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Pils Clone

158 calories 16.4 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: German Pilsner (Pils)
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 10.25 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 13 gallons
Post Boil Size: 12 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.044 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.048 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Calories: 158 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16.4 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Saturday March 26th 2022
1.048
1.012
4.7%
14.6
3.5
5.9
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
20.50 lb Weyermann - Barke Pilsner Malt20.5 lb Barke Pilsner Malt 37.03 1.75 100%
20.50 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.50 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh (3.75 AA)0.5 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh (3.75 AA) Hops Pellet 3.75 Boil at 205 °F 60 min 3.65 7.4%
0.75 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh (3.75 AA)0.75 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh (3.75 AA) Hops Pellet 3.75 Boil at 205 °F 15 min 2.72 11.1%
1 oz Saaz (3.5 AA)1 oz Saaz (3.5 AA) Hops Pellet 3.5 Boil at 205 °F 5 min 1.36 14.8%
0.50 oz Tettnanger (4.5 AA)0.5 oz Tettnanger (4.5 AA) Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil at 205 °F 5 min 0.87 7.4%
1 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh (3.75 AA)1 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh (3.75 AA) Hops Pellet 3.75 Whirlpool at 200 °F 20 min 1.37 14.8%
1 oz Saaz (3.5 AA)1 oz Saaz (3.5 AA) Hops Pellet 3.5 Whirlpool at 200 °F 20 min 1.28 14.8%
2 oz Tettnanger (4.5 AA)2 oz Tettnanger (4.5 AA) Hops Pellet 4.5 Whirlpool at 200 °F 20 min 3.29 29.6%
6.75 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1.35 g BTB-Mash / 0 Grams Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
7 g Calcium Chloride / 0 Grams Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
0.50 g SMB-Mash / 0 Grams Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
14.40 g Yeast & Dextrose EACH Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
3 g Slaked Lime Water Agt Mash 0 min.
0.17 g SMB-Sparge / 0 Grams Water Agt Sparge 10 min.
8 g Calcium Chloride / 0 Grams Water Agt Sparge 0 min.
1 ml Lactic acid / 0 Milliliters Other Boil 15 min.
0.40 g Servomyces Water Agt Boil 10 min.
1 each Whirlfloc / 0 Each Water Agt Boil 5 min.
186 g Conditioning / 0 Grams Water Agt Other 20 min.
Priming
CO2 Level: 0 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
8.97 gal .5 gallon included Strike 147 °F 139 °F 60 min
9 gal Batch Sparge 176 °F 176 °F 10 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.75 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 71 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 12 gal (48.01 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 0 gal (0.01 qt) sparge/top-off.    
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.75 qt/lb 8.97 35.9  
Mash volume with grains 10.61 42.4  
Grain absorption losses -2.56 -10.3  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.85 g | 23.4 qt) 6.84 27.4  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 12 g | 48 qt) 13 52  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.1 -0.4  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 10.4 g | 41.6 qt) 12 48  
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.15 -0.6  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 11.85 g | 47.4 qt) 10.25 41  
Total: 15.81 63.3
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"Pils Clone" German Pilsner (Pils) beer recipe by woolz1. All Grain, ABV 4.74%, IBU 14.55, SRM 3.52, Fermentables: (Barke Pilsner Malt) Hops: (Hallertau Mittelfruh (3.75 AA), Saaz (3.5 AA), Tettnanger (4.5 AA)) Other: (BTB-Mash / 0 Grams, Calcium Chloride / 0 Grams, SMB-Mash / 0 Grams, Yeast & Dextrose EACH, Slaked Lime, SMB-Sparge / 0 Grams, Calcium Chloride / 0 Grams, Lactic acid / 0 Milliliters, Servomyces, Whirlfloc / 0 Each, Conditioning / 0 Grams)
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