Style: Bohemian Pilsener
All StylesStyle Profile based on 294 recipes
BU:GU
0.59
Hops
5.5 g/L
Mash pH
5.55
Dry Hop
0.2 g/L
Description
Bohemian Pilseners are straw to light amber. There should be no chill haze. Its head should be dense and rich. A toasted, biscuit-like, bready malt aroma with low levels of fermented malt derived sulfur compounds may be evident. Very low diacetyl and DMS aromas, if perceived, are characteristic of this style and both may accent malt aroma. Hop aroma is low to medium-low, deriving from noble-type hops. Slightly sweet malt character is evident. Toasted, biscuit-like, and/or bready malt flavors along with low levels of fermented malt derived sulfur compounds may be evident. Hop flavor is low to medium-low, deriving from noble-type hops. Hop bitterness is medium. Very low levels of diacetyl and DMS flavors, if perceived, are characteristic of this style. Body is medium.
- 88% Pilsner (92%)
- 44% Crystal (6%)
- 34% Pale (11%)
- 33% Toast (11%)
% of Bohemian Pilsener recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
g/L · median with IQR range
- 53% Saaz (CZ)
- 12% Magnum (GR)
- 5% Tettnanger
- 4% Motueka
- 3% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 3% Hallertauer Hersbrucker
- 2% Cascade
- 2% Nelson Sauvin
- 2% Citra
- 2% Riwaka
% of Bohemian Pilsener recipes using each hop
g/L · median with IQR range
dated Bohemian Pilsener recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
- 15% German - Pilsner
- 15% German - Bohemian Pilsner
- 9% German - Carapils
- 8% American - Pilsner
- 8% German - Acidulated Malt
- 6% American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)
- 5% Weyermann - Bohemian Pilsner Malt
- 5% German - Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner
- 4% German - Melanoidin
- 4% Weyermann - Carapils
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
- 25% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 7% Bohemian Lager Yeast (M84) Mangrove Jack's
- 5% Pilsner Lager Yeast (WLP800) White Labs
- 3% LalBrew Diamond Lager Lallemand
- 3% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 3% Czech Pilsner Lager (2278) Wyeast Labs
- 3% Bohemian Lager (2124) Wyeast Labs
- 3% LalBrew Voss Lallemand
- 2% Urkel (L28) Imperial Yeast
- 2% Urquell Lager (2001) Wyeast Labs
% of Bohemian Pilsener recipes using each strain
- 62% Single Infusion
- 22% Step Mash
- 16% Decoction
81 recipes with mash data
- 23 ppm Ca²⁺
- 3 ppm Mg²⁺
- 8 ppm Na⁺
- 20 ppm Cl⁻
- 10 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 25 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile