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158 calories 15.6 g 12 oz
Ballardian Home Brewers
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: German Pilsner (Pils)
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.6 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.6 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.039 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.048 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 72% (brew house)
Source: Ballardian Home Brewers
Calories: 158 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 15.6 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Sunday November 14th 2021
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
9 lb Gladfield - German Pilsener Malt9 lb German Pilsener Malt 36.3 2.03 97.3%
4 oz American - Victory4 oz Victory 34 28 2.7%
9.25 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops Summary
Amount Variety Cost IBU Bill %
0.50 oz Warrior (Pellet) 0.49999999885628 oz Warrior (Pellet) Hops 33.57 33.3%
1 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh (Pellet) 0.99999999771257 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh (Pellet) Hops 4.25 66.6%
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 tsp Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
1 tbsp Five Star Chemicals - 5.2 pH Stabilizer Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
Wyeast - Bohemian Lager 2124
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
48 - 58 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
70 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 338 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.25 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Pilsen (Light Lager)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
52.6 10 24 1 74.3 22.5
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
3.79 gal Strike 163 °F 152 °F 60 min
1 gal comp for mash tun temp loss at +15min Temperature 165 °F 152 °F 45 min
3.25 gal Sparge 175 °F 155 °F 30 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 65 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 3.47 13.9  
Mash volume with grains 4.21 16.8  
Grain absorption losses -1.16 -4.6  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.24 g | 21 qt) 4.44 17.8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.31 g | 29.2 qt) 6.5 26  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.04 -0.2  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 5.02 g | 20.1 qt) 5.25 21  
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.02 -0.1  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 5.23 g | 20.9 qt) 5 20  
Total: 7.91 31.6
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

This is orginally from Beer and Brewing article:

https://beerandbrewing.com/amp/better-german-pilsner/

I substituted in Magnum hops instead of Warriors with excellent results as well.

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