brewing for my birthday party

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rui
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brewing for my birthday party

Post by rui » Thu Feb 09, 2017 3:42 pm

Hello brewmates from a sunny and cold Portugal
This weekend i have some spare time, and i will brew a beer for my bithday in may. I know, seems to be a bit early, but i want to do something that the shitty lager drinkers enjoy....or not (i dont mind, more for me to drink 8) ), but i have a doubt: which yeast should i use:

- As lager yeasts, i have two options, S-23 or brewferm Lager - My problem here, is that i dont have a brewfridge, but i can keep the temperatures in a break between 9ºC and 14ºC. Lagering after this is not a problem.

- i also have two other options, S-05, that can ferment around 17ºC and gives a nice and clean profile or Workhorse from MJ, that can ferment around 15º/16C and from my experience, gives some sulfur character to the beers, like a lager yeast. Just doesnt floculate so well like the others, and has a poor atenuation power, 75%.

The recipe wasnt me building it, its a kit that a friend of mine offered me, two days ago, as a delayed christmas gift. I will see him again, only in May in birthday party, so i was thinking to brew this for that day.

which yeast would you choose?? Help me here, please!!

The recipe:

birthday batch


Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 20.0
Total Grain (kg): 5.600
Total Hops (g): 120.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.058 (°P): 14.3
Final Gravity (FG): 1.015 (°P): 3.8
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.70 %
Colour (SRM): 5.5 (EBC): 10.9
Bitterness (IBU): 35.0 (Average - No Chill Adjusted)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 67
Boil Time (Minutes): 90

Grain Bill
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4.500 kg Pilsner (80.36%)
0.820 kg Munich I (14.64%)
0.280 kg Crystal 10 (5%)

Hop Bill
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76.0 g Saaz Pellet (2.4% Alpha) @ 80 Minutes (Boil) (3.8 g/L)
22.0 g Saaz Pellet (2.4% Alpha) @ 25 Minutes (Boil) (1.1 g/L)
22.0 g Saaz Pellet (2.4% Alpha) @ 8 Minutes (Boil) (1.1 g/L)

Misc Bill
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4.0 g Irish Moss @ 15 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 65°C for 90 Minutes.

cheers
Planning: Raspberry Witbier, , Bitter, Porter
FV1: BIAB#54 CHRISTMAS Porter
FV2:
FV3:
keg1: BIAB#49 Kölsh
keg2: Robust Porter
Keg3: Saison
Keg4: Best Bitter
bottled and conditioning: Extra-stout, Blonde ale, APA and Smoked Porter

McMullan

Re: brewing for my birthday party

Post by McMullan » Thu Feb 09, 2017 7:21 pm

Drop the crystal and use WLP029 (Kolsh). Perfect choice, if you can maintain the fermentation @ 16/17ºC. The lager drinkers will love it. Many won't even know it is an ale. You might even wean some of them onto proper ale 8)

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