Brew Day - Thursday, December 26, 2013
15 Gallons This is a clone of my favourite beer, Beaus Lugtread Kolsch. After a taste on kegging day I would say I am close somewhat. My bitterness isn't high enough but that is easy to fix. I moved the Hersbrucker hops to flame out instead of 15 min. I taste a lot of sulphur after kegging. I realize it is early and it needs to age but I will try another yeast with this recipe that I can turn over quickly because I want to bottle it and don't want to age it a long time before I do that.I forgot to boil it for 90 min. I did boil for 70 min. though, hopefully that was enough. 22 lbs. Weyermann Pilsner malt 1 lb. Toasted Wheat Flakes Perle hops - 37.50 grams - ( 10.20 AA ) - 60 min. Hersbrucker - 28 grams - ( 2.00 AA ) - 15 min. WLP029 Kolsch yeast 50/50 RO/Spring Water 5.2 PH Buffer - 2.5 tbsp. O.G. - 1.050 F.G. - 1.014 % - 4.7 BU - 23 SRM - 3.2 Efficiency - 88% FTBS