Czech-ish Amber Lager

Brewed 04/22/2026

Grains crushed - late addition, setting 2.25, the rest at 3.5

mashed in 144F at 0930
ph meter not working.

~10:15 - reduced power to 45%
gravity at 1.039.

Raised temp to 152.
10:45 1.041
11:00 1.044
Raised temp to 154

11:30 raised to 169 to mash out, set power at 100%

1.047 at noon.
Added late addition malts. 12m later
Began sparge ~3 gallons to 8.3-ish gallons.
1.044 pre-boil gravity.

pulled the yeast from the fridge pre-boil, drained off the 'beer'.

Adjusted the brewhouse efficiency from 70 - 77% to roughly match my numbers from the mash, but most of this came later at 152, 154 and mash out.

changed the last hop addition from 10 to 12m to account for the higher gravity.
15:40 Tilt pro red showing 1.056 pre-pitch.

Pitched yeast while still chilling at 66f on the way to 48.
1.0545

4/24: 0830, finally saw signs of life from the yeast. last night there was some pressure built up, but no visible sign of progress on the tilt. This morning it's down around 1.050 at 48F


Ran until 4/30-ish to get to 1.015 & cold crashed form about 60F
Got down to 1.0135-1.014 before kegging on 5/3/2026.