Munich Helles BierMunchers “Helles Belles” (Munich Helles, AG)

[brewuuhu]

Eyeing this recipe for a quick brew for a party I'm throwing about a month from now. Planning to do it with wyeast Kölsch 2565, that I already have. Other than that I have some Saaz and Hallertau Hersbrucker hops waiting in the freezer to be turned into delicious liquid gold.
Anyone think this Helles won't work with either this yeast or either of these hops?

 

[GrimCityBrewer]

Sorry if this has been covered already, but I'm wondering if I can do 10 gallons of this beer with one vial of the Kolsch yeast? If so, how big of a starter? Do I need to do a step up?

 

[mmlipps]

Sorry if this has been covered already, but I'm wondering if I can do 10 gallons of this beer with one vial of the Kolsch yeast? If so, how big of a starter? Do I need to do a step up?

Brewers friend has a calculator for this.

 

[BigPicture]

11 gallons is the ticket!

I'll split it up with two different buckets & types of yeast as well. A German Lager & a Munich Helles. This will be my second attempt on a Helles. I love 'em. Augustiner was my first.

I have a fermentation chamber all set up and kinda lonely. So I'm thinking of just bumping it down to 44* and letting it rest in the primary for 30 days. Gelatin then carb up & condition in the keg for 7 days at 34*.

I know it's not the BM way of doing things........................ but I'm sophisticated and lazy.

The pictures & the description you guys give are just what I'm looking for.

 

[seabrew8]

Munich Helles is my favorite style of beer. You can also use saflager 34/70 and ale temps - 16-18C for me - to get a great beer!

The only ales i will be making from now on is ambers. Just can't seem to get into pale ales.

 

[seabrew8]

Munich Helles is a very light German beer that was created in Munich in 1895 at the Spaten brewery by Gabriel Sedlmayr to compete with Pilsner-style beers. It is a malt-accentuated beer that is not overly sweet, but rather focuses on malt flavor with underlying hop bitterness in a supporting role.

This is the kind of beer I expect to taste when I see those pictures of huge mugs at a German beerfest. Very pilsner like in color, but the head retention suits this malty beverage just perfect. I added some Vienna to really bring out the malt profile.

A very simple recipe, this beer is also easy on the hops budget. For a 5.5 gallon batch, just divide everything in half.

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Batch Size: 11.50 gal
Boil Size: 13.16 gal
Estimated OG: 1.041 SG
Estimated Color: 3.7 SRM
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Estimated IBU: 16.4 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.0 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

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Ingredients:
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15.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM)
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)

3.00 oz Tettnang [3.20%] (60 min)

1 Pkgs German Ale/Kolsch (White Labs #WLP029) Yeast-Ale

Irish Moss, 15 minutes

Mash at 154 for 90 minutes.

I've brewed this twice in the last 5 weeks and it's a real favorite. At only 3.8%, you can imagine filling a few large mugs and quaffing this on a cold afternoon.

Here's mine, second from the left...Clearer than the picture shows...

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Rock solid recipe. Personally i would add some more grain to get to %5. But thats just me.

 

[ParabolicDestination]

Here's the Munich Helles I recently brewed.
Thanks to your fine recipe BierMuncher!
This beer had the entire neighborhood talking and wanting more.
Cheers for an awesome recipe.
10 gallons gone in around a month after first tapped.
Overshot the OG because I didn't know the BH Efficiency of the recipe but was still a delight to drink.

 

[pbrennan10]

Excellent Recipe. Hoping I can keep my hands off this until New Year's Party because I'm sure it's going to be a big hit.

 

[brewgar]

This is hella beer!

 

[Tarpon87]

Going out of town soon, any issues with this being in primary for 6 weeks?

 

[BierMuncher]

Keep that jug on the cooler side and it should turn out great.

Going out of town soon, any issues with this being in primary for 6 weeks?

 

[pigroaster]

This recipe is ultra.. I bet I have done 30 gallons so far this year. The light beer drinkers love it!

 

[ranchonodinero]

Anyone ferment this with a spunding valve? May try it with safelager in one fermenter.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

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