rye kolsch Brew Session

Brew Session Info

4/11/2020
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

4/11 130F p-rest (10 min) 5.00 sparge pH 152 s-rest (30 min) 1.065/5.36 first runnigns 1.030/5.70 second runnings 1.009/6.22 final runnings 1.038/5.60 pre-boil*added 10mL phos to BK KO'd@62F 1.046 O.G., 5.24 Had a bit of fuckery. HLT was leaky, which I kinda anticipated, and thought I fixed. The propane tank hooked up started to dwindle, and when I went to swap it, realized my LP regulator was fucked. Tried the backup burner I have, and was getting really poor boiling action. Finished the last 20 minutes on the stovetop. Better than the alternative, but consequently didn't get the boil off I was anticipating. O.G. probably would've been a couple points higher had that not happened. Different problem--figuring out what pH to target in the HLT when using all RO water. This has been an ongoing issue of having way out of range values for the middle to final runnings, and it's really only happening on these all RO brews. Maybe I need to go back to blending water, even if it's low amounts 25/35% tap. 4/25@1.009 4/26--kegged 5/15. Tapped a week ago. Not really sure what happened to this beer, but it really reminds me of saison dupont's flavor. Which certainly isn't Kolsch. Probably going to dump this. Everything seemed to go well with fermentation packaging.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

8.3125 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

8.53 gals liters
0.67 gals liters
0.25 gals liters
0.00 °FC
0.00 °FC
-1.00 gals liters
8.28 gals liters
7.20 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

PH
°FC
°FC
minutes

Boil

1.039 (estimated)
gallons liters 7.20 (gallonsliters estimated)
minutes minutes (90 minutes estimated)
gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 7.20 gallonsliters at 1.039 for 90 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.50 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.047.

You wanted an OG of 1.049. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
(1.049 predicted)
(1.010 predicted)

Conditioning

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Recipe Facts

rye kolsch
Kölsch
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 7.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 90  min Boil Time
  • 1.049 OG
  • 1.010 FG
  • 30.4 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.63 BG:GU
  • 3.0° SRM Color
  • 78% Efficiency
  • 5.0% ABV Alcohol
  • 161 per 12oz Calories
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