goofiefoot
Well-Known Member
First off: Howdy! New brewer from Austin, TX here. This forum is awesome and has already been an immense help.
So, we're going to be bottling our first batch this weekend, and plan to brew our second while we're bottling. First brew is a AHB California Pale Ale mini-mash kit - and so far, so good. We hit our target 1.012 FG in 10 days and transferred over to secondary to clear it up. Tasted the sample, and were completely blown away by how good it was even in that stage. But I digress...
Second brew - we're looking at trying to replicate a hopped Kölsch my buddy tried at Double Mountain on a trip this fall. I've seen all sort of different Kölsch recipes on this site, and none of them seem consistent.
Can I successfully ferment Kölsch in my 64-68° house? Can I get away with not crash cooling?
Since the grain mixture is so simple for this beer, would a mini-mash be worthwhile, or should we just go all extract?
Any good "beginner" Kölsch recipes that can be hopped up? Any hopping advice for something like this?
We're going to try to get our ingredients this Friday, so any advice would be great!
So, we're going to be bottling our first batch this weekend, and plan to brew our second while we're bottling. First brew is a AHB California Pale Ale mini-mash kit - and so far, so good. We hit our target 1.012 FG in 10 days and transferred over to secondary to clear it up. Tasted the sample, and were completely blown away by how good it was even in that stage. But I digress...
Second brew - we're looking at trying to replicate a hopped Kölsch my buddy tried at Double Mountain on a trip this fall. I've seen all sort of different Kölsch recipes on this site, and none of them seem consistent.
Can I successfully ferment Kölsch in my 64-68° house? Can I get away with not crash cooling?
Since the grain mixture is so simple for this beer, would a mini-mash be worthwhile, or should we just go all extract?
Any good "beginner" Kölsch recipes that can be hopped up? Any hopping advice for something like this?
We're going to try to get our ingredients this Friday, so any advice would be great!