Schwarzbier (4C)
Based on the Köstritzer clone from "Brewing Classic Styles" Zainasheff and Palmer with a little inspiration from a recipe from the Weyermann site.
Info:
- Brewer: Ryan
- Mash: 1-step Decoction plus some hot water stepped raises
- Date: 1/18/2008
- Size: 5 gallon post-boil
- 8.0lb weyerman pilsner malt
- 2.0lb Munich
- 8 oz dextrin
- 8 oz carafa II (added after decoction)
- Wyeast 2007 - Pilsen Lager™ This was some yeast Chris had saved over for me from his pilsner batch
- Starter (or maybe a booster since it was already a pretty nice yeast cake) made on previous day with light DME
- Set Carafa aside for now
- Dough in with 1 quart per pound of 98F water to 95
- rest 15 minutes
- add 150F to 126F (roughly 1/2 quart per pound)
- rest 20 minutes
- Decoction
- removed 6.5 quarts of thick part of mash, raised to 156 over 15 minutes
- rest decoction 15 minutes
- raise to 167 over 15 minutes
- rest 15 minutes
- bring to boil over 15 minutes
- add carafa II to main mash, this was left out of the mash before the decoction to try and keep a clean flavor profile (less roast) but added after to the main mash so we can get all the color.
- boil for 20 minutes
- return decoction to main mash, only hit 140
- rested at 140 for 25 minutes (only had one burner today so I'm heating water right now)
- added 190F water to 150F
- rest 20 minutes
- add 190 water to 167F rest 20 minutes
- sparge with 180 F water
- 30 minutes naked boil
- 1.5 oz Mt Hood (4.1aau) @ 60 (21 BUs)
- 0.75 oz Mt Hood (4.1aau) @ 15 (6.5 BUs)
- total 26-27 BUs
- OG: 1.054 (a smidge high for style, but not crazily so)
- Pitched yeast
This was another home run. It came out a smidge more malty than I had expected, I might skip the dextrin if I did it again with a decoction mash, for a straight infusion with fully modified pils this recipe would be just about right. You could get by with less carafa II, its really really black, but thats personal preference, I like it how it is fine.
ReplyDeleteHaving said all that its still (imho) well within style and an outstanding beer.