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Suds Budvar Original Clone

150 calories 13.1 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Czech Premium Pale Lager
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 25 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 30 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.038 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.046 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 69% (brew house)
Source: Radek Zavadil
Calories: 150 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 13.1 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday May 18th 2026
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4.90 kg Weyermann - Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner4.9 kg Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner $ 7.39 / kg
$ 36.21 		36.3 1.9 89.1%
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$ 2.08 		34.5 27 5.5%
0.30 kg Weyermann - Carapils0.3 kg Carapils $ 7.01 / kg
$ 2.10 		34.5 2.1 5.5%
5.50 kg / $ 40.39
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
40 g Saaz40 g Saaz Hops $ 0.09 / g
$ 3.60 		Pellet 3.5 Boil 60 min 15.81 44.4%
20 g Saaz20 g Saaz Hops $ 0.09 / g
$ 1.80 		Pellet 3.5 Boil 40 min 6.94 22.2%
30 g Saaz30 g Saaz Hops $ 0.09 / g
$ 2.70 		Pellet 3.5 Boil 20 min 7.18 33.3%
90 g / $ 8.10
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.50 each Whirlfloc $ 0.49 / each
$ 0.25 		Water Agt Boil 10 min.
5 ml Phosphoric acid $ 0.02 / ml
$ 0.10 		Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
$ 0.35
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Saflager - Swiss Lager Yeast S-189
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
$ 8.14 / each
$ 8.14
Attenuation (avg):
84%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
9 - 22 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
10 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 100 B cells required
$ 8.14 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: dextrose       Amount: 158.4 g       Temp: 20 °C       CO2 Level: 2.5 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (24/25)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
12 7 6 5 9 23
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
22 L Infusion -- 68 °C 45 min
Infusion -- 72 °C 15 min
Infusion -- 78 °C 1 min
8 L Batch Sparge 78 °C 75 °C 30 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 4 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 20 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 4 L/kg 22
Mash volume with grains 25.6
Grain absorption losses -5.5
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 15.6 L) 14.4
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 31.2 L) 30
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.5
Post boil Volume 25
Going into fermentor 25
Total: 36.4  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Minor changes from Radek's Budvar clone recipe:
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/323295/budvar-original-clone

Using dry yeast instead of Budvar 2000, added acid for mash pH, listed the precise malts for my future reference.

Czech water is historically soft. You can even use half RO water to keep it really nice and clean then add, say, 0.4g gypsum to get it close to water target and sulfate:chloride target. Melbourne water is also soft so not really necessary, but I'm doing it anyway.

Water target source: https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/blog/brew-with-us-budvar-04/

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