kellerpils Brew Session

Brew Session Info

8/31/2019
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

133F protein rest temp. Had to add 12-16oz of cold A2 water to get temp in line. Held for 15 minutes 5.20 sparge pH. (about .25gal A2 water) 153F sacch rest. Held for 30 minutes, then began vorlaufing. 1.069/5.47 first runnings. 1.035/5.59 2nd runnings 1.011/6.03 final runnings. 1.040/5.53 pre-boil. Added 13mL phos to BK. 1.052 O.G., 5.28 post-boil. Brew was pretty smooth overall. After checking my 2nd runnings, I added 5mL phos to the last 2 gal of sparge water I had. Surprisingly, I ended up with the highest pH final runnings I've probably ever seen. Adjusted BK pH. Very surprised to see such a high O.G., while still hitting ideal FV volume. A 9 point jump in SG is pretty typical from pre-boil to post-boil for this batch size/boil length. Really not sure what happened. Could've used .5gal more sparge liquor. Probably would've helped my final runnings. I got damn near every drop of wort out of that mashtun. Changed yeast last minute to Munich lager. Was concerned with viability of last harvested yeast. Swelled 2 smack packs, and pitched at 59°F. Left around 53°F to let fermentation start, was bubbling around 24 hours later. Moved temp down to 50°F.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

8.44 lb kg
°FC
°FC
qt/lbl/kg
90 min.
5 gals liters

Equipment Profile

0.15 gals/lb liters/kg
0.01 gals/lb liters/kg
0 °FC
0.25 gals liters
0.5 gals liters
1 gals/hour liters/hour
0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

8.55 gals liters
0.68 gals liters
0.25 gals liters
0.00 °FC
0.00 °FC
-1.02 gals liters
8.30 gals liters
7.20 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

PH
°FC
°FC
minutes

Boil

1.040 1.041 (estimated)
7 gallons liters 7.20 (gallonsliters estimated)
90 minutes minutes (90 minutes estimated)
4.75 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 7.00 gallonsliters at 1.040 for 90 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.50 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.049.

You wanted an OG of 1.052. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

4.75 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.052 (1.052 predicted)
(1.010 predicted)

Conditioning

Tasting Notes (1)

christopherjams

Tasted on 10/27/2019 by christopherjams

Notes:

Finished at 1.007. Didn't get to rack this into a keg before fermentation ended. Real high attenuation. Between attenuation, and over-shooting target OG, ended up being a pretty unbalanced beer. Drank a bit more like a big, hoppy helles than a German pils. Would've needed a solid 10 IBU more just to achieve a balance.

Recipe Facts

kellerpils
Pale Kellerbier
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 7.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 90  min Boil Time
  • 1.052 OG
  • 1.010 FG
  • 39.6 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.77 BG:GU
  • 2.2° SRM Color
  • 81% Efficiency
  • 5.3% ABV Alcohol
  • 171 per 12oz Calories
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