kolsch redux, homebrewer workshop
Friday, February 11th, 2011last weekend I threw together a variation of my kolsch and had a new homebrewer, BB, over to help out with his first batch.
- I recommended williams’ kolsch as a first-time brew due to its straightforward recipe and my luck brewing it in the past.
- as for my all-grain version, I changed up my standard recipe to knock out some of my hop stock:
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0.50 lb Rice Hulls (0.0 SRM) Adjunct 2.56 % 14.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 71.79 % 5.00 lb Wheat Malt, Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 25.64 % ~1.00 oz each
HG Chinook, Columbus [?.00 %] (60 min) Hops 25.8 IBU ~1.00 oz each
EKG, Saaz [X.00 %] (15 min) Hops 3.6 IBU 1.00 oz Fuggle[X.00 %] (5 min) Hops 1.4 IBU - my brew setup must have been jinxed, because despite adding a healthy dose of rice hulls my mash got stuck again. I swapped my false bottom (which I think is just too small for my mash tun) for a stainless braid, which I will keep in there for the time being while I ponder a suitable replacement (a jaybird custom false bottom? a reinforced braid setup?).
- I also found some time to keg the eventful batch of hybrid stout while waiting for my wort to cool.
- BB’s brew was smooth sailing as well, albeit with a few hiccups (a last-minute hop substitution and tossing the hops in his better bottle). I got an excited phone message the next night describing the miracle of fermentation and a vigorously bubbling airlock.
- I wish I could say the same for my batch. my starter smelled buttery/malty, and after two days no activity was evident.
- luckily I had a couple of packets of dry yeast (safale US-05 and S-04) that I tossed into each keg, which kicked off fermentation in a matter of hours. I was more than a little bummed about the forced style change though…
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