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Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 8.35 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.73 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.25 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.047 SG
Estimated Color: 3.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 26.1 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 68.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 71.2 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type %/IBU
8 lbs Pilsen Malt 2-Row (Briess) (1.0 SRM) 80.0 %
12.0 oz Vienna Malt (Briess) (3.5 SRM) 7.5 %
12.0 oz Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM) 7.5 %
8.0 oz Crystal 15, 2-Row, (Great Western) 5.0 %
1.00 oz Hallertauer [3.80 %] - Boil 60.0 min 15.5 IBUs
1.00 oz Tettnang [3.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min 7.1 IBUs
0.50 oz Tettnang [3.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 3.6 IBUs
1.0 pkg Kolsch Yeast (Wyeast Labs #2565)

Mashed at 148F for 90 minutes.

pH was a pretty high (5.8) - could probably benefit from an acid rest.

Fermented at 17C. Day 5, raised to 18C. Day 6, raised to 19C. Day 7, raised to 20C. Day 9, dropped to 16C for a week.

Kegged on Oct 15, lagered at 4C for 5 weeks before bottling.

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I enjoyed this one as well. Clean, with a little sweetness that I always get with a Kolsch. Thanks for sharing.

I found something was missing. And then I remembered that I forgot the dry hop.

The malt profile was good, but I got quite a bit of banana off of mine.

Interesting. I detected a small amount. The first time I made this, it smelled like a bag of marshmallow bananas. The kolsch yeasts throw a lot of banana, but I've certainly got fermentation problems I'm trying to resolve.

Dry hopping it would probably have been inappropriate to style anyway. I thought it had plenty of hop character already, kind of a pungent. I didn't notice any banana in mine. I liked the malt
profile too, graham cracker like.


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I don'rt have a comparison as I have not had Kolsh before. From what I have read this is to style. It is not going to be an "in your face" style.

Nice beer.

S

Had this last night. Enjoyed it a lot. Did not notice a banana flavour.

I get a hint of banana but nothing egregious. Overall a nice easy to drink beer. Cheers!

Nice clean easy drinker. No banana here.
Cheers

That doesn't look like the beer I drank.

No, it seems quite dark.

It was a grolsch bottle marked with a 9 lol
It was a lighter beer. Maybe just the pic that's dark

Great beer. Could drink a few of these.

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What Keith said. could definitely have a few more. Going to get caught up on the rest the beers now

Thanks for the feedback, everyone.

Great Kolsch, getting a nice subtle sweetness from the malts along with a hint of fruity esters from the yeast.