I throw a hand full of rice hulls into every batch for sparging reasons. I'm also brewing this beer for the second time this morning.
hey guys, could I substitute malted wheat from this recipe with flaked wheat?
I use spring water; will this change my hop utilization?I have LCRA water and it works fine for me. If I had really hard water I would go half RO water from the Glacier Dispenser at HEB and half well water. Give that a try.
I've made my Kolsch with rain water before and it came out great, but a different beer all together. The soft water affects the hop utilization, so it was not as herb (bitter) as my normal Kolsch.
Well, After 12 Days in the fermenter at 65F I am at 1.010. I'm starting my cold crash now, the sample taste great. Very Pilsner like, I think this may be the one the wife will drink
Sounds like you nailed it. Congrats!
Thanks Ed, looks like it. Have you bottled this before? I'm undecided on weather I should keg or bottle.
Sounds like a great recipe! I know its been addressed before, but have the bottlers in the group tried fermenting for 10 d then crash cooling to 39 in the primary for 4 d then bottling? Would I have problems with carbonation? Thanks!
With a 4 day crash cool, there should still be plenty of yeast available to bottle still. It will probably take an extra week to carb properly though.
I'm happy to report that my beer from this recipe scored a 33 in the HBT comp, a 36 from one judge and a 30 from the other.
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Congrats!
Waydago! Feels good, doesn't it!
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