Hey guys! I have figured that it's time to step up my game a bit! I have brewed a Vienna lager before with a partner that turned out great, with a single infusion mash and batch sparge, but now it's time to tackle the triple decotion!
I was watching Northeren Brewerer's youtube video on decotion mashing and I heard that the longer you let the decotion boil, the darker you can expect the beer to get due to mallard reactions. I was thinking about shooting for broke and going for the longest advisable decotion boil time of 40 minutes to see what kind if color I could expect to get out my grain bill here.
I understand that by the time I boiled the third decotion for 40 minutes it would add around 120 minutes to by brew day in my cramped apartment kitchen, but it's for the love of beer right? :fro:
Vienna Revision 2 (Vienna Lager)
Original Gravity (OG): 1.050 (°P): 12.4
Final Gravity (FG): 1.013 (°P): 3.3
Alcohol (ABV): 4.91 %
Colour (SRM): 5.3 (EBC): 10.4
Bitterness (IBU): 27.8 (Average)
85.71% Vienna
9.52% Munich I
4.76% Carapils (Dextrine)
0.3 oz/Gal Saaz (3.6% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil)
0.1 oz/Gal Saaz (3.6% Alpha) @ 30 Minutes (Boil)
0.1 oz/Gal Saaz (3.6% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Boil)
Fermented with WLP830 - German Lager
Recipe Generated with BrewMate
So, the question is, do you guys think it's possible for me to get from SRM 5 to SRM 16 by decotion mashing alone? Does anyone here willing to share epxerince with using decotion mashes on grain bills that are light in terms of SRM?
I was watching Northeren Brewerer's youtube video on decotion mashing and I heard that the longer you let the decotion boil, the darker you can expect the beer to get due to mallard reactions. I was thinking about shooting for broke and going for the longest advisable decotion boil time of 40 minutes to see what kind if color I could expect to get out my grain bill here.
I understand that by the time I boiled the third decotion for 40 minutes it would add around 120 minutes to by brew day in my cramped apartment kitchen, but it's for the love of beer right? :fro:
Vienna Revision 2 (Vienna Lager)
Original Gravity (OG): 1.050 (°P): 12.4
Final Gravity (FG): 1.013 (°P): 3.3
Alcohol (ABV): 4.91 %
Colour (SRM): 5.3 (EBC): 10.4
Bitterness (IBU): 27.8 (Average)
85.71% Vienna
9.52% Munich I
4.76% Carapils (Dextrine)
0.3 oz/Gal Saaz (3.6% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil)
0.1 oz/Gal Saaz (3.6% Alpha) @ 30 Minutes (Boil)
0.1 oz/Gal Saaz (3.6% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Boil)
Fermented with WLP830 - German Lager
Recipe Generated with BrewMate
So, the question is, do you guys think it's possible for me to get from SRM 5 to SRM 16 by decotion mashing alone? Does anyone here willing to share epxerince with using decotion mashes on grain bills that are light in terms of SRM?