Kozel Dark

[Blueshed]

looking to find out what hops and malts are used in this beer http://www.kozelbeer.com/en/our-products

had it a few times in the Czech Inn and would like to try and brew a clone.

[delzep]

That stuff is waaaaay to easy to drink

[biertourist]

Kozel Dark is a Czech 10 deg P (OG: 1.040) Tmave lager (this will help you in your search for a recipe.)

Northern Brewer sells a kit that is essentially a partial grain clone of Kozel Dark; their recipe and process is listed here and this should help some: http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/beerkits/Tmave.pdf

The following blog post has a pretty good recipe for an 11 deg P version (1.044): http://www.ashevillebrewer.com/2012/01/obscure-czech-lager-double-brew-day.html -If you're not going to do a decoction mash do NOT use the floor-malted Pilsner malt like this guy is using; use a standard continental pilsner malt instead.

I've put together a 14 P (1.056) version, which I was planning to brew as my next beer except that I already have a Munich Dunkel in the keg so I'll probably brew a Baltic Porter instead because a Munich Dunkel and a 14P Tmave are RIDICULOUSLY similar and I just don't want two near identical beers on tap at the same time.

The recipe percentages that I've seen so far all look like the following:
50% Continental Pilsner Malt
40% Munich Malt (Munich II/ Dark Munich / 8L color)
4.5% Caramunich Type III
4.5% Carafa Type II

-Hop only with Czech Saaz (or Lubin as it's the next closest relative, Spalter could work well too) at around 30 IBUs


-Just adjust the actual quantities for your system and the OG that you're looking to target. (Kozel I believe would be 1.040.) 

The Czech beers get that great mouthfeel from decoction brewing (they decoct far more than the Germans do these days) and the slightly worty background taste from priming with speise, for what that's worth.


Adam

[Blueshed]

Tesco have this atm, 3 btls for €7

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1489/10302