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Single hop Kolsch(Dolcita)

160 calories 13.7 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Kölsch
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 76 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 80 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 11.4 °P (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 82% (ending kettle)
Calories: 160 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 13.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday March 5th 2026
12.2 °P
2.1 °P
5.5%
30.6
3.2
5.4
96.54
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
100 lb CZ - Pilsner100 lb Pilsner $ 0.78 / lb
$ 78.00 		36.8 1.8 80.6%
10 lb Great Western - Vienna10 lb Vienna $ 0.84 / lb
$ 8.40 		37 3 8.1%
12 lb Flaked Wheat12 lb Flaked Wheat $ 0.72 / lb
$ 8.64 		34 2 9.7%
2 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose2 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose - (late boil kettle addition) 42 0.5 1.6%
124 lbs / $ 95.04
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
3 oz Yakima Valley Hops - Magnum3 oz Magnum Hops $ 0.50 / oz
$ 1.50 		Pellet 11.5 Boil 60 min 8.97 14.3%
6 oz Dolcita Lupomax6 oz Dolcita Lupomax Hops Lupulin Pellet 14 Boil at 212 °F 15 min 10.83 28.6%
6 oz Dolcita Lupomax6 oz Dolcita Lupomax Hops Lupulin Pellet 14 Boil 10 min 7.92 28.6%
6 oz Dolcita Lupomax6 oz Dolcita Lupomax Hops Lupulin Pellet 14 Whirlpool at 185 °F 0 min 2.9 28.6%
21 oz / $ 1.50
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
20 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
20 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
70 ml Phosphoric acid Water Agt Mash 0 min.
 
Yeast
Lallemand - LALBREW® KÖLN KÖLSCH KOLSCH STYLE ALE YEAST
Amount:
1.07 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
81%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
59 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 1228 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
90.9 30 61 96.8 97.7 1.5
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
60.5 gal Strike 159 °F 151 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 2 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 70 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 78.06 gal (312.25 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 11.84 gal (47.38 qt) and adding 66.06 gal (264.25 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 70.76 gal (283.04 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 2.24 gal (8.96 qt) and adding 58.76 gal (235.04 qt) sparge/top-off. 61 244  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2 qt/lb 61 244  
Mash volume with grains 70.76 283  
Grain absorption losses -15.25 -61  
Remaining sparge water volume 34.5 138  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 77.91 g | 311.6 qt) 80 320  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.16 0.6  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.56 -2.3  
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 78.09 g | 312.4 qt) 76 304  
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.23 -0.9  
Estimated amount in fermentor 75.78 303.1  
Total: 95.5 382
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

so clean and crispy. very good.

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  • Last Updated: 2026-03-11 13:44 UTC