Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum

Help Support Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

rhys333

Supporting Member
HBT Supporter
Joined
May 27, 2013
Messages
3,272
Reaction score
1,689
Location
Edmonton
Recipe Type
All Grain
Yeast
Wyeast 2565 Kölsch
Yeast Starter
No
Batch Size (Gallons)
5.5
Original Gravity
1.048
Final Gravity
1.010
Boiling Time (Minutes)
60
IBU
25-30
Color
4.5 SRM
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
28 days, or as needed for this yeast. 60-65F.
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
No
Tasting Notes
Crisp and clean, grainy, with pleasant hop aroma.
View attachment 559921
IMG-c67f05264f8f3fdf3f17b675583b0c38-V.jpg
.

This is a great beer for the summer. Crisp and clean, a little grainy, with pleasant hop aroma. It's a thirst quenching brew and may have a white wine character depending how you treat the yeast. Basically, it's a Kölsch with balls or a pale ale with with a little refinement. Goes down easy, I'll say that.

CRYSTAL COLD SNAP APA
61% 2 Row - 6 lbs
26% Wheat - 2.5 lbs
10% Vienna - 1 lb
3% Victory - 5 oz
0.5 oz Centennial @ 60 (other bittering hops okay)
1.5 oz Crystal @ 10
1.5 oz Crystal @ 0
WY 2565 Kölsch
Optional: dry-hop with 1 - 2 oz Crystal, to your taste. 5 to 7 days.
Also, adjust your bittering hop amount based on alpha acid levels to get 25 -30 IBUs in the finished beer.

I recommend mashing 60 minutes @ 154F, which should give you about 78% attenuation with WY2565. And if you adjust your water, moderate mineral levels, leaning towards the sulfate.

View attachment 559921
 
Last edited:
Wow, that is a clear beer with 2.5 lbs of wheat and kolsch yeast. How long was it conditioning for?
 

Latest posts

Back
Top