Czech pilsner @ less than 3%????
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Well, 1.041 is a pretty low gravity beer. 1.014 seems about right for a finishing gravity. By my math, that gives you 3.54% ABV.
If you wanted a higher ABV beer, you'd have to start with a higher OG which simply means more fermentables. A beer of 1.055 OG would give you about 5.3%.
If you wanted a higher ABV beer, you'd have to start with a higher OG which simply means more fermentables. A beer of 1.055 OG would give you about 5.3%.
Brew-boy
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I just made a Bo Pils and it went 1.05 to 1.013 with the same yeast.
japhroaig
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i suspect this thread has mixed Alcohol by Volume (ABV) and Alcohol by Weight, since a drop of almost 30 points will give you more than 3% (if memory serves).
Right. You got ABW by multiplying by 105. If you want ABV, multiply by 131.
japhroaig
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yup, just what i thought.
1.041 to 1.014
ABV: 3.54%
ABW: 2.76%
http://www.********.com/pages/abv.html
i just ignore ABW, since everyone else seems to.
1.041 to 1.014
ABV: 3.54%
ABW: 2.76%
http://www.********.com/pages/abv.html
i just ignore ABW, since everyone else seems to.
japhroaig
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oh, one last thing--at 3.5% you'll have a very fine, easy to enjoy beer. don't sweat it, i have a feeling you'll love it 
japhroaig
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i'll take a bottle for my consulting fee
no but really, czech lagers are amazing things. i was completely ignorant until i tasted them un-skunked. i am gonna be making one here soon and i hope it's good.
no but really, czech lagers are amazing things. i was completely ignorant until i tasted them un-skunked. i am gonna be making one here soon and i hope it's good.
japhroaig
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Portland is better and more expensive, but Eugene is quite nice with neat rural areas.
