Brew #4 – Kolsch in Da Hood!
I’ve been meaning to post my update on my bastardized kolsch recipe for a while now but have been out of commision with the flu lately and haven’t really been inspired to write. Now that I’m feeling better and have some energy, here are the details straight from beertools:
Kolsch in da hood
6-C Kölsch
Size: 5.0 gal
Efficiency: 46.57%
Attenuation: 78.9%
Calories: 345.28 per 22 fl oz
Original Gravity: 1.057 (1.044 – 1.050)
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 (1.007 – 1.011)
Color: 13.4 (3.5 – 5.0)
Alcohol: 5.89% (4.4% – 5.2%)
Bitterness: 22.47 (20.0 – 30.0)
Ingredients:
3.0 lbs American 2-row
0.5 lbs Caramel Malt 120L
6.6 lbs Liquid Light Extract
1 oz
1 ea White Labs WLP029 German Ale/Kölsch
.5 oz
.5 oz
Notes:
Mashed for 1 hour at 148 -152 Added 1/2 gallon of heated water at 1/2 hour mark to get temp back up after hitting 148< New temp start 164 with 20 minutes left in mash
Mash volume 1.5 gallons for 3.5 lbs of grain
Rinse with additional 1.5 gallons for 10 minutes at 170
Started boil at 1:20pm
Added 1 oz Mt Hood at 60
Irish Moss 15
1/2 oz Mt Hood at 10
1/2 oz at end
Cooled wort to in ice bath @ 2:20 afer over 40 minutes, was down to 100; poured top off water into fermenter & added wort, temp dropped to 80. Will pitch at 75
Pitched yeast @ 77; attached blowoff tube @ 3:30
Waiting for fermentation to start
Refracto reading was 14 which converts to 1.054 pre fermentation
Took refracto reading on 01/30/08 (10 days into fermentation) and converted to 1.017/Took Hydro reading as well which read 1.012 without adjusting for temp
02/04/08 – Dumped the yeast/trub
02/05/08 – Took refracto once more - 8 brix; steady at 1.012 and ready to bottle
Results generated by BeerTools Pro 1.0.29
Sounds like a delicious little mini-mash. How is the color on this brew? Is it bright yellow, or more like the color of the background on this page (look right or left)?
I made an Altbeir earlier this year with the European Ale Yeast (similar to the yeast you used for this brew) and I used half a pound of caramunich (40L). Holy crap did that ever make that beer darker than I intended. I’m finding that a little goes a long way lately.
Great site, you hoser! Keep it up, eh.
HEY Clarke! Thanks for the kind words! Yeah dude this Kolsch came out way darker than it should have for that style but hell, there’s no fun in sticking to the rules! The color: 13.4 (3.5 – 5.0 expected)