Brewday 24th March - Rauchbier

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mysterio

Brewday 24th March - Rauchbier

Post by mysterio » Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:42 am

Looking forward to this one! Got the water heating up at the mo.

Hops will be a mixture of Northern Brewer and Hallertau, yeast will be a slurry of White Labs Czech Budejovice fermented at 9c.

Recipe is tweaked from Brewing Classic Styles, only i'm switching the hops a bit and swapping carafa in for black malt.

Rauchbier

Type: All Grain
Date: 24/03/2010
Batch Size: 12.00 gal

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.60 kg Pilsner (2 Row) UK (2.0 EBC) Grain 46.05 %
4.20 kg Beechwood smoked Rauchmalt (10.0 EBC) Grain 34.54 %
1.60 kg Munich Malt - 10L (19.7 EBC) Grain 13.16 %
0.46 kg Caramunich Malt (110.3 EBC) Grain 3.78 %
0.20 kg Melanoiden Malt (39.4 EBC) Grain 1.64 %
0.10 kg Carafa II (811.6 EBC) Grain 0.82 %

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.056 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.015 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.44 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.65 %
Bitterness: 0.0 IBU Calories: 43 cal/pint
Est Color: 23.7 EBC Color: Color

My Mash Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Step Add 34.05 L of water at 74.2 C 68.0 C

Roger

Re: Brewday 24th March - Rauchbier

Post by Roger » Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:07 am

Looking forward to hearing how you get on with this. I'm also tempted to try something similar but although I enjoyed a bottle of a commercial rauchbier I'm not sure if I want gallons of the stuff. Which is one of the reasons why I intend brewing a smoked weizen. My thinking being it will be a bit less intense.

Roger.

mysterio

Re: Brewday 24th March - Rauchbier

Post by mysterio » Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:11 am

Was it Schlenkerla with the gothic typeface?

I love that stuff. After three bottles your urine starts to smell of smoke. Bonus!

Mine won't be as smoky I expect.

Brotherton Lad

Re: Brewday 24th March - Rauchbier

Post by Brotherton Lad » Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:17 am

mysterio wrote: After three bottles your urine starts to smell of smoke. Bonus!
Perhaps you should experiment by eating a jar of beetroot at the same time and take a sample to the doctor's. :D

Roger

Re: Brewday 24th March - Rauchbier

Post by Roger » Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:23 am

Yes it was Schlenkerla. I got mine from http://www.drinkswell.co.uk/product/374 ... d_%29.html
in Ripon market place. A good place to pay a visit if anyones in the area.

Might try the rauchbier & beetroot trick when I have my work medical :D

Brotherton Lad

Re: Brewday 24th March - Rauchbier

Post by Brotherton Lad » Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:26 am

I sense a trip up to Ripon coming on. How is Bedale these days? I still own a house in Little Crakehall, 20 years since I lived in it though.

Roger

Re: Brewday 24th March - Rauchbier

Post by Roger » Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:41 am

Brotherton Lad wrote:I sense a trip up to Ripon coming on. How is Bedale these days? I still own a house in Little Crakehall, 20 years since I lived in it though.
:shock: Well I never!!

Bedale's probably just the same as when you were here last, I haven't been in the Bay Horse, Crakehall for ages. My favourite spot is the Buck Inn, Thornton Watlass.

A trip to Drinkswell in Ripon is recommended :D

Roger.

mysterio

Re: Brewday 24th March - Rauchbier

Post by mysterio » Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:56 pm

The mash smells and tastes excellent!

DarloDave

Re: Brewday 24th March - Rauchbier

Post by DarloDave » Wed Mar 24, 2010 3:29 pm

Sounds good Mysty, got this one finished by now?

mysterio

Re: Brewday 24th March - Rauchbier

Post by mysterio » Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:28 pm

Just having an IPA while the wort chills down to lager temps.

Did a batch sparge on this one, I think i'm a convert. With a pump I had the whole sparge done in about 5 minutes.

mysterio

Re: Brewday 24th March - Rauchbier

Post by mysterio » Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:41 pm

A collection of random brewday clips

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcpbew_brewday_tech

Roger

Re: Brewday 24th March - Rauchbier

Post by Roger » Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:54 am

Nice litle vid Mysterio, this one's defo on the list of to do brews.

Roger.

TheMumbler

Re: Brewday 24th March - Rauchbier

Post by TheMumbler » Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:35 pm

Looks good, can I ask why only 40ish% rauchmalz? I've been thinking about doing a Schlenkerla clone and that is almost all Rauchmalz from what I can gather.

mysterio

Re: Brewday 24th March - Rauchbier

Post by mysterio » Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:41 pm

I'm not very experienced with the style of beer... probably best to start on the conservative side I suppose. I can always do another one.

Plus the stuff is pretty expensive.

196osh

Re: Brewday 24th March - Rauchbier

Post by 196osh » Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:07 pm

Looking forward to trying this stuff. :D

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