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Home-made Pilsner Urquell

134 calories 12.6 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Czech Premium Pale Lager
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 29 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 33 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.038 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 78% (brew house)
Calories: 134 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 12.6 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Tuesday January 16th 2018
1.044
1.009
4.6%
40.3
4.1
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
2.60 kg German - Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner2.6 kg Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner 38 1.8 50%
2.60 kg German - Vienna2.6 kg Vienna 37 4 50%
5.20 kg / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
70 g Saaz70 g Saaz Hops Pellet 3.5 Boil 80 min 25.09 41.2%
50 g Saaz50 g Saaz Hops Pellet 3.5 Boil 30 min 13.05 29.4%
50 g Saaz50 g Saaz Hops Pellet 3.5 Boil 3 min 2.11 29.4%
170 g / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Mangrove Jack - Bohemian Lager Yeast M84
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
78%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
10 - 15 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
10 °C
Pitch Rate:
1.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 477 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
19 L Infusion -- 65 °C --
Temperature -- 72 °C 10 min
21 L Sparge -- 78 °C --
Starting Mash Thickness: 3.4 L/kg
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3.4 L/kg 17.7
Mash volume with grains 21.1
Grain absorption losses -5.2
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 26.8 L) 21.4
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 38.4 L) 33
Boil off losses -8.6
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.9
Post boil Volume 29
Going into fermentor 29
Total: 39.1  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

It's a lot of Saaz but luckily Saaz is not one of the priciest hops around and there is no indication anywhere that Pilsner Urquell themselves use any other hops besides Saaz.

Colorwise it's difficult to get the exact correct color unless you use a lot more vienna or even munich malt. Pilsner Urquell produces their own floor-malted barley and as such it might be difficult to find pilsner-malt at the right EBC at your LHBS. Using too much Vienna or Munich just for the sake of color will make your beer sweeter and thus more "bavarian", which isn't desired in a fairly dry czech pilsner.

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  • Last Updated: 2018-01-16 11:58 UTC