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1- Czech Draft

88 calories 7.2 g 250 ml
Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: Czech Premium Pale Lager
Boil Time: 30 min
Batch Size: 44 liters (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 48 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 8.9 °P (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 80% (ending kettle)
Source: gozer
Calories: 88 calories (Per 250ml)
Carbs: 7.2 g (Per 250ml)
Created: Thursday February 17th 2022
9.7 °P
1.5 °P
4.3%
36.6
4.6
5.7
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6.50 kg Weyermann - Barke Pilsner Malt6.5 kg Barke Pilsner Malt 37.03 1.75 94.2%
400 g German - CaraMunich I400 g CaraMunich I 34 39 5.8%
6.90 kg / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
32 g Herkules32 g Herkules Hops Pellet 18 First Wort 0 min 32.03 26.7%
88 g Saaz88 g Saaz Hops Pellet 4 Boil 5 min 4.62 73.3%
120 g / 0.00
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Saflager - German Lager Yeast W-34/70
Amount:
1.83 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
85%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
9 - 22 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
19.5 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 149 B cells required
0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.47 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
2022 Arvada - Ward labs
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
11 2 5 4 7 16
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Notes
  • 2018-9 batch: Weyermann Barke Pils + 16% Munich
  • next: Weyermann Pils + 20% munich
  • 5g/L saaz was delicious, but 2022-10 going with a higher IBU and "less is more" 3g/L. Also adjusted efficiency to 75% from 80.
  • no version of this has been too bitter. ignore the 45 IBU limit and go bigger
  • 30% munich is too much. tastes like a more bitter Vienna lager. Not a bad thing, but not what we're after here. keep munich at or below 20%.
  • 2023-5: pils + 5% caramunich (c40) seems to be the way to go here for body and color. massive dump of Saaz (5g/L) late hops and something high alpha for bitterness like Magnum or Herk. No water additions; Arvada Soft. Changed recipe to floor-malted but I usually go with standard weyermann pils because that's what I have.
  • 2023-8: 50 IBU of herkules was good but could go higher. Probably try 55 next time and see what happens.
  • 2024-1: dialing this back for a traditional Czech "draft" beer:
    výčepní – a "draught" beer, though it can be bottled, brewed between 8° and 10°
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