Roast 'em, Toast 'em, Smoke 'em If you Got 'em

[Schlenkerla]

Doing a longer smoke... 4hrs.

 

[BikerMatt]

Start of july gonna be buying a bullet brew 45/ brewmonk magnus/equivalent, first batch I'm gonna brew is a massive rauchbier, might as well put the thing through it's paces from step one and teach it it's place. Gonna be using commercially smoked malts though, probly Viking Malt as the... maltery? is about 20km from where I live, though AFAIK the smoked malts come from their plant in Poland...

 

[Schlenkerla]

Start of july gonna be buying a bullet brew 45/ brewmonk magnus/equivalent, first batch I'm gonna brew is a massive rauchbier, might as well put the thing through it's paces from step one and teach it it's place. Gonna be using commercially smoked malts though, probly Viking Malt as the... maltery? is about 20km from where I live, though AFAIK the smoked malts come from their plant in Poland...

What kind of smoke?

You looking to do a weizenbock maybe?

 

[Schlenkerla]

Like this but smoked...

 

[Schlenkerla]

That would be pretty good....

 

[BikerMatt]

Haven't decided yet, I liked the the I did before which was just viking malt rauchmalt (think it's beech smoked) and mt.hood hops but TBH it was a little thin both taste and body wise so might wanna slip in a little something to make it a bit more robust.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Haven't decided yet, I liked the the I did before which was just viking malt rauchmalt (think it's beech smoked) and mt.hood hops but TBH it was a little thin both taste and body wise so might wanna slip in a little something to make it a bit more robust.

You can mash higher say something like 158F or 70C. This will create more mouth feel. I think adding a little Special B could work too. That's the taste I get out of Adventus.

 

[LayerUp]

Beech smoked, right at 3% ABV. I've never said I'm much of a camera man, but the beer is incredibly lovely.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Beech smoked, right at 3% ABV. I've never said I'm much of a camera man, but the beer is incredibly lovely.

Nice beer PORN! Looks like a daily drinker!!!!

 

[LayerUp]

@Schlenkerla what's your experience with mesquite smoked malt? I tried a few at the brew store today, and was impressed. How does it translate into beer? I might pick up some chips and give it a try

 

[Schlenkerla]

@Schlenkerla what's your experience with mesquite smoked malt? I tried a few at the brew store today, and was impressed. How does it translate into beer? I might pick up some chips and give it a try

I have five pounds of it smoked. I plan to make Weizen Rauchbier like the Schlenkerla Marzen only with have half wheat. I haven't used any yet, however from what I read it's said the Phenolics go with a Weizen style beer.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Ah back in the saddle again. Got grain in the smoker tonight. Today it's beechwood.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Smells really fuggin good too.

 

[BikerMatt]

Currently mashing my next rauch, long story short life happened, the brewmonk did not so going with the old BIAB setup as before. This time got 6kg beech smoked viking malt and 150g DRC for flavor, mashing real high like 70-72c for maximum body. LHBS didn't have mt.hood so got Chinook curretly trying to decide how much to use, reckon 15-20g should do the trick @60min

 

[BikerMatt]

Hey Schlenk you still got that "baseline" recipe stored away smoewhere, the one with the mt.hood hop @60min? Cus I don`t remember if it had any black malt or not but this thing I`m boilin right now I`m tellin you ain`t black.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Hey Schlenk you still got that "baseline" recipe stored away smoewhere, the one with the mt.hood hop @60min? Cus I don`t remember if it had any black malt or not but this thing I`m boilin right now I`m tellin you ain`t black.

Yeah, it was 10lbs base malt and 8oz black malt.

Typically the base of malt of half pale malt and half Munich.

I usually try hopping anywhere from 15-45 IBUs. Lower end for wheat. Higher for Marzen Style Rauchbier. Using German, Czech or Polish Hops and there substitutes.

As for black malt usage, it can range from 2, 4, 6 and 8 oz.

 

[BikerMatt]

This should be interesting then, a total smoke bomb yet fairly light in color No matter though as I like to explore and TBH my best beers have always been the ones that`s been either totally ad hoc or modified on the fly because some ingredient ran out. If this for some reason is no good (it`s homebrew so that`s virtually impossible right?) at least I know what and where went askew.

 

[Schlenkerla]

This should be interesting then, a total smoke bomb yet fairly light in color No matter though as I like to explore and TBH my best beers have always been the ones that`s been either totally ad hoc or modified on the fly because some ingredient ran out. If this for some reason is no good (it`s homebrew so that`s virtually impossible right?) at least I know what and where went askew.

Gräzter or Grodziske is a all wheat pale ale that's 100% oak smoked. It'll be good.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grodziskie

As I punch this out, I'm forgetting what's in your grain bill...

 

[Schlenkerla]

Just saw you're using double roasted crystal. That should be very good. As long as the Chinook isnt way over the top.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Just finished the mash on my Mesquite Weizen Rauchbier.

Long mash;
140@45 min
152@50 min
158@30 min
168@10 min

Great mash efficiency though. Can't believe it... Brewhouse Efficiency is 70%


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[Schlenkerla]

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[Schlenkerla]

The K-97 is going Gonzo when I got home today!

Prolly 5-6 burps per second constantly.

It was like 1-burp/sec about 5 hours after pitching.

 

[Schlenkerla]

It's like my beer engine has a bad spark plug... LoL

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11Ie9x12chHDwlROJqmxPS4eKOWB2v74N/view?usp=drivesdk

 

[Schlenkerla]

Another Bamberg Rauchbier brewed tonight.... Used beechwood this time.

 

[Schlenkerla]

The Mesquite Smoked Rauchbier....

Pretty tasty!!!

5lbs of Home smoked rauchmalt
5lbs of Wheat malt
4oz of Carafa 3
2oz of Acidulated malt. For pH corrections
1oz of Northern Brewer at 60
Pitched Fermentus K-97

Edit: [ wrong hop...]

 

[Schlenkerla]

New pics... Same thing as above.

"Mesquite Weizen Rauchbier!"

FWIW - This is my first time using Mesquite for a smoke source. The phenolics of Mesquite smoke supposedly go well with a wheat beer. This is really highly drinkable. I used K97, it has a really smooth mouth feel with the smoke character of Mesquite.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Beachwood Classic Rauchbier Today...

 

[Schlenkerla]

Did alder today.. on the lower rack too...

 

[bracconiere]

still loving the screen baskets!

 

[Schlenkerla]

still loving the screen baskets!

Me too. These are my originals.