March 22nd, 2008
Kölsch Recipe
Posted by
Mike in
Recipes
Here is one of my upcoming brews that I have planned.
A nice crisp Kölsch in time for the change of seasons into spring.
Kölsch
Batch Size: 5.5 gal
Efficiency: 70.0%
Original Gravity: 1.048
Terminal Gravity: 1.010
Color: 3.8 SRM
Alcohol: 4.98%
Bitterness: 26.23
Ingredients:
9.5 lbs German 2-row Pils
0.5 lbs Munich 10L Malt
0.5 lbs 2-Row Carapils Malt
1.5 oz Tettnanger (4.5%) – added during boil, boiled 60 min
0.25 oz Tettnanger (4.5%) – added during boil, boiled 5 min
2.0 tsp Irish Moss – added during boil, boiled 0.0 min
1.0 vial White Labs WLP029 German Ale/Kölsch
Mash temp- 150F
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on March 28th, 2008 at 7:53 am
[...] already posted my Kolsch recipe, I’ll be sure to get the IPA written up before my next update to this [...]
on June 4th, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Why post a recipe before having brewed it? Much more informative to tell us how it tastes and what you’d change. Or is this virtual brewing because you’re so brilliant on paper but so disappointing in reality? Don’t you actually brew? Then the big promise of a followup IPA that never occurs because you lost interest. By the way, your recipe is crap. Grainbill too complicated. Pilsner malt only, maybe 5% wheat. NO late hops. The brewers of Cologne are laughing at you.
on June 5th, 2011 at 10:27 pm
I believe as homebrewers we can take our inspiration from anywhere. Brewing it right to style isn’t a rule, homebrewing is about creativity and experimentation. So what you find complicated in that grain bill is just an means to an end. I do remember this beer and it was a pleasant crisp drinker. Just what I intended it to be. Half a pound of munich is probably a waste of time I admit, but I did it at the time…it certainly didn’t hurt. Great beers are great in your mouth not on paper trying to compare it to someone else’s standard of a good recipe.
We often post recipes before we brew them. Its part of our thought process. Sometimes things change and we don’t follow up, sorry you don’t have anything else to do but wait for us to follow up.
hmmpf. I think it odd that you cruise a 3 year old post in-order to trash it. Welcome to the site and our content. CynicalSOB is more like CynicalDB… Bring it. Its good entertainment.
on December 2nd, 2011 at 1:27 pm
All I can say to CynicalSOB is this. A TRUE Kölsch has ZERO wheat in it. A true Kölsch will have low or no hop aroma/flavor BUT there are some brewed in Colonge that DO have a mild hop aroma/flavor so it’s not completely unheard of or against the style. Would I brew that exact recipe for my Kölsch? No, but my recipe is pretty damn close.
at 82% efficiency)
9lbs Pale malt (or Pilsner)
.5lb Munich II (8.5 srm)
1oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker (3.9%AA) 60
1oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker (3.9%AA) 30
Whitelabs German Ale/Kölsch yeast WLP029
color 3.7SRM
22.6 IBU
Mash at 152 (no need for cara-pils this way)