North German Pils (kind of) 25/06/11

[leedsbrew]

Just got the mash on for this one this morning, about to run off. It's more of a yeast growing exercise and to have something cold and drinkable for late summer bbq. going to use the re-pitch for a nice bock!

ermentables
Ingredient Amount % MCU When
UK Lager Malt 4.526 kg 97.7 % 3.3 In Mash/Steeped
German Melanoidin Malt 0.107 kg 2.3 % 1.0 In Mash/Steeped


Hops
Variety Alpha Amount IBU Form When
German Hallertauer Hersbrucker 6.0 % 50 g 31.7 Loose Whole Hops First Wort Hopped
German Hallertauer Hersbrucker 6.0 % 30 g 9.4 Loose Whole Hops 15 Min From End
German Hallertauer Hersbrucker 6.0 % 20 g 0.0 Loose Whole Hops At turn off


Other Ingredients
Ingredient Amount When
Yeast Nutrient 5 g In Boil
Protafloc 4 g In Boil
Isinglass 100 g In Fermenter


Yeast
White Labs WLP833-German Bock Lager

ash Schedule
Mash Type: Full Mash
Schedule Name: Two step infusion (62-68)

Step Type Temperature Duration
Rest at 62 degC 30
Raise by infusion to 68 degC 1
Rest at 68 degC 45

[Manx Guy]

Hi,

Looks good!

I see in your sig you are planning a keller bier... I fancy giving one of these a go later in the year - what lines are you thinking along?

Cheers!

Guy

[leedsbrew]

Hi guy

I was planning on doing one with some wlp920 old bavarian lager yeast but the starter didn't take off as I had left the yeast too long. The recipe I formulated was


Fermentables
Ingredient Amount % MCU When
German Pilsner Malt 5.281 kg 91.3 % 2.4 In Mash/Steeped
German CaraMunich III 0.503 kg 8.7 % 10.0 In Mash/Steeped


Hops
Variety Alpha Amount IBU Form When
German Tettnang 4.5 % 55 g 23.9 Loose Whole Hops All Of Boil
German Tettnang 4.5 % 45 g 0.0 Loose Whole Hops At turn off


I'm going to use some of the wlp833 slurry from the pils to do this one I think.

I like the idea of this style as it is a lager with a quick turnaround. I'd be tempted to give it a go with the Kolsch yeasts as well as they are also very clean and won't take up room in the lager fermenting fridge.

LB

[Manx Guy]

The keller bier recipe looks good...
I might try this with my kolsch yeast then once I've transfered to a PB let it carbonate for a week then stick into the fridge for serving!
I love Tet! I could also use soem Bavarian yeast I have
So I might tweak your recipe a little and give it a go, I can then repitch that into a munich dunkel I also plan on doing...

So many beers, so little time... lol

Guy

[leedsbrew]

Well this is fermenting away in the fridge at 10oC. I had a slight issue with the hop filter and subsequently ended up with more trub than I would have liked in the FV. Oh well, I'll just have to wash the yeast before re-using!

Fingers crossed it will be a good one!