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Helles Belles

138 calories 14.7 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: Munich Helles
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.35 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.031 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (ending kettle)
Source: Paul
Calories: 138 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 14.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday June 17th 2019
1.042
1.011
4.1%
18.4
3.8
5.3
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
7.50 lb German - Pilsner7.5 lb Pilsner 38 1.6 80%
0.75 lb New Zealand - Munich Malt0.75 lb Munich Malt 36.8 7.87 8%
0.75 lb German - Vienna0.75 lb Vienna 37 4 8%
6 oz American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)6 oz American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt) 33 1.8 4%
9.37 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Tettnanger1 oz Tettnanger Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil 60 min 18.41 100%
1 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.50 each Whirlfloc Water Agt Mash 0 min.
4 g Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
3 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
3.61 ml 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:
65 - 69 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
66 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 327 B cells required
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Priming
Method: co2       CO2 Level: 2.45 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Light colored and malty
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
60 5 10 95 55 0
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
5.45 gal Infusion -- 154 °F 90 min
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Total strike volume 8.77 35.1  
Mash volume with grains 9.52 38.1  
Grain absorption losses -1.17 -4.7  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.04 g | 28.2 qt) 7.35 29.4  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.04 -0.2  
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 5.81 g | 23.3 qt) 5.5 22  
Estimated amount in fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 8.77 35.1
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: WLP029
Yeast Starter: Yes
Batch Size (Gallons): 11
Original Gravity: 1.041
Final Gravity: 1.009
Boiling Time (Minutes): 90
IBU: 16.4
Color: 3.7
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 Days at 66 degrees
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): Racked to kegs and chilled
Munich Helles is a very light German beer that was created in Munich in 1895 at the Spaten brewery by Gabriel Sedlmayr to compete with Pilsner-style beers. It is a malt-accentuated beer that is not overly sweet, but rather focuses on malt flavor with underlying hop bitterness in a supporting role.

This is the kind of beer I expect to taste when I see those pictures of huge mugs at a German beerfest. Very pilsner like in color, but the head retention suits this malty beverage just perfect. I added some Vienna to really bring out the malt profile.

A very simple recipe, this beer is also easy on the hops budget. For a 5.5 gallon batch, just divide everything in half.

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Batch Size: 11.50 gal
Boil Size: 13.16 gal
Estimated OG: 1.041 SG
Estimated Color: 3.7 SRM
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Estimated IBU: 16.4 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.0 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

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Ingredients:
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15.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM)
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)

3.00 oz Tettnang [3.20%] (60 min)

1 Pkgs German Ale/Kolsch (White Labs #WLP029) Yeast-Ale

Irish Moss, 15 minutes

Mash at 154 for 90 minutes.

I've brewed this twice in the last 5 weeks and it's a real favorite. At only 3.8%, you can imagine filling a few large mugs and quaffing this on a cold afternoon.

Here's mine, second from the left...Clearer than the picture shows...

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