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Kolsch

150 calories 14.7 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Kölsch
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 19 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 24 liters
Post Boil Size: 19 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.039 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.049 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Calories: 150 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 14.7 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Monday August 3rd 2020
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4.20 kg German - Pilsner4.2 kg Pilsner 38 1.6 93.3%
0.30 kg German - Vienna0.3 kg Vienna 37 4 6.7%
4.50 kg / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
35 g Hallertau Hersbrucker35 g Hallertau Hersbrucker Hops Pellet 4 Boil 60 min 20.72 100%
35 g / 0.00
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
13.5 L Strike 71 °C 65 °C 60 min
15 L Batch Sparge 82 °C 76 °C 15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 24 °C
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 tsp DAP Other Boil 15 min.
1 tsp Finings Fining Boil 15 min.
2 g Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
3 g Epsom Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
5 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
7 g Lactic acid Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
White Labs - German Ale/ Kölsch Yeast WLP029
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
18 - 21 °C
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
16 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 115 B cells required
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Priming
Method: dextrose       Amount: 136.8 g       Temp: 20 °C       CO2 Level: 2.5 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Light colored and hoppy
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
75 5 10 50 150 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Notes

https://byo.com/recipe/kolsch/

Kölsch I
(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)
OG = 1.048 (11.9 °P) FG = 1.009 (2.3 °P)
IBU= 25 SRM = 4 ABV = 5.1%

Ingredients
9.25 lb. (4.2 kg) Durst continental Pilsner malt (2 °L) or similar
0.5 lb. (227 g) Weyermann Vienna malt (4 °L)
5 AAU Hallertau pellet hops (1.25 oz./35 g at 4% alpha acids) (60 min.)
White Labs WLP029 (German Ale/Kölsch) or Wyeast 2565 (Kölsch) yeast
3/4 cup corn sugar (if priming)

Step by Step
Mill the grains and dough-in targeting a mash of around 1.5 quarts of water to 1 pound of grain (a liquor-to-grist ratio of about 3:1 by weight) and a temperature of 149 °F (65 °C). Hold at 149 °F (65 °C) until enzymatic conversion is complete. Raise the temperature to mash out at 168 °F (76 °C). Sparge slowly with 170 °F (77 °C) water, collecting wort until the pre-boil kettle volume is around 6.5 gallons (24.6 L) and the gravity is 1.037 (9.3 °P).

The total wort boil time is 90 minutes, which helps reduce DMS levels in the beer. Add the bittering hops with 60 minutes remaining in the boil. Add Irish moss or other kettle finings with 15 minutes left in the boil. Chill the wort rapidly to 60 °F (16 °C), let the break material settle, rack to the fermenter and aerate thoroughly.

Use 2.5 liquid yeast packages or make a starter with fewer packages. Ferment at 60 °F (16 °C). Lager for at least four weeks before bottling or serving. When finished, carbonate the beer to approximately 2.5 volumes and serve at 50 °F (10 °C).

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