Wacky Kolsch

A pretty standard Kolsch recipe but with Wakatu hops (which isn’t actually all that ‘wacky’ as they are a hallertau variety!). This is a lovely refreshing lager like beer that is perfect served cold on a hot day, being a Kolsch you don’t need to ferment at cold temps either so a much quicker and simpler process than traditional lager methods. It will benefit from a couple of weeks lagering in the bottle/keg though.

Batch size: 20 Litres

Brewhouse efficiency: 82%
OG: 1.047
FG: 1.009
IBUs: 30
ABV: 4.9%
EBC: 7.2

MALT/GRAIN BILL

3.2 kg Pilsner Malt
0.4 kg Munich
0.1 kg CaraHell (Caramalt)

HOPS & ADDITIONS SCHEDULE

30g Wakatu at 60 minutes
30g Wakatu at 5 minutes
10g Tettnang at 5 minutes

YEAST

Crossmyloof Kolsch

Mash at 65c

Ferment at 17c

This one was reviewed by Rusty Homebrew, check out the video below, he seemed to like it!