Date Nov. 25, 2005
Style Kolsch
This receipe is mostly from BYO mag. May-June 2003
         
page 19 entitled Traditional Cathedral Kolsch.
The mash procedure is to start at roughly 110 and increase by 1degF/min by adding near boiling water to 146. Stop for 30 min and raise to the upper 150 and rest for 15 min. I then started the run off and for the only time ever it failed the starch test. I continued to mash at 155 for 30 more min.
Grains lbs
German Pils Malt 8.70
German Wheat Malt 1.30
Total 10.00
Hops type Oz.
Bittering Tettnager 1.25
Flavoring Tettnager 1
Aroma Tettnager 0.5
Water
Total gals. 8.375
salts 1 tsp Gyp
Mash Init.
Gal temp qt/lb Grain Temp
2.3 110.0 0.90 75
Time Temp
10:47 Start
10:48 110
10:50 110 Start adding near boiling water
11:07 147
11:37 147 Start adding near boiling water
11:55 155
12:15 Start run off sparging with 170 water
Failed starch test-mashed additional 30 min at 155
Start Boil 2:08
Hops Time oz. Type Boil Time
2:38 1.25 Tettnager 60
3:28 1 Tettnager 10
3:37 0.5 Tettnager 1
Stop Boil 3:38
Yeast Wyeast 2565 (kolsch)
O.G. 1.061
Rack to Secondary Date 11-29 S.G. 1.020
F.G. 1.009
Yield