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Pratt Brewing Schwarzbier

185 calories 19.2 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Schwarzbier
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 43 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 45 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.054 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 80% (ending kettle)
Hop Utilization: 97%
Calories: 185 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 19.2 g (Per 12oz)
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Created: Friday October 29th 2021
1.056
1.014
5.5%
27.2
27.2
5.4
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
44.80 lb Weyermann - Munich Type II (Dark)44.8 lb Munich Type II (Dark) 37 10 53.3%
29.70 lb Weyermann - Pilsner29.7 lb Pilsner 36 1.5 35.3%
3 lb Briess - Chocolate3 lb Chocolate 25 350 3.6%
3 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 40L3 lb Caramel / Crystal 40L 34 40 3.6%
1.80 lb Briess - Roasted Barley1.8 lb Roasted Barley 33.1 300 2.1%
1.80 lb Weyermann - Carafa Special Type II1.8 lb Carafa Special Type II 29.9 425 2.1%
84.10 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
14 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh14 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops Pellet 3.8 Boil 60 min 22.07 60.9%
4.50 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh4.5 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops Pellet 3.8 Boil 20 min 4.3 19.6%
4.50 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh4.5 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops Pellet 3.8 Whirlpool at 170 °F 10 min 0.83 19.6%
23 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Wyeast - Bohemian Lager 2124
Amount:
2.36 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
48 - 58 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
50 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 3371 B cells required
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Priming
Method: co2       CO2 Level: 2.44 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
RO Water
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
65 14 39 35 76 209
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
28.1 gal Infusion 166.5 °F 154 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.34 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 70 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 45.19 gal (180.78 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 33.19 gal (132.78 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 34.9 gal (139.61 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 5.27 gal (21.09 qt) and adding 22.9 gal (91.61 qt) sparge/top-off. 28.17 112.7  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.34 qt/lb 28.17 112.7  
Mash volume with grains 34.9 139.6  
Grain absorption losses -10.51 -42.1  
Remaining sparge water volume 27.59 110.4  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 45.19 g | 180.8 qt) 45 180  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.69 -2.8  
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 42.81 g | 171.2 qt) 43 172  
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.17 -0.7  
Estimated amount in fermentor 42.83 171.3  
Total: 55.76 223.1
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Great tasting beer! Both on nose and flavor, you get a touch of the roasty, dark flavors typical of porter or stout, with a clean easy lager finish. As of 1/12/22, getting some pretty decent chocolate and coffee on the nose. The yeast did not attenuate as far as I'd hoped. It stopped at 1.018 FG. The Schwarzbier BJCP guidelines states that it should not taste like a porter or stout fermented with lager yeast. When compared with the popular Kostritzer Schwarzbier, it's evident that the roasted grains were a bit too much. Not significantly, but enough where I didn't even bother putting this into a comp. I'd either reduce the roasted grains by 10% next time or experiment with adding them late in the mash.

Update 04/07/2022

Well, while we thought this wasn't going to do well, we put it into a competition anyway. Pulled off a silver medal in the 2022 Reggale and Dredhop competition! Score Sheet is in the photos.



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