Home-made Pilsner Urquell

144 calories 14 carbs
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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: 144 calories (Per 355mL)
Carbs: 14 g (Per 355mL)
Created Tuesday January 16th 2018
1.044
1.009
4.62%
40.25
4.08
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable PPG °L Bill %
2.6 kg German - Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner2.6 kg Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner 38 1.8 50%
2.6 kg German - Vienna2.6 kg Vienna 37 4 50%
5.2 kg Total      
 
Hops
Amount Variety 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%
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Temp Time
19 L Infusion 65 °C --
L Temperature 72 °C 10 min
21 L Sparge 78 °C 0 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3.4 L/kg
 
Yeast
Mangrove Jack - Bohemian Lager Yeast M84
Amount:
1 Each
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
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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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