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Wedding Kolsch

154 calories 14 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Kölsch
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 50 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 50 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.047 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.047 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 154 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 14 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday February 26th 2024
1.047
1.009
5.0%
22.2
8.2
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
30 lb German - Bohemian Pilsner30 lb Bohemian Pilsner 38 1.9 33.3%
30 lb American - Vienna30 lb Vienna 35 4 33.3%
15 lb Honey Malt15 lb Honey Malt 37 25 16.7%
15 lb American - White Wheat15 lb White Wheat 40 2.8 16.7%
90 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
6 oz Liberty6 oz Liberty Hops Pellet 4 Boil 30 min 7.21 50%
6 oz Cascade6 oz Cascade Hops Leaf/Whole 7 Boil 60 min 14.93 50%
12 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
40 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) Water Agt Mash 0 min.
41 oz honey Water Agt Boil 15 min.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - German Ale Yeast K-97
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
81%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
60 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 773 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 0 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 51.95 gal (207.8 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 39.95 gal (159.8 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 46.58 gal (186.3 qt). Suggest reducing strike water volume to 4.8 gal (19.2 qt) and adding 34.58 gal (138.3 qt) sparge/top-off. 39.38 157.5  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.75 qt/lb 39.38 157.5  
Mash volume with grains 46.58 186.3  
Grain absorption losses -11.25 -45  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 24.08 g | 96.3 qt) 22.13 88.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 51.95 g | 207.8 qt) 50 200  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.45 -1.8  
Post boil Volume 50 200  
Going into fermentor 50 200  
Total: 61.5 246
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Just playing with the hops, we have 6oz Liberty which is a Noble hop, used in traditional German styles, and I'm sure CSB has a bunch of Cascade or comparably high alpha acid content hop kicking around that we could probably appropriate. 22 IBU is pretty good for this style. With a third hop schedule, we could get that a little more aromatic/higher.

Recipe very informed by this blog post: https://beerandbrewing.com/make-your-best-kolsch/

Depending on initial ferment, we may want to add a honey solution to the secondary ferment, of approximately the same size. As the fermentation will be closer to done (so as the yeast has combined with/eaten the sugars), the brew should retain more sweet honey character rather than being converted.

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  • Last Updated: 2024-03-09 21:21 UTC