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First club competition in a while. The winner will get his recipe brewed at one of the local breweries. 5 Barrel Batch.

Anyone have a good recipe?

Never brewed a Kolsch before, not a 'lawnmower' beer fan. I Like big beers.

Seems to be a simple beer from the grain and hop bill. German Pils, Munich, a single hop Spalt at ealry in the boil only.

Thanks in advance, for your help!

the kolsch in BCS is amazing

Yes it is, can't go wrong with it. Make sure to use the Kolsch yeast.

Mills

straight cash homey wrote:the kolsch in BCS is amazing

I tried that one once and has some pretty serious issues with temperature control, including a 15 degree spike. Needless to say it didn't come out very well, but it wasn't because of a bad recipe, bad fermentation control on my part. I have been meaning to try it again, but haven't been able to get a fermentation fridge yet, and weather here in the southeast can fluctuate very quickly.

A friend of mine makes a really tasty and simple extract Kolsch. It's just 7 pounds of Pilsen Light DME, but with a lot of that(about 5 pounds) done as a late addition with only about 15 minuites left in the boil. I'm still not sure what the benefit of the late addition is - someone else can probably explain that better than me. About 1 oz. Tradition or Hersbrucker for 60 min., and about 3/4 oz. of the same hops for 30 min. Use White Labs Kolsch (WLP029) and ferment at 60-65 degrees. It is also helpful to cold condition a Kolsch in the bottles for at least a couple weeks after carbonating. I have never made this one myself, but have drank it many times and it is easy drinking and crisp.

send me an email and I'll send you a beersmith file or text file of mine.