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Kolsch (recipe w/ Ricky)

Name: Kolsch (recipe w/ Ricky)
Prep time: 90 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 180 min
Yield: 10.5 gallons
Cuisine: Homebrewing
Ingredients: 11.8 lb Swaen Pilsner; 2.31 lb Great Chit; 2 lb Vienna; 2 lb Munich Type I; 0.5 oz Nelson Sauvin Hops; 0.5 oz Nelson Sauvin Hops; 1 oz Nelson Sauvin Hops; 1 oz Hallertau Blanc Hops

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Method: BIAB
Style: Kölsch
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 10.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 13 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.040 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.049 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Calories: 161 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 15.8 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Monday April 21st 2025

Original Gravity:

1.049

Final Gravity:

1.011

ABV (standard):

5.0%

IBU (tinseth):

34.3

SRM (morey):

4.1

Mash pH

n/a

Cost $

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
11.80 lb	The Swaen - Swaen Pilsner11.8 lb Swaen Pilsner	38	2	65.2%
2.31 lb	Riverbend Malt - Great Chit2.31 lb Great Chit	36.8	1.7	12.8%
2 lb	Avangard - Vienna2 lb Vienna	37.7	3.5	11%
2 lb	Weyermann - Munich Type I2 lb Munich Type I	38	6	11%
18.11 lbs / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
0.50 oz	Nelson Sauvin0.5 oz Nelson Sauvin Hops	Pellet	13.5	First Wort at 175 °F	0 min	15.8	16.7%
0.50 oz	Nelson Sauvin0.5 oz Nelson Sauvin Hops	Pellet	13.5	Boil at 212 °F	45 min	12.32	16.7%
1 oz	Nelson Sauvin1 oz Nelson Sauvin Hops	Pellet	13.5	Hop Stand at 180 °F	20 min	3.37	33.3%
1 oz	Hallertau Blanc1 oz Hallertau Blanc Hops	Pellet	11.1	Hop Stand at 180 °F	20 min	2.77	33.3%
3 oz / $ 0.00

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Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
14.5 gal		Infusion	152 °F	149 °F	90 min

Yeast

White Labs - German Ale/ Kölsch Yeast WLP029

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	75%	Flocculation:	Medium
Optimum Temp:	65 - 69 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	68 °F	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 169 B cells required

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Priming

CO₂ Level: 2.25 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Light colored and hoppy

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
75	5	10	50	150	0
Aurora, IL water (carbon filtered) 8.7ml of 88% Lactic Acid to mash
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Notes

Sugar Creek Chit Malt, not Riverbend

Split batch
Batch 1 - Whitelabs 029 yeast and dry hopped with 2oz of Hallertau Blanc
Batch 2 - Safale k-97 year and Amoretti White Peach in the serving keg while it carbonates

6/30/26 - Brew Day Notes

Used 14.5 gallons of water for the mash and yielded 10.5 gallons of wort after tilting the pot. Goal was to yield 11 gallons of wort to avoid tilting of the pot. Use more about 1 gallon for the trub when calculating BIAB water amount.
A lot of liquid was stuck in the hop basket.
The WL029 yeast got a decent amount of trub in the fermenter due to the tilting of the pot. Fingers crossed it clarifies
Will aim to dry hop when it hits 1.020 for the gravity with 2 ounces of Hallertau Blanc
Based on a pH strip, the pH was on point
Whirlpooled from the 15 minute mark until it hit 120 degrees during the cool down.

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Cost for

Gallons

Cost by

Final Yield

	Cost $	Cost %
Fermentables	$
Steeping Grains (Extract Only)	$
Hops	$
Yeast	$
Other	$
Cost Per Barrel	$ 0.00
Cost Per Pint	$ 0.00
Total Cost	$ 0.00

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Amount	Variety	IBU	Bill %
2 oz	Nelson Sauvin (Pellet)	31.49	66.7%
1 oz	Hallertau Blanc (Pellet)	2.77	33.3%
3 oz / $ 0.00