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German Pilsner

163 calories 13.7 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Festbier
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 50 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 60 gallons
Post Boil Size: 55 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.046 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.050 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 80% (brew house)
Calories: 163 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 13.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Tuesday September 8th 2020
1.050
1.008
5.5%
28.2
3.7
5.7
70.23
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
70 lb Viking - Pilsner Malt70 lb Pilsner Malt $ 0.69 / lb
$ 48.30 		37 1.9 82.4%
15 lb Briess - Goldpils Vienna Malt15 lb Goldpils Vienna Malt $ 0.96 / lb
$ 14.40 		36.8 3.5 17.6%
85 lbs / $ 62.70
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
5 oz Magnum5 oz Magnum Hops $ 10.00 / lb
$ 3.13 		Pellet 12.8 Boil 60 min 25.2 45.5%
3 oz Perle3 oz Perle Hops $ 8.00 / lb
$ 1.50 		Pellet 4.6 Boil 10 min 1.97 27.3%
3 oz Spalt3 oz Spalt Hops $ 15.50 / lb
$ 2.91 		Pellet 2.5 Boil 10 min 1.07 27.3%
11 oz / $ 7.53
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
20 g Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
6 g Epsom Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
10 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
50 ml Lactic acid Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
Lallemand - LalBrew NovaLager™
Amount:
150 Grams
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
81%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
50 - 68 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 821 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.25 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Light colored and malty
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
41.6 5.4 56 62.2 32.2 13.1
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
30 gal Infusion 149 °F 150 °F 60 min
35 gal Fly Sparge 160 °F 168 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.7 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 149 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 51.91 gal (207.65 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 39.91 gal (159.65 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 42.93 gal (171.7 qt). Suggest reducing strike water volume to 5.2 gal (20.8 qt) and adding 30.93 gal (123.7 qt) sparge/top-off. 36.13 144.5  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.7 qt/lb 36.13 144.5  
Mash volume with grains 42.93 171.7  
Grain absorption losses -10.63 -42.5  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 26.66 g | 106.7 qt) 34.75 139  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 51.91 g | 207.7 qt) 60 240  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.41 -1.7  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 50 g | 200 qt) 55 220  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 55 g | 220 qt) 50 200  
Total: 70.88 283.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"German Pilsner" Festbier beer recipe by Brewer #239205. All Grain, ABV 5.49%, IBU 28.24, SRM 3.67, Fermentables: (Pilsner Malt, Goldpils Vienna Malt) Hops: (Magnum, Perle, Spalt) Other: (Calcium Chloride (dihydrate), Epsom Salt, Gypsum, Lactic acid)
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