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Beer Recipes and Food => All Grain => 17 - Sour Ale => Topic started by: jamie_savoie on January 23, 2013, 01:32:22 PM

Title: Berliner Weisse
Post by: jamie_savoie on January 23, 2013, 01:32:22 PM
Brewed this one using the no boil method and made a 6gal and 3gal batch.  The 6gal will be fermented with 5335 for 3-4 days; I’ll measure the pH and taste before jugging when it’s time to pitch S-05, I’m shooting for a pH of 3.0-3.3 but I’ll let the tasting decide.  It’ll be in bottle in 3-4 weeks, adding more lacto/yeast and half will be bottled with brett-L.  

The 3gal version will be fermented the same way but just a little longer on the lacto.  After fermentation I’ll blend it with 2gal of my grodziskie (http://nbcba.org/forum/index.php?topic=2171.0), age it another month then bottle.  The inspiration for this came from Hopfenstark’s Boson de Higgs (http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/hopfenstark-boson-de-higgs/140090/) which is a cross between a berliner, a rauch and a saison, it’s great stuff.  

Those will be sweet for next summer :)

Recipe: 27 - Berliner Weisse
Style: Berliner Weisse
TYPE: All Grain

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size (fermenter): 9,00 gal  
Bottling Volume: 8,60 gal
Estimated OG: 1,030 SG
Estimated Color: 2,5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 3,9 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70,00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 75,8 %
Boil Time: 0 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt                   Name                                          %/IBU        
5 lbs                 Pilsner (Best Maltz) (1,7 SRM)                 50,0 %        
5 lbs                 White Wheat Malt (2,4 SRM)                      50,0 %        
2,0 oz               Select Spalt [4,75 %] - Mash 60,0 min         3,9 IBUs      
1,0 pkg               Lactobacillus (Wyeast Labs #5335)                  
1,0 pkg               S-05 Amerian Ale (Safale #S-05)                    
1,0 pkg               Brettanomyces lambicus (White Labs #WLP653)            


Mash Schedule: Decoction Mash, Double
Total Grain Weight: 10 lbs
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Name                   Description                             Step Temperat Step Time    
Protein Rest           Add 13,0 qt of water at 146,6 F        135,0 F       120 min              
Saccharification       Decoct 3,05 qt of mash and boil it      149,0 F       60 min        
Mash Out               Heat to 168,0 F over 10 min             168,0 F       10 min        

Sparge: Fly sparge with 4,19 gal water at 168,0 F
Title: Re: Berliner Weisse
Post by: Richard on January 23, 2013, 01:46:04 PM
You need to get to a meeting some time with these exotics... I'm sure many would be interested to give it a try :)
Title: Re: Berliner Weisse
Post by: jamie_savoie on January 23, 2013, 02:22:26 PM
Quote from: "Richard"
You need to get to a meeting some time with these exotics... I'm sure many would be interested to give it a try :)

it'll happen soon enough mate  :cheers: