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Recipe: BCS German Pils

Specifics

Style:

German Pilsner (Pils) — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Pilsner
Number:	02A

Drier and crisper than a Bohemian Pilsener with a bitterness that tends to linger more in the aftertaste due to higher attenuation and higher-sulfate water. Lighter in body and color, and with higher carbonation than a Bohemian Pilsener. Modern examples of German pilsners tend to become paler in color, drier in finish, and more bitter as you move from South to North in Germany.

Commercial Examples: Victory Prima Pils, Bitburger, Warsteiner, Trumer Pils, Old Dominion Tupper’s Hop Pocket Pils, König Pilsener, Jever Pils, Left Hand Polestar Pilsner, Holsten Pils, Spaten Pils, Brooklyn Pilsner.

Contributor:

Ben Lipman

Yield:

6 gallons

Color (SRM/EBC):

3.6/7.1

Bitterness (Calc):

24.7 IBU

BU/GU:

2.47

Calories:

33 (12 ounces)

ABV:

0.7%

ABW:

0.5%

OG:	1.010
OG (Plato):	2.56° P
FG:	1.005
FG (Plato):	1.28° P
Real Extract:	1.52° P
App. Atten.:	49.8%
Real Atten.:	40.8%

General Information

Method:	All Grain
Source:	Llama

Scale Recipe

Enter desired final yield (volume):

gallons

Malts and Grains

10.80 pounds

Pilsner (2 Row) Ger

100% of grist

10.80 pounds

Total Grain Weight (Water Amounts

Water Amounts

Target Final Boil Volume:	6 gallons
Evaporation Rate:	1.5 gallons per hour
Boil Time:	60 minutes
Runoff Volume Needed:	7.8 gallons	6 gallons (final boil volume) ÷ 0.96 (cooling) + 1.5 gallons (boil evaporation)
Grain Amount:	10.8 pounds
Grain Absorbtion:	2.3 gallons
Total Water Needed:	11.1 gallons	7.8 gallons (runoff) + 2.3 gallons (grain absorbtion) + 1 gallons (equip. loss)
Mash Water Needed:	3.6 gallons	based on 1.33 quarts per pound of grain
Sparge Water Needed:	7.5 gallons	11.1 gallons (total water) – 3.6 gallons (mash water)

)

100% of grist

Hops

1.00 ounces	Pearle 8.00% Pellet @ 60 minutes Type: Bittering Use: Boil	8 AAUs
0.50 ounces	Hallertauer Mittelfrueh 4.00% Pellet @ 15 minutes Type: Aroma Use: Aroma	2 AAUs
0.50 ounces	Hallertauer Mittelfrueh 4.00% Pellet @ 1 minutes Type: Aroma Use: Aroma	2 AAUs
2.00 ounces	Total Hop Weight	12 AAUs

Fermentation

Primary:	4 days @ 68° F
Secondary:	7 days @ 68° F
Tertiary:	0 days @ ° F
Age:	28 days @ 52° F

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