Dry Kolsch yeast

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Re: Dry Kolsch yeast

Post by HairyJamie » Sun Aug 20, 2017 10:11 pm

I quite like to up the bitterness levels to almost pilsener in my Kolsch, 35 IBUs ish.

If you've managed a nice clean and crisp brew it can take it.

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Re: Dry Kolsch yeast

Post by Hanglow » Mon Aug 21, 2017 3:14 pm

bottled today eight days after brewing, including a day to chill to about 4c to try and drop some yeast out. Tastes rather good, nice dry finish to it although I did put a fair bit of gypsum into the liquor. bit green obviously. It's not a koslch though, I just used that yeast

mine went from 1.047 to 1.012, so 74% attenuation.

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Re: Dry Kolsch yeast

Post by Rhodesy » Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:15 am

I brewed up a Kolsch using this on Friday (15th) using 2 packs of this yeast at 15c under pressure. It took off within hours and was fermenting like crazy when I checked again 18 hours in. I had a look this morning and the Krausen has all but dropped out. Will take a reading tonight, it is slowly cranking up to 20c to clean up just now. Quite impressed so far.

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Re: Dry Kolsch yeast

Post by sbond10 » Fri Oct 06, 2017 9:43 am

So is the consensus to use one or two packets of yeast for kolsch at 15 c

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Re: Dry Kolsch yeast

Post by alexlark » Sun Oct 08, 2017 1:03 pm

I think the price factor plus fermenting on the cool side makes using 2 packs a no brainer.

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Re: Dry Kolsch yeast

Post by Hanglow » Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:11 pm

Yeah

fwiw last night I tried another bitter I made 13 days ago with this yeast (2 packs sprinkled, fermented at 20c), bottled 6 days ago - it had allready dropped bright. Still rather green though as you can imagine.

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Re: Dry Kolsch yeast

Post by sbond10 » Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:17 pm

So what s your ferment timings and temps been

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Re: Dry Kolsch yeast

Post by alexlark » Mon Oct 09, 2017 8:29 pm

5 days @ 15c then up to 20c until day 14. Crash and keg.

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Re: Dry Kolsch yeast

Post by sbond10 » Mon Oct 09, 2017 10:02 pm

How long do you crash for alex

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Re: Dry Kolsch yeast

Post by alexlark » Sat Oct 14, 2017 2:07 pm

Only 2-3 days. I find that plenty to help it clear. As it's near freezing when kegged I add gelatine at that time too.

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Re: Dry Kolsch yeast

Post by sbond10 » Sat Oct 21, 2017 2:58 pm

So pitched this late Thursday and by Friday morning it was going like a train. Planning on leaving until Tuesday and bumping up to 20c does it matyer if at this point it's already hit fg?

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Re: Dry Kolsch yeast

Post by Hanglow » Sat Oct 21, 2017 5:34 pm

I pitched some into a turbo cider today, was off within a couple of hours - was at 1.5g per litre though, so a bit higher pitch rate than normal . I'll add some raspberry syrup to it to bump it up to closer to 8% or so in a day I reckon

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Re: Dry Kolsch yeast

Post by Clibit » Sat Oct 21, 2017 7:26 pm

I've just started drinking the first brew I've made with CML kolsch. My view is that this is a pretty good yeast, on first inspection. It's not giving me any off putting flavours, it has produced a crystal clear beer with no finings of any sort. It attenuated 86%, so beware. The beer has good mouthfeel and good carbonation.

I'm less chipper about the CML US Pale yeast, I haven't enjoyed my experiences with it so far. I seem to be a lone voice, so perhaps it's down to me and the brews I put it in, but I reckon it needs some big flavours to cover up the flavour I am not liking. Maybe.

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Re: Dry Kolsch yeast

Post by Hanglow » Sun Oct 22, 2017 9:30 am

86% seems really high to me, I'm in the mid 70s with it so far

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Dry Kolsch yeast

Post by Jambo » Sun Oct 22, 2017 9:33 am

I bought some of these CML yeasts to try having been dedicated to White labs for the last 4 yrs or so. Getting a bit cheesed off with the cost/hassle of harvesting.

Going to brew a copy of dead pony club today, had planned to use the US Pale but some negative comments above... I also have a sachet of Kolsch if anyone recommends it in a hoppy IPA ish beer?

Edit: I must be losing it... I don't have the ingredients here for Dead Pony. It's Summer Lightning I'm doing, my yeast order was wrong as well...! Kolsch or US Pale for Summer Lightning!? Baha.

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