Homebrew Recipe
Bent Brewstillery Black Josef 15 Tmavy Special
- Method:
- All Grain
- Style:
- Czech Dark Lager
- Boil Time:
- 90 min.
- Batch Size:
- 5 gal.
- Boil Size:
- 6.5 gal.
- Efficiency:
- 72
- Rating:
- Source:
- Craft Beer and Brewing
- Source Notes:
- June-July 2020 page 70. Kristen England, besides being one of the country's most accomplished homebrewers and a BJCP Grant Master Beer Judge, is head brewer at Bent Brewstillery in Roseville, Minnesota. This is his recipe for a rich-but-quaffable Czech-style dark lager, including a straightforward single-decoction mash. One more little tidbit of fun: Take the exact same recipe, hops and all, increase the gravity to 19P, and you've got yourself a Czech porter. I find that when I write recipes for homebrewers, they all like to play around with stuff to make it their own. For example, you can swap out the hops (and you can use really any lagery hops in this). Or in this case, you can simply increase the gravity. And yes, I've made this beer as a Czech porter, and it's stupid dangerous.
- Notes:
- Mill the grains and mash in at 122F for a protein rest of 10 minutes. Raise the temperature to 143F and rest 5 minutes. Separate a thick one-third of the mash and boil 25 minutes while holding the rest of the mash at about 143F. Reunite the mash to bring it to about 162F, rest 30 minutes, then mash out. Boil 90 minutes then whirlpool, adding hops according to the schedule. Chill to 50F, aerate the wort, and pitch the yeast. Ferment at 52F. No diacetyl rest. When fermentation is complete, cold crash and lager at near freezing for 6 weeks.
Brew Numbers
| OG | FG | ABV | SRM | IBU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.061 | 1.015 | 6.1 | 0 | 40 |
Fermentables
| Name | Amount | % Grain Bill |
|---|---|---|
| Lager or Pilsner Malt | 8.4 lbs. | 72.34 |
| Notes: 4.2 lbs. floor-malted Bohemian pilsner & 4.2 lbs. German pilsner. | ||
| CaraMunich III | 1.4 lbs. | 12.06 |
| CaraMunich II | 0.6875 lbs. | 5.92 |
| Notes: Calls for 11 oz. | ||
| Crystal Malt 80 | 0.46875 lbs. | 4.04 |
| Notes: Calls for 7.5 oz. Weyermann CaraBohemian | ||
| Pale Chocolate Malt | 0.21875 lbs. | 1.88 |
| Notes: Calls for 3.5 oz. Carafa I | ||
| Chocolate Malt | 0.21875 lbs. | 1.88 |
| Notes: Calls for 3.5 oz. Carafa II | ||
| Black "Patent" Malt | 0.21875 lbs. | 1.88 |
| Notes: Calls for 3.5 oz. Carafa III | ||
| Total: | 11.61 lbs. | |
Yeast
| Name | Lab | Product |
|---|---|---|
| Budvar Lager | Wyeast | 2000 PC |
| Czech Budejovice Lager | White Labs | WLP802 |
Mash Steps
| Step | Name | Temp | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Protein Rest | 122 | 10 | All Grain |
| 2 | Step Mash | 143 | 5 | All Grain |
| 3 | Single Decoction | 212 | 25 | All Grain |
| Notes: Separate a thick one-third of the mash and boil 25 minutes while holding the rest of the mash at about 143F | ||||
| 4 | Step Mash | 162 | 30 | All Grain |
| Notes: Reunite the mash to bring it to about 162F, rest 30 minutes, then mash out. | ||||