We have a local competition where if your beer wins then you get to brew it at a large local brewery. Pretty cool. The style is Kellerbier which I have never brewed. In a recent magazine article, Firestone Walker gave out their recipe for Pivo Pils which is one of my favorite pils so I thought I would use that as my basis for a Kellerbier and target more of a German Pils than Bohemian Pilsner which I guess Pivo Pils is supposed to be (just based on the name).
Recipe Info
Recipe: kellerbier 3v 1
Style: Pale Kellerbier 7C BJCP 2015
Date: 02-26-2017
|
Recipe |
Guideline Min |
Guideline Max |
|
|
OG |
1.049 |
1.045 |
1.051 |
|
FG |
1.010 |
1.008 |
1.012 |
|
Color |
3.4 |
3.0 |
7.0 |
|
ABV |
5.1 |
4.7 |
5.4 |
|
IBU |
39.0 |
20.0 |
35.0 |
Brewery Info
Efficiency: 73 %
Attenuation: 80 %
Mash Info
Weight: 12.0 Lbs
Thickness: 1.25 Qt per Lb
Deadspace: 2.0 G
Strikewater: 5.75 G
Volume: 6.71 G
Temp: 145.0 F
Boil Info
Kettle Gravity: 1.039
Predicted Mash Run-off: 4.67 G
Target Starting Boil Volume: 8.25 G
Boil Duration: 60 min
Evaporation Rate: 1.63 G per Hour
Final Boil Volume: 6.63 G
Fermentables
|
Weight |
% by Weight |
Name |
Yield |
SRM |
|
12.000 Lb |
100.0 % |
Pilsner (Weyermann) |
80.0 |
1.8 |
Hops
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Weight |
Name |
AAU |
Time |
Use |
IBUs |
|
0.75 Oz |
Magnum |
12.0 |
60 mins |
Boil |
28.0 |
|
0.5 Oz |
Spalter Select |
4.8 |
30 mins |
Boil |
6.0 |
|
1.0 Oz |
Saphir |
5.2 |
20 mins |
Aroma |
5.0 |
|
1.0 Oz |
Saphir |
5.2 |
7.0 days |
Dry Hop |
0.0 |
Yeast
|
Amount |
Name |
|
1.000 unit |
German Lager White Labs WLP830 |
Misc
|
Amount |
Name |
Time |
Use |
|
1.000 tablet |
Whirlfloc Tablet |
15 mins |
Boil |
|
0.500 tsp |
Yeast Nutrient (Wyeast) |
10 mins |
Boil |
Water
Predicted Mash Ph: 5.49
|
Ca |
Mg |
Na |
Cl |
So |
Bicarbonate |
|
|
Water |
7 |
3 |
21 |
30 |
24 |
30 |
|
Mash |
107 |
3 |
21 |
207 |
24 |
30 |
|
Sparge |
7 |
3 |
21 |
30 |
24 |
30 |
|
Final |
97 |
4 |
30 |
196 |
34 |
42 |
|
Target |
75 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Mash Water
Total Water Treated: 5.750 G
Percent RO / Distlled: 0 %
Water Used: 5.750 G
Mash Water Adjustments
Calcium Chloride: 8.0 g
Lactic Acid: 2.0 ml @ 88.000 %
Sparge Water
Leftover Mash Water Used: Yes
Total Water Treated: 3.578 G
Percent RO / Distlled: 0 %
Water Used: 3.578 G
Sparge Water Adjustments
Notes
145 f 15 mins
155 f 30 mins
168 f 10 mins
Chill to 48f
Hold at 50f for 7
Dry hop day 4
Raise to 60 for 3 days
Then lager
3/7/15 made 0.8L starter of 80g of DME of WLP830
3/9/17 normal brewday. a little high on OG due to high efficiency but not a big deal. wort is pretty bitter but tastes really good.
3/10/17 no bubbling but i can see kreusen forming. need to find leak. @9pm i fixed the leak and slow bubbling started kreusen had started to form.
3/11/17 nice kreusen formed. slow steady bubbling
3/12 – 16/17 ditto
3/17/17 bubbling starting to slow
3/18/17 slow but steady
3/19/17 ~3 sec
3/20/17 ~5 sec
3/21/17 ~4 sec
3/22/17 no bubbling
3/23/17 raised to 55F for D rest
3/24/17 @ 60F
3/26/17 ~ 5sec
3/27/17 ~ 5sec
3/28/17 ~7 sec. dropping clear
3/29/17 dry hopped
3/30/17 roused
4/3/17 racked to keg. FG 1.012. really nice. a faint hint of sulfur. nice malt and hop character. a little bit hazy but fairly clear. very promising.
General Comments: I intended to enter this as Kellerbier but after 2 weeks of lagering it had dropped CRYSTAL CLEAR. Like, budweiser clear. So, I entered it as German Pils instead. The first to competitions it scored in the lower 30s but didn’t place. A really delicious beer. If you want to make a Kellerbier maybe don’t lager or use a less flocculent yeast!