Kolsch Recipe
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Kolsch recipe. The free state brewery in lawrence kansas brews a kolsch using wyeast european ale. Koelsch according to the koelsch konvention can only be called koelsch if it is brewed in the cologne metropolitan area. Koelschbier is traditionally given a long cold aging period like a lager which makes for a very smooth and clean beer. Being fruit flavored it is perfect for summer.
The bjcp style guide says. This yeast is suggested by fred eckhardt. The goose island brewery in chicago brews a kolsch using a kolsch yeast from germany. Below is chris peach kolsch style ale recipe.
You just need pale two row or pilsner malt to hit a starting gravity of 10451050 a couple of additions of noble german hops to get 1824 ibus and a top fermenting koelsch yeast. A clean crisp delicately balanced beer usually with very subtle fruit flavors and aromas. It also uses the special white labs yeast made especially for kolsch beers. Subdued maltiness throughout leads to a pleasantly refreshing tang in the finish.
Koelsch ale recipe using german 2 row pilsner malt and tettnanger hops. The koelsch konvention also demands that the beer must be pale in color be top fermented hop accentuated highly attenuated and between 11 and 14 0p. On the plus side a koelsch recipe is about as simple as you can imagine see below for a starter recipe. This pale light bodied golden ale is copyrighted by brewed in and named for the german city of koeln.
Since you cannot brew a real koelsch beer unless you adhere to the strict ingredients and process guidelines and do so in the cologne area you can try your hand at a kolsch style ale. Koelsch abv 5 ibu 3083 srm 3 fermentables.