[narcout]

Thanks.


No Decoctions, I step mash.

Brewer: The Beerery
Asst Brewer:
Style: Oktoberfest/Marzen
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 8.26 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.76 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.00 gal   
Bottling Volume: 6.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.053 SG
Estimated Color: 7.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 25.0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 70.4 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU         
8 lbs 10.5 oz         Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM)                    Grain         1        64.0 %       
3 lbs 3.9 oz          Munich Malt (Hoepfner) (9.0 SRM)         Grain         2        24.0 %       
1 lbs 1.3 oz          Chit malt (1.7 SRM)                 Grain         3        8.0 %         
8.7 oz                Melanoidin (20.0 SRM)         Grain         4        4.0 %         
0.65 oz               Hallertau Magnum [12.20 %] - Boil 60.0 m Hop           5        25.0 IBUs     
2.0 pkg               German Lager (White Labs #WLP830)  Yeast         6        -             


Mash Schedule: Schells
Total Grain Weight: 13 lbs 8.5 oz
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Name              Description                             Step Temperat Step Time     
Saccharification  Add 10.38 gal of water at 152.0 F       145.0 F       30 min       
Saccharification  Heat to 158.0 F over 10 min             158.0 F       30 min       
Mash Out          Heat to 168.0 F over 10 min             168.0 F       10 min       


Prost!

I just tapped a keg of this beer, and it is damn tasty. 

I don't know if it's the chit or the step mash or what, but it pours with a really dense head; the flavor is grainy and malty; and the finish is really dry (maybe too dry) despite having an FG of 1.012.

[duboman]

A little reading, some playoff football and my ESB, life is good!

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[HoosierBrew]

That's a beauty, Gary. Looks great !

[duboman]

That's a beauty, Gary. Looks great !

Thanks Jon, help on this forum got it where I wanted it! Another testimant to this great place

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[beersk]

You guys are drinking some good beers by the sound (and look) of it. I had 3 Boddington's, half of an oxidized Sam Smith's India Ale (really hated to dump it but it wasn't good) at my uncle's house for dinner and cards, and now working on a pint of a pale ale (that I brewed) at home. No German beer yet, but I may have some of my Vienna lager here in a bit. It's still young, but coming to life despite my complaints about it in the thread I had in the "Yeast and Fermentation" forum.

[coolman26]

This Kolsch with Giga 021 is fantastic. Every now and then you get a batch you can't stop drinking, this is it. I see a summer filled with this beer.


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[duboman]

That looks delicious! Well done.

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[HoosierBrew]

Isn't the Giga 021 more similar to 2565 than 029 (in other words, has kolsch character) ?  And how hard is it to clear ?  BTW, nice looking beer.

[coolman26]

Isn't the Giga 021 more similar to 2565 than 029 (in other words, has kolsch character) ?  And how hard is it to clear ?  BTW, nice looking beer.

Yes it is, and flavor is way better than 029 IMO. I pulled this 750ml off the keg before I added gelatin on Friday night.  It is similar to 2565 in that it keeps a bit of haze.  Taste is similar to the 2565 smoothness and wine like flavor.  I turned it down in primary to 35 for 2 weeks before I kegged.  We will see early this week how bright it is after the gelatin.     

[HoosierBrew]

Isn't the Giga 021 more similar to 2565 than 029 (in other words, has kolsch character) ?  And how hard is it to clear ?  BTW, nice looking beer.

Yes it is, and flavor is way better than 029 IMO. I pulled this 750ml off the keg before I added gelatin on Friday night.  It is similar to 2565 in that it keeps a bit of haze.  Taste is similar to the 2565 smoothness and wine like flavor.  I turned it down in primary to 35 for 2 weeks before I kegged.  We will see early this week how bright it is after the gelatin.     

Awesome - thanks for the good info. I much prefer 2565 for its white grape/vinous character and it sounds like 021 is similar in that regard. I can deal with it taking a little while to clear if it gives me the beer I want. Sounds like I need to try this and their saison strain, too (heard good things about it, too).

[coolman26]

I have their Saison now actually.  I really like it as well.

[tommymorris]

Isn't the Giga 021 more similar to 2565 than 029 (in other words, has kolsch character) ?  And how hard is it to clear ?  BTW, nice looking beer.

Yes it is, and flavor is way better than 029 IMO. I pulled this 750ml off the keg before I added gelatin on Friday night.  It is similar to 2565 in that it keeps a bit of haze.  Taste is similar to the 2565 smoothness and wine like flavor.  I turned it down in primary to 35 for 2 weeks before I kegged.  We will see early this week how bright it is after the gelatin.   

It looks pretty bright pregelatin.

[Wort-H.O.G.]

My Alt with wlp029. 1 week in keg with gelatin...dropped clear.




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[HoosierBrew]

Looks awesome. Killer clarity.

[Wort-H.O.G.]

I know some say they have issues with wlp029 clearing, but in less than a week actually of cold conditioning and gelatin as it carbed, looks pretty good.


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