Vltava Pils
Czech Pilsner
Brewed December 20, 2025
A light Czech lager for every day drinking. Named after the river that flows through Prague, it should remind you of water on a summer day.
Ingredients
Malts
9.5 lbs 2 Row Pilsner Malt
0.5 lbs Vienna Malt
0.25 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine
Hops
4 oz Tettnang hops (4.2% AA)
Yeast
1 package Imperial Urkel Yeast
Brewing Instructions
1. Add 6 gallons of water to the kettle and brewing salts
2. Heat 6 gallons of strike water to 158°F
3. Add 6 gallons of water to the mash tun
4. Add all grains to the mash tun and confirm mash temperature of 152°F
5. Steep grains for 60 minutes
6. While steeping grains, heat 4 gallons of water for lautering to 170 °F
7. Fly spage until wort volume of 7.4 gallons is reached
8. Begin boil and wait for hot break
9. At 0 minutes, add 7 drops of FermCap to reduce foaming
10. At 0 minutes, add 2.0 oz Tettnang hops
11. At 45 minutes, add 2.0 oz Tettnang hops
12. At 50 minutes, add 1 tablet Whirlfloc
13. At 50 minutes, add 0.5 tsp of yeast nutrient
14. At 60 minutes, chil the wort to 68°F
15. Shake fermenter to aerate wort
16. Move wort to primary fermenter
17. Pitch yeast
18. Ferment at 54°F for 7 days (or until a couple points above FG
19. Ferment at 65°F for 4 days
20. Ferment at 52°F for 4 days
21. Lower temp by -4°F daily to reach 34°F over 7 days
22. Condition at 34°F for 14 days
23. Move to keg and carbonate
Starter & Notes
Add 3L of water to Ehrlenmeyer Flask
Add 6 oz Extra Light Dry Malt Extract
Begin boil
Add 2 drops FermCap to reduce foaming as needed
At 10 minutes, chill wort to 72°F
Add stir bar to wort
Pitch yeast
Place on stir plate
Allow yeast to multiply for 36 hours
Chill to 36°F for 12 hours