3-gal Schwarzbier-esque recipe?

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LtDan61350

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For the longest time, my dad has described his favorite beer as "almost like drinking a piece of bread." He never could come up with the name though. He prefers darker, malty beers, so I brewed him a porter for Fathers Day. He likes it, but I want to nail down his favorite.

Earlier this week, I was drinking a Dortmunder from Berghoff and it jogged his memory. Dortmunder Union Dark, he said it looked and tasted like pumpernickel bread. After some research, I have found that Dortmunder Union Dark was a Schwarzbier.

Does anyone have a 3-gallon Schwarzbier recipe that I can use ale yeast with? I know that a Schwarzbier is usually made with lager yeast, but I don't have a fermentation chamber.
 
This is based off Kia's

Code:
Fermentables Efficiency: 75.0 % Batch size: 3.0 gal

Fermentable	Amount	Use	PPG	Color
Pilsner (DE)	4.0 lb	73 %	Mash	38	1  °L
Munich Dark (DE)	1.0 lb	18 %	Mash	38	10  °L
Carafa Special II	4.0 oz	4 %		30	430  °L
CaraMunich III (DE)	3.0 oz	3 %	Mash	34	57  °L
Hops Boil time: 60 min

Hop	Amount	Time	Use	Form	AA
Magnum (DE)	0.2   oz	60  min	Boil	Pellet	14.7%
Tettnanger (DE)	0.4   oz	15  min	Boil	Pellet	4.5%
Yeasts

Name	Lab/Product	Average Attenuation
Bavarian Lager	Wyeast 2206	75.0%
Predicted Stats

1.051 OG  1.013 FG 22 IBU 5.0% ABV 20 SRM 0.45 IBU/OG

https://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/kais-schwarz
http://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php?title=Schwarzbier
 
Got home earlier tonight than expected.

For 5 gallons:

14lbs light Munich
8oz Crystal 20L
4oz Carafa II
4oz Carafa III
2oz Chocolate malt
2oz wheat malt

Decoction mash with rests at 122F and 151F

2oz Hallertauer for 60 minutes
1oz Spalter at 5 minutes

White Labs 833 German Bock Lager
 
Wlp036 is a good yeast to use in place of a lager strain. Just keep the initial fermentation temp lower. Between 65 and 68. It is a nice malt forward ale yeast.
 

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