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156 calories 13.4 g 16 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Czech Dark Lager
Boil Time: 75 min
Batch Size: 14 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 16 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.042 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.048 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Hop Utilization: 95%
Calories: 156 calories (Per 16oz)
Carbs: 13.4 g (Per 16oz)
Created: Thursday December 4th 2025
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1.048
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5.2%
32.3
19.5
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
12 lb German - Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner12 lb Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner 38 1.8 50%
10 lb Weyermann - Floor malted Bohemian Dark10 lb Floor malted Bohemian Dark 37 7 41.7%
1 lb German - Melanoidin1 lb Melanoidin 37 25 4.2%
0.50 lb Weyermann - Carafa Special Type III0.5 lb Carafa Special Type III 29.9 525 2.1%
0.50 lb Weyermann - Carafa Special Type II0.5 lb Carafa Special Type II 29.9 425 2.1%
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Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1.50 oz Barth-Haas - Triple Pearl1.5 oz Triple Pearl Hops Pellet 10 Boil 60 min 20.81 30%
1.50 oz Barth-Haas - Triple Pearl1.5 oz Triple Pearl Hops Pellet 10 Boil 15 min 10.33 30%
2 oz Barth-Haas - Triple Pearl2 oz Triple Pearl Hops Pellet 10 Boil 1 min 1.2 40%
5 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Saflager - German Lager Yeast W-34/70
Amount:
2 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
83%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
48 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
55 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 316 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.25 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
New Haven, CT (Ward Labs)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 16.06 gal (64.25 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 4.06 gal (16.25 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 16.32 gal (65.28 qt). Suggest reducing strike water volume to 10.08 gal (40.32 qt) and adding 4.32 gal (17.28 qt) sparge/top-off. 14.4 57.6  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2.4 qt/lb 14.4 57.6  
Mash volume with grains 16.32 65.3  
Grain absorption losses -3 -12  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.91 g | 19.7 qt) 4.85 19.4  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 16.06 g | 64.3 qt) 16 64  
Boil off losses -1.88 -7.5  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.19 -0.8  
Post boil Volume 14 56  
Going into fermentor 14 56  
Total: 19.25 77
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"CDL on a bus" Czech Dark Lager beer recipe by MaraMakingBeer. All Grain, ABV 5.21%, IBU 32.34, SRM 19.46, Fermentables: (Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner, Floor malted Bohemian Dark, Melanoidin, Carafa Special Type III, Carafa Special Type II) Hops: (Triple Pearl)
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  • Last Updated: 2025-12-04 22:01 UTC