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1- Czech Draught

92 calories 7.5 g 250 ml
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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: 9.3 °P (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 80% (ending kettle)
Source: gozer
Calories: 92 calories (Per 250ml)
Carbs: 7.5 g (Per 250ml)
Created: Thursday February 17th 2022
10.1 °P
1.6 °P
4.5%
38.1
4.6
5.6
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6.40 kg Weyermann - Barke Pilsner Malt6.4 kg Barke Pilsner Malt 37.03 1.75 88.9%
500 g Weyermann - Barke Munich Malt500 g Barke Munich Malt 37 8 6.9%
300 g German - CaraMunich I300 g CaraMunich I 34 39 4.2%
7,200 g / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
34 g Herkules34 g Herkules Hops Pellet 18 First Wort 0 min 33.55 27.9%
88 g Saaz88 g Saaz Hops Pellet 4 Boil 5 min 4.55 72.1%
122 g / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
6 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) Water Agt Mash 0 min.
 
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) 155 B cells required
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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
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 47.46 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 2.06 L sparge/top-off.  
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 60.85 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 40.65 L and adding 15.45 L sparge/top-off. 56.1
Total strike volume 56.1
Mash volume with grains 60.9
Grain absorption losses -7.2
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 47.5 L) 48
Boil off losses -2.9
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.6
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 44.5 L) 44
Estimated amount in fermentor 44
Total: 56.1  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
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°
  • 2024-6: added munich, increased FWH to 44 IBU
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  • Last Updated: 2024-09-26 21:38 UTC