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3- Czech Light

69 calories 6.4 g 250 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: Czech Pale Lager
Boil Time: 30 min
Batch Size: 44 liters (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 47 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 7.2 °P (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 82% (ending kettle)
Source: gozer
Calories: 69 calories (Per 250ml)
Carbs: 6.4 g (Per 250ml)
Created: Friday March 30th 2018
7.7 °P
1.6 °P
3.2%
34.5
4.2
5.6
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4.50 kg Weyermann - Barke Pilsner Malt4.5 kg Barke Pilsner Malt 37.03 1.75 84.9%
500 g Weyermann - Barke Munich Malt500 g Barke Munich Malt 37 8 9.4%
300 g German - CaraMunich I300 g CaraMunich I 34 39 5.7%
5,300 g / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
26 g Herkules26 g Herkules Hops Pellet 18 First Wort 0 min 27.7 22.8%
88 g BSG - Kazbek88 g Kazbek Hops Pellet 5.5 Boil 5 min 6.75 77.2%
114 g / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Saflager - German Lager Yeast W-34/70
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
80%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
9 - 22 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
17 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 118 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-
7 3 2 5 5 25
No notes. Arvada soft (our local water is very close to Pilsen).

For 44L batch: heat 50L to 69°C
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 47.42 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 2.02 L sparge/top-off.  
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 56.7 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 41.9 L and adding 11.3 L sparge/top-off. 53.2
Total strike volume 53.2
Mash volume with grains 56.7
Grain absorption losses -5.3
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 47.4 L) 47
Boil off losses -2.9
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.6
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 43.6 L) 44
Estimated amount in fermentor 44
Total: 53.2  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

"No Pa. I love him."

lighter version of Czech Premium Pilsner.
if you have Saaz, use that for the late boil and you can switch out the FWH for Magnum or something high AA.

This was changed recently to use all Sterling (Saaz sub and I have a bunch around) and Munich II. The result was great so I updated the base recipe.

2019-12-11: Removed 400g of pils hoping to get < 4% next time. Which will be soon. This is super delicious.

2020-1-28: original: 3.2kg pils for 24L; updated to 2.5kg
keep 800g munich II same, bumped up FWH 2g for 28 IBU
also scaled to 44L since I'll be making double batches of this from now on.

2023-12: added 7% caramunich. recipe updated

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