Did I Do That?! – Czech Premium Pilsner Recipe (All Grain / BIAB)

December 17, 2020 Jesse

When Mike and I deciced to start tasting all of the BJCP beer styles, little did we know we would have so much trouble finding some of the commercial examples of some of them. The Czech beers are particularly problematic since all of the examples are, not surprisingly, from the Czech Republic. However, I had very fond memories of the one example we could find, Pilsner Quell for when I was stationed in Germany way back when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. So, I figured why not find a clone recipe for Urquell and give that a shot. Well, as we were comparing them side-by-side I realized I missed the mark by a considerable margin, taste-wise. But, generally speaking it’s quite good beer in it’s own right.

Recipe Details

Batch Size	Boil Time	IBU	SRM	Est. OG	Est. FG	ABV
3 gal	90 min	51.18	3.47	1.054	1.011	5.59

Fermentables

Name	Amount	%
Pilsner	5 lbs	83.33
Vienna	8 oz	8.33
Munich Light	4 oz	4.17
Carapils Malt	4 oz	4.17

Hops

Name	Amount	Time	Use	Form	Alpha %
Saaz	2 oz	90 min	Boil	Pellet	2
Saaz	2 oz	20 min	Boil	Pellet	2
Saaz	0.5 oz	5 min	Boil	Pellet	2

Miscs

Name	Amount	Time	Use	Type
Whirlfloc	35.27 oz	10 min	Boil	Water Agent
Gypsum	0.01 oz	0 min	Mash	Water Agent
Calcium Chloride (anhydrous)	0.01 oz	0 min	Mash	Water Agent
Baking Soda	0.01 oz	0 min	Mash	Water Agent
Lactic acid	0.05 oz	0 min	Mash	Water Agent