Life Extension Lager 2020_2

All Grain Recipe

Submitted By: pmiraglia (Shared)
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Brewer: Pete Miraglia
Batch Size: 11.00 gal	Style: Czech Premium Pale Lager (3B)
Boil Size: 14.30 gal	Style Guide: BJCP 2015
Color: 4.0 SRM	Equipment: BIAB - 10 gallon Pete
Bitterness: 31.8 IBUs	Boil Time: 60 min
Est OG: 1.045 (11.2° P)	Mash Profile: BIAB, Light Body
Est FG: 1.009 SG (2.4° P)	Fermentation: Lager, Single Stage
ABV: 4.7%	Taste Rating: 30.0

Ingredients
Amount	Name	Type	#
15.80 gal	Rocky Moutain Spring Water	Water	1
1.54 g	Calcium Chloride (Mash 60 min)	Misc	2
1.33 g	Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash 60 min)	Misc	3
0.81 g	Salt (Mash 60 min)	Misc	4
20 lbs	Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM)	Grain	5
8.00 oz	Melanoiden Malt (20.0 SRM)	Grain	6
2.00 oz	Hallertauer [3.9%] - Boil 60 min	Hops	7
3.00 oz	Hallertauer [3.9%] - Boil 30 min	Hops	8
2.00 oz	Hallertauer [4.8%] - Steep 15 min	Hops	9
2.0 pkgs	Czech Pilsner Lager (Wyeast Labs #2278)	Yeast	10
1.00 oz	Hallertauer [4.8%] - Dry Hop 0 days	Hops	11

Notes

based on recipe from beer and brewing magazine. https://beerandbrewing.com/make-your-best-bohemian-pilsner/ Grain Bill: All german pilsner (best maltz) ~2% melanoiden for malt character since BIAB not compatible with decoction milled to 0.03” Water started with distilled, matched very soft “Czech Pilsner” profile 10ppm Ca, 4 Mg, 10 Na, 34 Cl, 16 SO4 Added 10ml lactic to lower mash pH but overshot it below 4.6 Hops I had hops issues. Pulled together some bittering hops with fuggle and chinook followed regiment of weblink best-bohemian but pulled back on whirlpool and dry hop whirlpool hops dropped at 190F dry hopped on day 6 @ 1.025 Mash- BIAB hit all of the numbers Czech pilsner lager wyeast, 2 packs, 2 stages @ 3L each Ferment SG 1.050 (hit target) 5.5G into plastic fermenter 5G into corny keg with spundig presurized closed loop arrangement https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/pressurized-closed-loop-corny-keg-fermenting.600563/

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