The Next Club Meeting is June 2nd in Woodland Hills. Come have a beer or join us for the Mayfaire Festival on May 18th in Acton!
Drew guilted me into including my recipe for yesterday's brewing festivities. It's been tweeked a little bit fro mthe last time I brewed it, we'll see how it tastes.
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Recipe: Schwartzbier
Brewer: Matt Bourbeau
Asst Brewer: Paul Resendi
Style: Schwarzbier (Black Beer)
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 11.00 gal
Boil Size: 14.72 gal
Estimated OG: 1.054 SG
Estimated Color: 26.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 26.8 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 75 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
12.00 lb Pilsner (Weyermann) (1.7 SRM) Grain 56.47 %
5.00 lb Munich II (Weyermann) (8.5 SRM) Grain 23.53 %
1.00 lb Caramunich I (Weyermann) (51.0 SRM) Grain 4.71 %
1.00 lb Caramunich II (Weyermann) (63.0 SRM) Grain 4.71 %
1.00 lb Melanoidin (Weyermann) (30.0 SRM) Grain 4.71 %
0.50 lb Carafa II (Weyermann) (415.0 SRM) Grain 2.35 %
0.50 lb Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 2.35 %
0.25 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 1.18 %
1.50 oz Pearle [8.20 %] (75 min) Hops 21.6 IBU
2.00 oz Crystal [3.50 %] (15 min) Hops 5.2 IBU
2.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
3.00 tsp Chalk (Boil 75.0 min) Misc
1 gallon starter German Bock Lager (White Labs #WLP833)
Mash Schedule: My Mash
Total Grain Weight: 21.25 lb
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My Mash
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
20 min Step Add 31.88 qt of water at 128.1 F 122.0 F
20 min Step Heat to 146.0 F over 10 min 146.0 F
20 min Step Heat to 156.0 F over 10 min 156.0 F
10 min Mash Out Add 0.00 qt of water at 168.0 F 168.0 F
Notes:
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Melanoidan, Carafa, Chocolate, Roasted Barley, and Crystals double crushed in shop mill. Chalk added to first runnings.
Session went smoothly. Ambient water got wort down to ~80 °F. Chilled carboys in ice water to 50 °F prior to pitching
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How did this turn out?
I am gearing up to do some lagers, and looking for some inspiration. Was this any good? Would you do it again, or make any changes?
Funny you should mention
Funny you should mention that, because my grain bills are typically very staright forward. This is the third generation recipe of my schwarzbier, the first two were progressively simpler. I actually have some ideas for re-simplifying this one, we'll see how this version tastes before any tweaking, though.
Glad I could help - and man,
Glad I could help - and man, think you have enough malt varities in there? :)