EZ Rye Kolsch Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 9/13/2019

Notes (Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

Trying to keep it fermenting 64-68F, with the bucket inside an ice bucket filled with cool water. Ambient temp is 73-75, so it's tough. Bottled after only a week, but the gravity was right on the money. Tasted when bottling, and it was a darker flavor than I was expecting. The caramel malts in the extracts really come through.

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

NaN (estimated)

Boil Volume

2.5 gallons liters 0.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

1.048 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 2.50 gallonsliters at NaN for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 0.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to NaN.

You wanted an OG of 1.048. It looks like it will be over.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

5 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.048 (1.048 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.012 (1.012 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

Bottle/Keg

Priming Sugar Type

Dextrose

Priming Sugar Amount

4.9 oz g

Tasting Notes (2)

Tasted on 10/15/2019 by FITZ

Notes:

Everyone seems to get a different taste from this beer. It's been described as a banana walnut muffin, a spicy brown ale, chocolatey, licoricey, smooth, crisp, slightly sweet, and completely delicious. It's a good one, and super simple to make.

Tasted on 9/28/2019 by FITZ

Notes:

Only a week after bottling, and it's already very pleasant. No head yet, but nicely carbonated. Smells of bananas, black licorice, and chocolate. Tastes of chocolate, then brown bread, then banana. And now all I can think about is black licorice.

Recipe Facts

EZ Rye Kolsch

Kölsch

5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
2.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
60 min Boil Time
1.048 OG
1.012 FG
19.3 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.41 BG:GU
17.5° SRM Color
75% Efficiency
4.6% ABV Alcohol
158 per 12oz Calories

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