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Italian Pilsner

158 calories 14 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: German Pilsner (Pils)
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 76 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 80 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 11.4 °P (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 87% (ending kettle)
Calories: 158 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 14 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Wednesday March 25th 2026
12.0 °P
2.2 °P
5.3%
30.3
3.9
5.3
113.30
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
110 lb CZ - Pilsner110 lb Pilsner $ 0.78 / lb
$ 85.80 		36.8 1.8 95.7%
4 lb Briess - Victory Malt4 lb Victory Malt $ 1.07 / lb
$ 4.28 		34.5 28 3.5%
1 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose1 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose - (late boil kettle addition) $ 1.14 / lb
$ 1.14 		42 0.5 0.9%
115 lbs / $ 91.22
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
4 oz Yakima Valley Hops - Magnum4 oz Magnum Hops $ 0.50 / oz
$ 2.00 		Pellet 11.5 Boil 60 min 11.92 12.9%
5 oz Yakima Chief Hops - Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo)5 oz Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo) Hops $ 1.20 / oz
$ 6.00 		Lupulin Pellet 20.1 Boil at 212 °F 15 min 12.92 16.1%
8 oz Yakima Valley Hops - Sterling8 oz Sterling Hops $ 0.88 / oz
$ 7.04 		Pellet 7.2 Boil 10 min 5.41 25.8%
8 oz Yakima Valley Hops - Sterling8 oz Sterling Hops $ 0.88 / oz
$ 7.04 		Pellet 7.2 Dry Hop 3 days 25.8%
6 oz Yakima Chief Hops - Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo)6 oz Loral LupuLN2 (Cryo) Hops Lupulin Pellet 20.1 Boil 0 min 19.4%
31 oz / $ 22.08
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
20 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
20 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
70 ml Phosphoric acid Water Agt Mash 0 min.
 
Yeast
Wyeast - Munich Lager 2308
Amount:
1.07 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
80%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
48 - 56 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 1211 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
90.9 30 61 96.8 97.7 1.5
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
60.5 gal Strike 159 °F 151 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 2 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 70 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 78.36 gal (313.45 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 11.92 gal (47.69 qt) and adding 66.36 gal (265.45 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 66.12 gal (264.48 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 2.88 gal (11.52 qt) and adding 54.12 gal (216.48 qt) sparge/top-off. 57 228  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2 qt/lb 57 228  
Mash volume with grains 66.12 264.5  
Grain absorption losses -14.25 -57  
Remaining sparge water volume 37.5 150  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 78.28 g | 313.1 qt) 80 320  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.08 0.3  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.86 -3.5  
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 77.72 g | 310.9 qt) 76 304  
Estimated amount in fermentor 76 304  
Total: 94.5 378
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

so clean and crispy. very good.

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  • Last Updated: 2026-03-26 16:14 UTC