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Summer Kolsch 2023a

155 calories 15.5 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Kölsch
Boil Time: 45 min
Batch Size: 6 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.24 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.039 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.047 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Calories: 155 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 15.5 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Saturday April 13th 2019
1.047
1.011
4.7%
30.1
4.5
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
8 lb German - Pilsner8 lb Pilsner 38 1.6 80%
1.50 lb German - Wheat Malt1.5 lb Wheat Malt 37 2 15%
0.50 lb American - Victory0.5 lb Victory 34 28 5%
10 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Hops Direct - Centennial1 oz Centennial Hops Pellet 8 Boil 45 min 25.68 33.3%
1 oz Tettnanger1 oz Tettnanger Hops Pellet 2.5 Boil 15 min 4.34 33.3%
1 oz Yakima Chief Hops - German Hallertau1 oz German Hallertau Hops Pellet 2.2 Aroma 1 min 0.03 33.3%
3 oz / $ 0.00
 
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:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 133 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.4 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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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
8 gal Strike 162 °F 152 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 75 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 3.75 15  
Mash volume with grains 4.55 18.2  
Grain absorption losses -1.25 -5  
Remaining sparge water volume 4.99 20  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume 7.24 29  
Boil off losses -1.13 -4.5  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.11 -0.5  
Post boil Volume 6 24  
Going into fermentor 6 24  
Total: 8.74 35
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Mashed at 150F for ~60 mins. No salts or acid were added. Decided to go old-school for this batch.

Also went with a shorter boil, ~45 mins, to save time. Centennial and Tettenanger hops were a couple years old (at least), so I discounted their AA% by around 20%. Basically this batch is using up old stuff while I get back into the process. Grains were a few years old as well, though still sealed in the bag and barrel.

Chilled to ~72F, oxygenated briefly, and then pitched Safale S-04, the blue packet, which is English Ale yeast. This follows the recipe of a very nice "German Ale" type beer I had at a recent guild mtg.

Fermonster was placed in the basement where ambient temp is around 74F.

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