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A vienna lager is the austrian answer to the Czech pilsner. It was made of vienna malt and saaz hops. It was a relatively pale lager. BJCP is not accurate.

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I am not a fan of caramalt. Czech dark lager is the only lager style in which I use caramalt. I have tried without and with up to 15% (U Fleku's recipe). I always wind up back at 7%.

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I have been brewing this style for 18 years. I have tried many different approaches to the grain bill but always come back to this: 60% pilsner malt 30% light munich 7% caramunich II 3% carafa special III 25 ibu Hop (noble) additions @ 60 and 20 min

How do you know if the water calculator works for your water if you never check pH?

Yet no brewery is dropping the price of a pint...

There is a ton of bad craft beer out there that costs way more than macros. Personally, I am not going to spend 9 or 10 dollars for a pint of beer that may be crap. I rarely drink craft beer anymore. I understand the falling demand. Poor quality + high prices = failed business

Purchased new in 2017. Extras include racking arm, CIP ball, bracing shelf, gas manifold, eccentric reducer (2" to 1.5"), extra 2" butterfly valve, pressure release valve and miscellaneous triclamp fittings. It also comes with the new spike lid gasket and many triclamp gaskets. $600 OBO.

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My grain bill is as follows: Weyermann Pilsner malt 60% Weyermann munich 30% Weyermann caramunich II 7% Weyermann carafa special III 3%

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I have a spike fermenter with a sample valve that looks identical to yours. I tried dash 112 which did not fit. I ended up buying dash 907 which has worked pefectly. 2.08 mm ID = 13.46 mm OD = 17.62 mm I think it is also called a 2 x 13.5 mm o-ring

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Why not just open the lid and pour the yeast slurry into a sanitized container?

Or you could use U Fleku's recipe: https://vinepair.com/articles/czech-beer-dark-lager/ I personally think it is too heavy on the caramunich. I prefer the following grain bill: 60% Weyermann pilsner malt 30% Weyermann light munich malt 7% Weyermann caramunich II 3% Weyermann carafa special...

I agree with Bobby on batch size. I used to brew 30 gallon (114 l) batches in a 55 gallon (209 l) kettle. As stated previously, I powered both the BK and the HLT with two 4500 watt elements. My HLT was 15 gallons (57 l). I had no problems maintaining a mash temp but step mashes were...

For clarification, are your vessels 200 liters or is your batch size 200 liters? I had 190 liter vessels and my preboil volume was about 150 liters. I had two 4500 watt elements that I ran at 90% power once a boil was achieved. I do not think you will be happy with two 4000 watt elements.

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I have been using a steam condenser for several years now. I primarily brew lagers and thus use mostly pilsner malt. I have not had any issues with DMS. My boil length is 75 min. I can smell DMS in the run off from the steam condenser. The smell disappears after 45-60 min of boiling. You...