Pilsner Urquell Clone

[dukes7779]

Hey, I'm looking for a Pilsner Urquell clone recipe.......any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Germelli1]

Can you lager?

 

[brian2can]

Hey, I'm looking for a Pilsner Urquell clone recipe.......any ideas?

Thanks

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Brian Pilsner Urquel ag Competition a1 BIAB
Brewer: Brian
Asst Brewer:
Style: Bohemian Pilsner
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (45.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 7.20 gal
Estimated OG: 1.048 SG
Estimated Color: 3.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 39.7 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 68.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
0.50 lb DME Golden Light (Briess) (4.0 SRM) Dry Extract 4.82 %
9.25 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 89.11 %
0.63 lb Vienna Malt (Briess) (3.5 SRM) Grain 6.07 %
0.50 oz Sterling [7.50 %] (80 min) Hops 13.5 IBU
1.00 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00 %] (40 min)Hops 12.0 IBU
1.00 oz Tettnang [4.50 %] (20 min) Hops 9.3 IBU
1.00 oz Saaz [4.00 %] (10 min) Hops 5.0 IBU
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body
Total Grain Weight: 9.88 lb
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Single Infusion, Full Body
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 3.09 gal of water at 170.5 F 158.0 F
10 min Mash Out Add 1.24 gal of water at 196.7 F 168.0 F


Notes:
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Thought I would use the Vienna instead of carapils
Let cool overnight.
12 June 2011: Spashed between 2 buckets and got a good foam. Added left over Dogfish yeast which was S-04
13 June 2011: No air lock activity, opened bucked and saw some foam bubbles ontop, but not enough. Added Fresh packette of S-04 then airated with stone.

25 June 2011- Racked to Secondary and Harvested yeast S-04 with 1/2 Gallon of distilled water. The yeast was nice and creamy when settled. Put in cooler with ice water 65 degree.

July 3 Bottled beer.
July 6 Tried one, was very bitter, and still cloudy. will have to wait.
July 18 AWSOME

 

[lewybrewing]

In this months Zymergy they have a complete clone recipe and step by step breakdown.

 

[DannPM]

I've never got lager clones. To me pilsner urquell, spaten, any other continental pilsner. If you've cloned one you've got the other, just switch the yeast strain that wyeast has so transparently labeled. That's my opinion anyways...

 

[dukes7779]

I have an empty fridge to lager in

 

[Germelli1]

I have an empty fridge to lager in

Awesome, then I know of a decent recipe, let me find it!

 

[Germelli1]

Ok, this one is from Brew Your Own Magazine:

Amt Name Type # %/IBU

16 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 81.0 %
2 lbs Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 2 10.1 %
12.0 oz Munich Malt - 30L (10.0 SRM) Grain 4 3.8 %
1 lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 5.1 %


2.60 oz Cluster [7.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 32.5 IBUs
2.00 oz Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 6 7.1 IBUs
1.50 oz Saaz [4.00 %] - Aroma Steep 0.0 min Hop 8 0.0 IBUs
2.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 7 -

2.0 pkg Pilsen Lager (Wyeast Labs #2007) [124.21 ml] Yeast 9 -

 

[barrooze]

In this months Zymergy they have a complete clone recipe and step by step breakdown.

+1. Someday when I have all damned day to do a triple decoction, I'm going to attempt this recipe.

 

[Brewing Clamper]

+1. Someday when I have all damned day to do a triple decoction, I'm going to attempt this recipe.

Yup! I too balked at the triple decoction on this recipe...

 

[user 70770]

I wouldn't bother would a triple decoction. Unless you're buying the undermodified continental pilsner malt that Briess sells which requires such an intensive mashing procedure, today highly modified malts would be hurt by a triple decoction. My next beer is a german pils and I'll be trying a much less labor intensive single decoction just for that extra malty kick.

 

[dukes7779]

Thanks everyone!!

 

[Oldsock]

Last night I did a tasting of my most recent Czech Pils next to an (oxidized) bottle of Urquell. I did the full traditional thing, Weyermann floor malted BoPils, triple decoction (without a protein rest), all Saaz, and WY2001. Mine ended up with slightly too much diacetyl, but otherwise it is terrific (looks almost identical, but has a lot more bready malt character, not quite as dry though despite being below the BJCP guidelines for FG).

This is a great old Brewing Techniques article on how they brew Urquell.

 

[goodgodilovebeer]

Great article! Thank's for posting.

 

[Oldsock]

Great article! Thank's for posting.

That beer made the finals (top 6 out of ~35) at the Urquell contest a few days ago, really happy with the way it ended up with a bit more age on it.

 

[NightBrewer]

I brewed this the recipe a few months ago and it was so good. Reminded me a lot of the beer in question.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mshU8Ql4-6wlSLMFe3jilWUDMl4wYbptXOJ5X2muyWA/edit?hl=en#

Lagers takes a lot longer but the rewards are so good, especially on a hot summer day.

Fermentation and lagering for me take up to two months and the temperature needs to be spot on!

Cheers,
Nightbrewer

 

[goodgodilovebeer]

That beer made the finals (top 6 out of ~35) at the Urquell contest a few days ago, really happy with the way it ended up with a bit more age on it.

Congrats, that's awesome!