Munich Helles Gavin's Mightily Malty Munich Helles

[phyllobeddo]

I plan to brew the following 2.5 gallon batch this weekend. I have some LWP838, but I need to use up a sachet of 34/70 that "expired" 1/2018. Basically it's the recipe in half.
I've never done a step mash, but I read about the Hochkurz Mash, so I think I'll mash in at 145 for 30 minutes and then around 160 for 60 minutes. I hope it'll be beer in a couple of weeks.

4# Weyerman Pils
8 oz Light Munich
1 oz Melanoiden

 

[Coontail]

This sounds pretty good so I wanna give it a try, only problem is im new to this and am an extract brewer right now

So i went ahead, got beersmith, and attempted to convert it to extract! How's this?

BeerSmith file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xikbqo3dfb0loec/GBConversion.bsmx?dl=0

 

[Sammy86]

Just submitted my version of this recipe to an upcoming brew comp. Hoping for half as good as Gavin’s results! Beer was exceptionally tasty BTW so thank you @Gavin_C for the inspiration!

 

[JohnSand]

I have a BoPils in the keg, the sample tasted great. This may be my next lager.

 

[chefjrd]

Just submitted my version of this recipe to an upcoming brew comp. Hoping for half as good as Gavin’s results! Beer was exceptionally tasty BTW so thank you @Gavin_C for the inspiration!

When's the Comp? Let us know how you do!

 

[Sammy86]

When's the Comp? Let us know how you do!

Comp is this weekend...I’ll definitely update the thread once I have results!

 

[Gavin C]

Comp is this weekend...I’ll definitely update the thread once I have results!

Best of luck Sammy.

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[Sammy86]

Best of luck Sammy.

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Welp, I got my first 40!

Unfortunately, I believe the 2nd bottle wasn’t capped well as I got sub 30 from two other judges from their comments seems there was some oxidation issues...oh well can’t win them all!

Thanks Gavin for the recipe even if it wasn’t a winner at the comp it was a winner to friends and family and especially me!

 

[Gavin C]

Welp, I got my first 40!

scoresheet 40+

Unfortunately, I believe the 2nd bottle wasn’t capped well as I got sub 30 from two other judges from their comments seems there was some oxidation issues...oh well can’t win them all!

Thanks Gavin for the recipe even if it wasn’t a winner at the comp it was a winner to friends and family and especially me!

Thanks for sharing the results. Great stuff. If you're ever kicking around the PNW let me know. Grab a beer

 

[jdauria]

Have entered my batch of this great beer in a few comps and today was one of them. It scored a 41.5 and took 1st place! One judge scored it a 44 which is the highest score I have gotten from any single judge.

I even tried an experiment and diluted some bottles with 4 oz of seltzer water and entered it as an American Light Lager and it took first in that category with a 39!

Thank you for sharing the recipe Gavin! Can’t wait to brew this again!

 

[Gavin C]

Have entered my batch of this great beer in a few comps and today was one of them. It scored a 41.5 and took 1st place! One judge scored it a 44 which is the highest score I have gotten from any single judge.

I even tried an experiment and diluted some bottles with 4 oz of seltzer water and entered it as an American Light Lager and it took first in that category with a 39!

Thank you for sharing the recipe Gavin! Can’t wait to brew this again!

Wow! Amazing results there. Love the seltzer idea. Congrats

 

[jdauria]

Wow! Amazing results there. Love the seltzer idea. Congrats

Thanks! I got the diluting with seltzer idea from Derrick Flippin who did a seminar at last year's Homebrew Con on tips to winning comps. He took Helles and diluted with 2 ounces of seltzer, or 4 ounces, and won medals at the Minnesota Mashout in American Lager, American Light Lager, International Light Lager plus his Helles alone took first. https://www.homebrewersassociation....tegies-for-competing-your-way-to-better-beer/

 

[Wreck99]

I'm getting ready to brew up something similar this week. Very cool to see your beer is winning awards! I had this drawn up a few weeks now and finally getting around to brewing it.

Here's what I'm going to try for 6 gallons:

8 1/2 # - Pilsner (82%)
1 # - Melanoidin (10%)
12 oz - Munich I (7%)
2 oz - Acidulated (1%) - needed to achieve desired mash pH

1.5 oz Hallertauer @ 60 - to achieve about 22 IBUs

WLP838 - Southern German Lager - I've used this for lagers before and loved it

 

[cgoldberg3]

I will be brewing this tomorrow with the same ingredients as the original, except that I’ll be subbing Magnum for Hallertau since the LHBS forgot to put my hops in the bag. This will be my first attempt at a lager!

 

[Sammy86]

I will be brewing this tomorrow with the same ingredients as the original, except that I’ll be subbing Magnum for Hallertau since the LHBS forgot to put my hops in the bag. This will be my first attempt at a lager!

Good luck! Delicious brew that i've brewed many times over since 2018!