{"id":246,"date":"2021-04-12T11:32:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T18:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.titaniumbrewing.com\/?p=246"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:44:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:44:01","slug":"kolsch-bier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.titaniumbrewing.com\/?p=246","title":{"rendered":"K\u00f6lsch Bier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This year I had the opportunity to use real German hops for the first time, thanks to Yakima Valley hops. I figured a great way to get started would be to brew a simple K\u00f6lsch Bier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recipe for 5.5 gallons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>9 lbs. Great Western Pilsner Malt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8 oz.&#8217;s Cara-Pils<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4oz.&#8217;s Sauermatlz <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.50 oz.&#8217;s Hallertau Mittelfr\u00fch, 4% AA (60 Minutes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 oz.&#8217;s Saphir, 3.5% AA (Flameout)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mashed in at 148\u00b0 F for 75 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mash out at 168\u00b0 F for 15 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Fly&#8221; sparge with remaining water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Since I was using Pilsner malt, a boil time for 90 minutes was appropriate to drive off excessive DMS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the yeast I use a pitch I got from my local brewery, 3 Weavers. I used the house strain they use for their Seafarer K\u00f6lsch Style Ale. This yeast worked rather well. I did make a 2 stage start to make sure it had vitality and viability. This yeast went to work with in 12 hours, noticeable signs of fermentation coming off my airlock. I fermented it at 64\u00b0 for 5 days. Then 2 more days at 70\u00b0 to clean it up a little. Cold crashed for 2 weeks at 38\u00b0. I then kegged it at 12 psi for 2 more weeks to achieve the proper carbonation levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This beer came out pretty &#8220;spot on&#8221;. I am pleased with the balance of malt, hops and carbonation. It does have a slight mineral dryness in the after taste, but is not enough to say it detracts from the final product. I use RO water so I always build up my mineral profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year I had the opportunity to use real German hops for the first time, thanks to Yakima Valley hops. I figured a great way to get started would be to brew a simple K\u00f6lsch Bier. The recipe for 5.5 gallons Since I was using Pilsner malt, a boil time<span class=\"more-link theme-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.titaniumbrewing.com\/?p=246\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-admin","post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.titaniumbrewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.titaniumbrewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.titaniumbrewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.titaniumbrewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.titaniumbrewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.titaniumbrewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"https:\/\/www.titaniumbrewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.titaniumbrewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.titaniumbrewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.titaniumbrewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}