Style: Czech Dark Lager

• 59% Pilsner
• 20% Toast
• 10% Pale
• 7% Crystal

% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%

• 89% Toast (30%)
• 84% Crystal (6%)
• 78% Pilsner (60%)
• 36% Roast (5%)
• 35% Pale (26%)

% of Czech Dark Lager recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

• 70% Saaz
• 16% Magnum
• 8% Hersbrucker
• 8% Perle
• 6% Sterling
• 4% Northern Brewer
• 3% Hallertau Blanc
• 3% Tettnang
• 3% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
• 3% Liberty

% of Czech Dark Lager recipes using each hop

dated Czech Dark Lager recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

• 10% German - Carafa III
• 9% German - CaraMunich II
• 9% German - CaraMunich I
• 9% German - Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner
• 8% German - Carafa II
• 8% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
• 6% Carafa Special II (Weyermann)
• 6% Caramunich II (Weyermann)
• 6% Weyermann - Carafa Special Type II
• 6% Caramunich Malt

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

• 21% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
• 9% Czech Budejovice Lager (WLP802) White Labs
• 7% Czech Pilsner Lager (2278) Wyeast Labs
• 6% Bohemian Lager (2124) Wyeast Labs
• 4% Urkel (L28) Imperial Yeast
• 4% Bohemian Lager (M84) Mangrove Jack's
• 3% Diamond Lager Lallemand
• 3% Pilsner Lager (WLP800) White Labs
• 3% German Bock Lager (WLP833) White Labs
• 2% SafLager German Lager (S-189) Fermentis

% of Czech Dark Lager recipes using each strain

• 55% Single Infusion
• 26% Step Mash
• 19% Decoction

% of Czech Dark Lager recipes with mash data

• 34 ppm Ca²⁺
• 3 ppm Mg²⁺
• 4 ppm Na⁺
• 5 ppm Cl⁻
• 16 ppm SO₄²⁻
• 39 ppm HCO₃⁻

median across recipes with a declared water profile