Style: Czech Pale Lager
All StylesStyle Profile based on 553 recipes
BU:GU
0.56
Hops
5.5 g/L
Mash pH
5.57
Description
A lighter-bodied, rich, refreshing, hoppy, bitter pale Czech lager having the familiar flavors of the stronger Czech Premium Pale Lager (Pilsner-type) beer but in a lower alcohol, lighter-bodied, and slightly less intense format. History: Josef Groll initially brewed two types of beer in 1842–3, a výčepní and a ležák, with the smaller beer having twice the production; Evan Rail speculates that these were probably 10 °P and 12 °P beers, but that the výčepní could have been weaker. This is the most consumed type of beer in the Czech Republic at present. Style Comparison: A lighter-bodied, lower-intensity, refreshing, everyday version of Czech Premium Pale Lager.
Examples: Březňák Světlé výčepní pivo, Notch Session Pils, Pivovar Kout na Šumavě Koutská 10°, Únětické pivo 10°
- 78% Pilsner (91%)
- 41% Crystal (6%)
- 38% Toast (12%)
- 38% Pale (30%)
% of Czech Pale Lager recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
g/L · median with IQR range
- 56% Saaz (CZ)
- 6% Magnum (GR)
- 5% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 5% Cascade
- 4% Tettnanger
- 3% Hallertauer Hersbrucker
- 3% Citra
- 3% Perle (GR)
- 3% Amarillo
- 2% Centennial
% of Czech Pale Lager recipes using each hop
g/L · median with IQR range
dated Czech Pale Lager recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
- 11% German - Pilsner
- 9% German - Bohemian Pilsner
- 9% American - Pilsner
- 8% German - Carapils
- 7% German - Acidulated Malt
- 5% Weyermann - Pilsner
- 5% American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)
- 4% American - Vienna
- 4% Belgian - Pilsner
- 4% German - Vienna
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
- 26% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 4% Czech Budejovice Lager Yeast (WLP802) White Labs
- 3% LalBrew Diamond Lager Lallemand
- 3% Czech Pilsner Lager (2278) Wyeast Labs
- 3% Bohemian Lager Yeast (M84) Mangrove Jack's
- 3% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 3% Urkel (L28) Imperial Yeast
- 3% Pilsner Lager Yeast (WLP800) White Labs
- 2% Bohemian Lager (2124) Wyeast Labs
- 2% Saflager Swiss Lager Yeast S
% of Czech Pale Lager recipes using each strain
- 48% Single Infusion
- 31% Step Mash
- 21% Decoction
119 recipes with mash data
- 9 ppm Ca²⁺
- 3 ppm Mg²⁺
- 4 ppm Na⁺
- 5 ppm Cl⁻
- 5 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 25 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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