This is a great and simple beer to make. I see a lot of recipes on the web but none like this. I use Kolsch Malt. The Munich malt plays a flavoring role. You can change this with similar German malts. The best Kolschs will result in about 4.5 to 5% ABV. This give the best malt balance. More ABV and it seems to be too malty. Less and theirs not enough flavor. So ideally with my technique I would 16 lb of base malt.Yeast is important. It give the beer the Kolsch flavor that you are familiar with. Hops should be mild and noble. Cascade is a nice hop but it does detract from the pure Kolsch flavor.
Malts
20 lbs Kolsch malt
1 lb Munich malt
Yeast
1 pack Kolsch WLP white pack
Hops
1 oz Liberty
2 oz Cascade
2 oz Cascade (Hop Rocket)
Other
1 tsp Yeast Nutrients
2 tablets whirlflox
Mash
120F 60 mins
150F 60 mins
170F Sparge
Produced 13.5 Gal
Boil
Cascade Leaf 60 mins
Liberty pellets 20 mins
Other 20 mins
Hop Rocket
2 oz Cascade leaf (before coil)
Produced 9.5 gallons
Measurements
OG 1.050
FG 1.002 (really?) Ok so this was 6.3% ABV
Fermented in house at about 75F (House was about 68F)
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Sunday, November 5, 2017
West Coast Smash IPA - Aug 6/2017
This is a kit from Morebeer. This is a good hoppy brew but nothing special. The ingredients and the results are simple with no complexity.
Simcoe hops have a great profile but this was not a "oh my god, smell the hops brew". I would consider making this again if I could get fresh whole hops.
Ingredients
14 lbs California Select Malt - 2-row
1 oz Simcoe 60 mins
2 oz Simcoe 5 mins
2 oz Simcoe 1 min
2 oz Simcoe Dry hop for 5 days
Mash
122 F 60 mins rest
158 F 5 mins (accident)
149 F 60 mins
Other
Brew Nutrients 1/2 tsp
Gypsum 1 tsp
OG 11.2 Brix (1.044)
No other measurements. Guessing this came to FG 1.010 (4.5%ABV)
Simcoe hops have a great profile but this was not a "oh my god, smell the hops brew". I would consider making this again if I could get fresh whole hops.
Ingredients
14 lbs California Select Malt - 2-row
1 oz Simcoe 60 mins
2 oz Simcoe 5 mins
2 oz Simcoe 1 min
2 oz Simcoe Dry hop for 5 days
Mash
122 F 60 mins rest
158 F 5 mins (accident)
149 F 60 mins
Other
Brew Nutrients 1/2 tsp
Gypsum 1 tsp
OG 11.2 Brix (1.044)
No other measurements. Guessing this came to FG 1.010 (4.5%ABV)
Extra Special Bitter 11/04/2017
My first brew was a Bitter. It was an extract brew and I nailed it. What I like about Bitters is their lower carbonation, ease of drinking, slightly warmer serving temperature and mouth feel.
Over the years making this I've experimented a lot. What I’m learning is to keep this very simple. Less flavoring hops and malts. Better malt extraction with the mash.
Ingredients
20 lbs Maris Otter
2 lbs Caristan
2 oz. Magnum 60 mins
4 oz EK Golding. 15 mins
2 tsp Gypsum mash
2 tsp Gypsum
Whirflox (forgotten this time)
Mash
25 mins 125F
60 mins 153F, 2 tsp Gypsum
Sparged with 180F (2 gallons)
Mash yield: 12.8 gal
Hard boil with Hop additions. No bags.
First use of Trub Catchers. This does not seem like a good thing.
Boil yield: 9.8 gal
Cooled to 90F
London Ale Yeast WLP013, 89F
Target OG 1.048, Actual G 1.064
Over the years making this I've experimented a lot. What I’m learning is to keep this very simple. Less flavoring hops and malts. Better malt extraction with the mash.
Ingredients
20 lbs Maris Otter
2 lbs Caristan
2 oz. Magnum 60 mins
4 oz EK Golding. 15 mins
2 tsp Gypsum mash
2 tsp Gypsum
Whirflox (forgotten this time)
Mash
25 mins 125F
60 mins 153F, 2 tsp Gypsum
Sparged with 180F (2 gallons)
Mash yield: 12.8 gal
Hard boil with Hop additions. No bags.
First use of Trub Catchers. This does not seem like a good thing.
Boil yield: 9.8 gal
Cooled to 90F
London Ale Yeast WLP013, 89F
Target OG 1.048, Actual G 1.064
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Russian Rivers Blind Pig
Morebeer's Recipe
Nov 20th, 2016
Malts
13 lb 2-row
8oz white wheat
8oz carapils
8oz 40L
Mash
128F 40 mins
152F 60 mins
170F sparge
Produced 8 gals
Boil
Oz. Name. Mins
2. Magnum. 60
1/2 cascade 25 (recipe said 30)
1. Cascade 5 (recipe said 15)
Yeast Saf 05
Brix
Pre boil 11.7
Post boil 15.8
FG 7.3
ABV 7.6%
Nov 27 secondary
1 oz Oak chips
1/2 oz cascade pellets
1 oz willamette pellets
Post boil 6.2 yield
Kegged Dec 3 with 1 growler filled
Centennial Single Hop Ale
Centennial Single Hop Ale
Nov 25, 2016
Malts
Qty Lbs. Names
10. 2-row
2. 20L
Mash
120 to 149 rising circulation
1 Hr 149F
Sparge 170F
Yield 12.3 gals
Boil 1 hr with hops added
Mins. Ozs
60,58,56,54,47,45,43,40. 1 each
30,25,20,15. 1 each
10. 4
FO. 2.25
OG. 1.059
FG. 1.007
ABV. 7.2%
Reused Irish Red Yeast. Started fast!
Kegged Dec 9
Enough for 4 growlers too!
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Black Lupulin Ale
March 6, 2016
Aiming for something not normally found. A light black Imperial IPA full of a wide spectrum of hop flavour. My technique is going to change to bring out more hop flavours while creating a lighter drinking black ale. Malts add some complexity but the hops dominate the beer. Yeast that I've chosen should dry out beer while not adding any unexpected flavour. This is a 5 gallon batch but due to the hops boil thievery I'm treating this like 7 gallon batch.
Method
- Mash target temp is 154F to produce 9 gallons (OG 1.045)(pull out more malt flavour). Strkie temperature: 157F
- No Water treatment.
- Boil is 60 minutes. First 40 minutes is vigorous with Magnum hop additions.
- Then remaining 20 mins is done at a simmer (kettle lid on) to retain hop aromas and flavours. Some steam escaped but not a lot.
- Cool down will target 75F and fermentation will be kept at 65F in the house.
- No Yeast nutrients added. No Clarifier added. No Oxygen added.
- OG 1.057 with 7 gallons produced.
- When FG hit 1.011 I will ferment 2 days at room temp (67F).
- OG Target 1.088
- ABV Target 9%
Malts
GR311FM Pilsen
Malt 4 oz Milled
GR692CM Black Prinz
Malt 1 lb Milled (may use less)
AJ40 Flaked
Brewing Oats (1 Lb)
GR363EM Fawcett
Halcyon 5 lb Milled
Hops
Bittering
HMAG2 (60m) Magnum Pellet Hops 2 oz
Hop Flavour (added with muslin bags)
HAMA2 (26m) Amarillo Pellet Hops 2 oz
HCOL2 (21m) Columbus
Pellet Hops 2 oz
HGAX2 (8m) Galaxy Pellet Hops 2 oz,
Simcoe Pellet Hops 2 oz,
Falconer's Flight Pellet Hops 2 oz
Falconer's Flight Pellet Hops 2 oz
Yeast
DY44 Dry
Yeast - Belle Saison (11 g), Hydrated in 2 cups of water (tap temperature)
Friday, November 27, 2015
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