Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: Wyeast 2565 Kölsch
Yeast Starter: Sure.
Batch Size (Gallons): 5
Original Gravity: 1.050
Final Gravity: 1.011
IBU: 26
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 4.2 SRM
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 21 @ 60˚

6D. American Wheat or Rye Beer

2.5kg 2-row Pale Malt
2.5kg American Wheat Malt

1oz Sterling 5.5%AA 60m 24.2 IBU
0.5oz Sterling 5.5%AA 10m 2.1 IBU
0.5oz Sterling 5.5%AA 0m 0.0 IBU

Single Temperature Infusion mash
60m @ 152˚

Wyeast 2565 Kölsch

Made this for a friend, kept 12 of them. A nice floral-citrus hop note, bread and crackers, dry and light. Refreshing. A really nice light sweet Kölsch fruit note adds a lot to it. This recipe owes a lot to Jamil; it was also our test-run for Sterling hops. They passed.

This isn't a terrifically original or interesting recipe, but it works out really well into a nice, balanced beer. I like them a little more adventurous, but this might be our most successful recipe to date. It's worth posting because the Sterling-Kölsch-Wheat marriage is just so wonderful.