 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.052

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 2.6

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: 2/28/2018 11:51 PM

Notes:

Author:

nayrB16

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.067

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/28/2014 10:25 PM

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