Millbrook Springs - Saturday, April 21, 2018
Millbrook Springs
Ingredients
22 lbs. UCM
8 ozs. Munich I
8 ozs. Vienna
46 g Saaz - 4% AA @ 60 min.
39 g Hallertauer 3.8% AA @ 60 min ( Use them up, never waste hops )
WLP833 German Bock
Water Profile - Blonde Ale/Lager from Electric Brewery
CA - 50
S04 - 70
CI - 70
4.2 ml Lactic Acid
PH - 5.3 ( estimated from bru'n water )
O.G. - 1.050 - 88%
F.G. - 1.013
% - 4.9
SRM - 4.3
BU - 19
I have decided not to waste a ton of hops making a Bohemian Pilsner without Pils malt. I am making this because I have the starter ready to go. I am going back to making Kolsch beer like I used to make just a short time ago. They were really good, but using 2 row now will be fine, may have to use more hops and more specialty grain. This is a pilot brew to see where I am with the Saaz hops.
Problem free brew day. Been awhile since that has happened. Pitch the yeast tomorrow morning and prepare for my Kolsch in a few days. I do think that with no hops going in after 60 minutes was a mistake. I do need to get some in there at least at the 30 min mark. My next recipes have it added. I may even add a flameout hop just to get something out of it.
NOTES
Pitched the 833 @ 8 am Sunday. 52 F. I need a new ss aeration stone or a new regulator. Not much coming out of either stone. Plugged? How can I tell?
Day 1 - As of Monday morning, no activity, 24 hrs. later.
Day 2 - Lid problems. Peeked in the conical and had a good layer of krausen.
Adjusted the lid, but may not work. Won't do it again. Checked again,
and no air lock activity. D-rest in 7 days anyway. Fixed it. Sometimes
it is good and sometimes, not so much. It is quite active for a lager.
Krausen was almost to the top of the conical.
Day 3 - Same.
Day 4 - Same. going good, lager yeast smell which is normal. Hold on for the
d-rest as long as it takes and shut off fridge and turn on wall heater.
The window is small, so try not to miss it. 52 F. Set @ 11 C.
Day 5 - Still going good.
Day 6 - Same.
Day 11 - D rest done and ramped down to 8 C. Kegging early as I don't
think waiting any longer will do a lot for this bland lager. Now,
if it was a Bohemian Lager, no, I would wait at least 3 weeks
before kegging. Really need to make more beer.
DAY 12 - Kegged it. Need more beer and just can't wait. This is a grainy
tasting beer. Did 8 ozs. Vienna do this? Munich never does.
Not sure, but future Kolsch beers will just have 2 row and lots of
Saaz hops. I do think that it being such a young beer, ( kegged a
lager after 12 days? ) that it just has to kind of meld together with
age.
TASTE AFTER GELATIN
Added gelatin on May 5. It wasn't real hazy at kegging time, but the temp
was only 48 F. Not clearing very fast. Still has that grainy Vienna malt taste which I hate. Never use it again. This beer will not clear out and I hate the taste. It has a nasty, grainy taste which I hate. God, glad when this is gone. I do think the reason is I am using too much of my brewing salts. I adjusted the recipes and will go ahead and see what happens on next brew day. Way lower salts than I used before. It may even taste good.
Ingredients
22 lbs. UCM
8 ozs. Munich I
8 ozs. Vienna
46 g Saaz - 4% AA @ 60 min.
39 g Hallertauer 3.8% AA @ 60 min ( Use them up, never waste hops )
WLP833 German Bock
Water Profile - Blonde Ale/Lager from Electric Brewery
CA - 50
S04 - 70
CI - 70
4.2 ml Lactic Acid
PH - 5.3 ( estimated from bru'n water )
O.G. - 1.050 - 88%
F.G. - 1.013
% - 4.9
SRM - 4.3
BU - 19
I have decided not to waste a ton of hops making a Bohemian Pilsner without Pils malt. I am making this because I have the starter ready to go. I am going back to making Kolsch beer like I used to make just a short time ago. They were really good, but using 2 row now will be fine, may have to use more hops and more specialty grain. This is a pilot brew to see where I am with the Saaz hops.
Problem free brew day. Been awhile since that has happened. Pitch the yeast tomorrow morning and prepare for my Kolsch in a few days. I do think that with no hops going in after 60 minutes was a mistake. I do need to get some in there at least at the 30 min mark. My next recipes have it added. I may even add a flameout hop just to get something out of it.
NOTES
Pitched the 833 @ 8 am Sunday. 52 F. I need a new ss aeration stone or a new regulator. Not much coming out of either stone. Plugged? How can I tell?
Day 1 - As of Monday morning, no activity, 24 hrs. later.
Day 2 - Lid problems. Peeked in the conical and had a good layer of krausen.
Adjusted the lid, but may not work. Won't do it again. Checked again,
and no air lock activity. D-rest in 7 days anyway. Fixed it. Sometimes
it is good and sometimes, not so much. It is quite active for a lager.
Krausen was almost to the top of the conical.
Day 3 - Same.
Day 4 - Same. going good, lager yeast smell which is normal. Hold on for the
d-rest as long as it takes and shut off fridge and turn on wall heater.
The window is small, so try not to miss it. 52 F. Set @ 11 C.
Day 5 - Still going good.
Day 6 - Same.
Day 11 - D rest done and ramped down to 8 C. Kegging early as I don't
think waiting any longer will do a lot for this bland lager. Now,
if it was a Bohemian Lager, no, I would wait at least 3 weeks
before kegging. Really need to make more beer.
DAY 12 - Kegged it. Need more beer and just can't wait. This is a grainy
tasting beer. Did 8 ozs. Vienna do this? Munich never does.
Not sure, but future Kolsch beers will just have 2 row and lots of
Saaz hops. I do think that it being such a young beer, ( kegged a
lager after 12 days? ) that it just has to kind of meld together with
age.
TASTE AFTER GELATIN
Added gelatin on May 5. It wasn't real hazy at kegging time, but the temp
was only 48 F. Not clearing very fast. Still has that grainy Vienna malt taste which I hate. Never use it again. This beer will not clear out and I hate the taste. It has a nasty, grainy taste which I hate. God, glad when this is gone. I do think the reason is I am using too much of my brewing salts. I adjusted the recipes and will go ahead and see what happens on next brew day. Way lower salts than I used before. It may even taste good.
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