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Die Schwarzbier Polizei
Klaus Kling in his Bier selbst gebraut suggests a decoction regimen which I've never tried (and I thought I'd tried them all). He calls it "the Kling method" and says it's based on a certain "Two-Kettle method" he found in some old German brewing accounts. He claims he experimented with it and got excellent results, so he adapted the method for homebrewing.
Essentially, it's a combination of infusion and decoction mash, along with mashtun bittering.
You step mash at protein and saccharification rests, after which you draw a half of the mash (both thick and thin part), boil it for half an hour and put to the lautering vessel, where it cools to form a filtering bed. Then you boil the rest of the mash for 1.5 hours with hops added, rack it onto the first part/filtering bed and rest at a mash out temperature for half an hour, then lauter. No boiling afterwards. Just chill and ferment.
I'd like to ask those more experienced in decoction mashing than I am, what's your opinion: does it seem like a tryworthy method, or is it something too unorthodox to be experimented with?
Essentially, it's a combination of infusion and decoction mash, along with mashtun bittering.
You step mash at protein and saccharification rests, after which you draw a half of the mash (both thick and thin part), boil it for half an hour and put to the lautering vessel, where it cools to form a filtering bed. Then you boil the rest of the mash for 1.5 hours with hops added, rack it onto the first part/filtering bed and rest at a mash out temperature for half an hour, then lauter. No boiling afterwards. Just chill and ferment.
I'd like to ask those more experienced in decoction mashing than I am, what's your opinion: does it seem like a tryworthy method, or is it something too unorthodox to be experimented with?