Floor-Malted Bohemian Dark Malt

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  1. herrburgess

    herrburgess Grand Pooh-Bah (3,077) Nov 4, 2009 South Carolina
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    Anyone used this? Successes? Problems?

    I am thinking of brewing a Czech dark/black beer in the style of U Fleku and am wondering how much of this new product from Weyermann to use. The W'mann Web site says up to 100% is possible. My buddy and I brew on a 30 gal. system and do boil volumes of 40 gal. We like to buy, and use, the unopened 55# bags to ensure freshness, so if using 100% will work successfully, we may go that route. Probably Saaz hops and (perhaps) Urquell yeast.

    Any and all input/suggestions welcome.
     
    #1 herrburgess, May 9, 2013
  2. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    There is an article published on the AHA website on brewing U Fleku Tmavé. The article starts off:

    “When my friend Thomas Kraus-Weyermann and I both received invitations from Ivan Chramosil, brewmaster of the brewery and restaurant Pivovar a Restaurace U Fleků in the Czech capital of Prague, we did not hesitate to accept. After all, U Fleků—founded in 1499—is the world’s oldest brewpub. Who would not get excited at the prospect of brewing there?”

    At the end of the article they provide a recipe for U Fleka Tmavé. Below is the grain bill for a 1 barrel batch:

    “Mash
    21.68 lbs. (9.83 kg) Weyermann® Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner Malt @ 1.8 °L (50%)
    13.01 lbs. (5.96 kg) Weyermann® Munich I @ 6 °L (30%)
    6.5 lbs. (2.95 kg) Weyermann® CaraMunich® II @ 45.5 °L (15%)
    2.17 lbs. (0.98 kg) Weyermann® Carafa® II @ 45.5 °L (5%)
    Total grain bill: 43.36 lbs (19.67 kg)”

    Cheers!
     
    #2 JackHorzempa, May 9, 2013
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  3. Pegli

    Pegli Initiate (0) Aug 30, 2006 Rhode Island

    From the specs I found (moisture, protein, extract FG min) it doesn't appear much different than the lighter colored floor malted Bohemian Pilsner Malt so I don't see why it wouldn't work at 100%.
     
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  4. Pegli

    Pegli Initiate (0) Aug 30, 2006 Rhode Island

    Do you have the hopping rates for this recipe, Jack ? I have a lb of Czech Saaz burning a hole in my freezer, and I was thinking of doing something along these lines...

    Thanks !
     
    #4 Pegli, May 9, 2013
  5. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,250) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
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  6. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    #6 JackHorzempa, May 9, 2013
  7. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,250) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
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    Not at all. I shouldn't have let that throw me off the first time.
     
    #7 pweis909, May 9, 2013
  8. BuckettOfBeer

    BuckettOfBeer Zealot (506) Mar 19, 2010 Minnesota

    Reviving this thread. Anybody out there use this yet? Thinking about using 100% myself
     
    #8 BuckettOfBeer, May 19, 2014
  9. OldSock

    OldSock Maven (1,418) Apr 3, 2005 District of Columbia

    Accidentally ended up with a sack of it instead of Bohemian Pilsner. Specs look pretty close to Munich. Might use it as as sub for it in the U Fleku recipe above (which I'd been planning to brew anyway). @BuckettOfBeer, did you end up trying it 100%?
     
    #9 OldSock, Oct 15, 2015
  10. BuckettOfBeer

    BuckettOfBeer Zealot (506) Mar 19, 2010 Minnesota

    @OldSock No, sorry I never got around to it.
     
    #10 BuckettOfBeer, Oct 17, 2015
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