| BJCP Style | Schwarzbier - 8B |
|---|---|
| Type | All Grain |
| Profile | Aroma: Low to moderate malt, with low aromatic malty sweetness and/or hints of roast malt often apparent. The malt can be clean and neutral or moderately rich and bready, and may have a hint of dark caramel. The roast character can be somewhat dark chocolate- or coffee-like but should never be burnt. A low spicy, floral, or herbal hop aroma is optional. Clean lager yeast character, although a light sulfur is possible. Appearance: Medium to very dark brown in color, often with deep ruby to garnet highlights, yet almost never truly black. Very clear. Large, persistent, tan-colored head. Flavor: Light to moderate malt flavor, which can have a clean, neutral character to a moderately rich, bread-malty quality. Light to moderate roasted malt flavors can give a bitter-chocolate palate that lasts into the finish, but which are never burnt. Medium-low to medium bitterness, which can last into the finish. Light to moderate spicy, floral, or herbal hop flavor. Clean lager character. Aftertaste tends to dry out slowly and linger, featuring hop bitterness with a complementary but subtle roastiness in the background. Some residual sweetness is acceptable but not required. Mouthfeel: Medium-light to medium body. Moderate to moderately-high carbonation. Smooth. No harshness or astringency, despite the use of dark, roasted malts. Comments: Literally means “black beer” in German. While sometimes called a “black Pils,” the beer is rarely as dark as black or as bitter as a Pils; don’t expect strongly roasted, porter-like flavors. |
| Batch Size | 12.0 L |
| Mash | 64.0° for 75.0 min |
| Boil Time | 60.0 min |
| Efficiency | 78.0 % |
| IBU | 23.1 IBUs |
| EBC | 32.6 EBC |
| OG | 1.031 SG (Est. 1.033 SG) |
| FG | 1.010 SG (Est. 1.006 SG) |
| ABV | 2.7 % (Est. 3.6 %) |
| Std drinks | 0.7 per 330ml stubby 1.6 per 750ml longneck 0.6 per middy 0.9 per schooner |
| Name | Amount | Colour | % of Grain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilsner (Weyermann) | 1.05 kg | 1.7 SRM | 64.02 % | |
| BEST Munich (BESTMALZ) | 0.39 kg | 7.6 SRM | 23.78 % | |
| BEST Acidulated (BESTMALZ) | 0.10 kg | 3.0 SRM | 6.1 % | |
| Carafa Special III (Weyermann) | 0.10 kg | 470.0 SRM | 6.1 % | |
| Total grain bill | 1.64 kg | - | - | |
| Name | Amount | Time | Use | Alpha |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnum | 6.00 g | 60.0 mins | Boil | 5.3% |
| Saaz | 7.00 g | 10.0 mins | Boil | 3.8% |
| Saaz | 10.00 g | 0.0 mins | Boil | 3.8% |
| Total hops | 23.00 g | - | - | - |
| Name | Amount | Time | Use | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whirlfloc Tablet | 1.00 Items | 15.0 mins | Boil | Fining |
| Name | Lab | Type | Att | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W-34/70 - Saflager Lager | DCL/Fermentis | Lager | 75.0 % | 8.9 C - 15.0 C |
| 09/04/23 14deg, 3 days @10psi 11/04/23 ramp up to 18deg, 3 days @10psi 16/04/23 bottled -9 x 750ml Longnecks, 1 tsp sugar -6 x 330ml stubbies, 1/2 tsp sugar |