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Irving

Irving

Berliner Weisse • All Grain • 6 gal

jvlpdillon

Brewed 11/13/10. ramp mashed to 160 over 2.5 hours. Cooled to 135 and added .5 lbs of acidulated malt. Set an aquarium thermometer at 88 degrees and dropped in. No yeast or hops added yet.

November 13, 2010 pm 08:46pm

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Ingredients (All Grain6 gal)

  • 3.5 lbs Belgian Pils

    Belgian Pils

    Pilsner style malted barley grain.

  • 2.5 lbs White Wheat; Rahr

    White Wheat; Rahr

    Weizens. Improves head retention in all beers. Contributes spicy flavor. Protein rest required.

  • .5 lbs Barley Flaked

    Barley Flaked

    Helps head retention, imparts creamy smoothness. For porters and stouts.

  • .5 oz Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Hallertau

    Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.

  • White Labs WLP029 German Ale/Kölsch

    White Labs WLP029 German Ale/Kölsch

    From a small brewpub in Cologne, Germany, this yeast works great in Kölsch and Alt style beers. Good for light beers like blond and honey. Accentuates hop flavors, similar to WLP001. The slight sulfur produced during fermentation will disappear with age a

Notes

pitched WLP029 48 hours later. Dropped temp to 64. 11-20-10 gravitiy at 1.006. Transferring to secondary on 12-4-10. lagering at 35 until 1-1-11. Bottling with 6 oz. dextrose.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 17 - Sour Ale

Subcategory: A - Berliner Weisse

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.034 1.028 - 1.032
Terminal Gravity: 1.005 1.003 - 1.006
Color: 2.2 SRM 2 - 3
Alcohol: 3.8% ABV 2.8% - 3.8%
Bitterness: 2.5 IBU 3 - 8

Discussion

jvlpdillon

NHC comments

2011-04-22 1:51pm

I received a 36 Very Good and a 39 Execllent in the National Homebrew Competition with this recipe. Main comment was there was a slight acetic acid flaw. This could have been controlled by better controlling oxygen during primary.

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