Polish beer recipe

[Mr.Wyatt]

Does anyone have a solid AG polish beer recipe?

 

[MaxStout]

Like a Grodziskie? I just brewed one and I plan to bottle next week.

Basically 100% Weyermann smoked wheat malt, Lubelski hops (or some German noble hop if you can't get Lubelski). Pitch any neutral ale yeast.

 

[DBhomebrew]

Like a Grodziskie? I just brewed one and I plan to bottle next week.

Basically 100% Weyermann smoked wheat malt, Lubelski hops (or some German noble hop if you can't get Lubelski). Pitch any neutral ale yeast.

I was about to paste that link. I haven't brewed it, but it looks tasty in an early autumn raking leaves kind of way.

ETA, a slightly different take: Grätzer: Revitalizing a Polish Ale | American Homebrewers Association

 

[Mr.Wyatt]

Like a Grodziskie? I just brewed one and I plan to bottle next week.

Basically 100% Weyermann smoked wheat malt, Lubelski hops (or some German noble hop if you can't get Lubelski). Pitch any neutral ale yeast.

This is spot on from what I see also a great article . Let me know how that beer turns out!

 

[Witherby]

If you are looking for a bigger beer for winter you might try this:
Recipe: Widawa Smoked Baltic Porter 24°

 

[smata67]

Morebeer has Viking smoked wheat malt of Polish origin suitable for Grodziskie.

 

[MaxStout]

This is spot on from what I see also a great article . Let me know how that beer turns out!

I tried the first one today after 2 weeks in the bottle. Nice smoky aroma and flavor, hops balanced (I used Triple Perle--not exactly the traditional hops, but it's what I had). Some chill haze, but I don't care. Nice summer beer at 3.6% ABV.

 

[Protos]

If typical Polish styles are sought for, it's Baltic Porter (rather than Grätzer) that is the most typical of them. Unlike Grätzer, it's not a lost-and-revived regional specialty but a solid staple of Polish beer scene, never ceasing its popularity - like Okocim Porter f.ex.

There's a recipe for Okocim in Szamatulski's "Clone Brews" (there's also a recipe for another immensely popular Polish beer, Żywiec, a Pilsner-type lager).

Here is a nice recipe of Warszawa Porter which I have cloned last winter with a great success:
https://www.vikingmalt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Baltic-Porter.pdf
And another version on Brew Your Own: Warszawski Porter Lodowy (Warsaw Baltic Porter) - Brew Your Own

 

[Beermeister32]

Do you blend in some 2 row for enzymes? Seems like 100% wheat malt wouldn’t have enough diastatic power to convert on its own without adding enzymes?

 

[Protos]

did 100% EichenRauchWeizenMalz Grätzer several times... no enzymes... no stuck sparges... 78% extraction efficiency...
Not sure if 100% Wheat Malt is capable of converting adjunct unmalted grains, but it perfectly converts itself.

 

[MaxStout]

The Weyermann oak smoked wheat I used is 62 Lintner, plenty for self-conversion. I used close to 100%, and had no problem with the mash.

 

[Beermeister32]

Good info!