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Original Gravity (OG): 1.051
Final Gravity (FG): 1.012
Alcohol Content: 5.12%
Bottle Cap Marking K
Type of Beer: Kölsch
Volume to Ferment (Gal): 5 gallons
Volume (H20) of Boil 2.5 gallons
Total Boil Time (Min): 60 minutes
Yeast Type: WYEAST 2565 Kölsch
Yeast Amount: 1 package
Wort Temp (°F) at Yeast Pitch: 73 degrees F
Date of Tx to Secondary: 5/13/2012
Date of Bottling: 5/26/2012
Priming Medium Used: LME (Pilsner Light)
Priming Amount Used: 1.33 cup boiled in 2 cups water
FROM BREW-DAY:
-Started with recipe found at: http://hopville.com/recipe/943825/klsch-recipes/klsch and adjusted from there slightly.
-Added half of LME and DME at beginning of boil and last half at 15 minutes remaining of boil
-Steeped specialty grains to 152 degrees and then steeped at 150-153 degrees for 30 minutes then heated and removed once water temp reached 170 degrees before boil.
-Pitched yeast at 11:00 PM to 73 deg F solution.
-Shook the carboy well before and adding yeast and lightly swirled around after adding yeast
-Fermentation already VERY active 8 hours later when checking in the morning at approx 7:30 AM
AGING:
-After almost 24 hours of initial fermentation at room temperature, noticed the actual fermentation temp inside was several degrees warmer than ambient temperature (room was 72ish, beer was 76ish). Moved carboy to the crawl space and after a night down there the temperature of the beer is down to approx 64-65ish. Will age down there.
-Fermentation slowed down after initial 24-36 hours…smells great!
-Aging temp quickly got down to 60-62ish and so far I've had it there almost 3 weeks. Plan to rack to secondary at approx 3 weeks.
-Gravity reading at transfer to secondary was 1.0125 to 1.013
POST-BREW/TASTINGS OBSERVATIONS:
-Tasting post-boil tasted pretty good/promising. We'll see.
-Tasting at transfer to secondary (from hydrometer) was really good. Nice bittering and taste, but not too bitter. A little sprtizy already from 3 weeks in the primary.
-Tasting at bottling fantastic…almost don't need to carb and bottle (well, not really, but it was damn good)
FINAL REVIEW:
-Excellent beer. Due to using extract, the beer color is definitely an amber look compared to the nice straw-yellow of a Kolsch, but the taste is excellent. The esters and fruity overtones definitely made their way into this one (likely due to the warmer fermentation for a Kolsch yeast) but they are not over done. Could be a touch over-carbonated, but that's easy enough to deal with.
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