This is really close in flavour to the original. I put it together based on tips from another forum with some changes of my own. The hop flavours are just amazing - as good as any hop-forward craft ale. Think of a really floral and aromatic east european pilsner with the silky body of a pale bitter.
Mine is two weeks into conditioning and already tastes fantastic out of the pressure barrel but I bottled some and those are still a little too bitter and clearly need more time to mature. It develops a chill haze (probably due to the wheat) so best to serve at room temperature if you care about perfect clarity (I don't).
Here's the recipe for a 20 litre batch size at 70% efficiency. I got all ingredients from brew uk and the hops were in pellet form.
I did BIAB and the procedure I used was:
Total water for everything: 27.4l. Saved about 5l from the total for a sparge.
Water source: Sainsbury's Basics (Salifert reading 0.1)
CRS: 34ml to total
Gypsum 3g to total
Mash at 66C for 90 mins
Boil for 75 mins
SG: 1.044
fermentation: 14 days total at 18C. FG: 1.010, ABV 4.4%
after 9 days: dry hop with 50g Bobek pellets.
after 12 days: raise temperature to 20C to finish fermentation
after 14 days: stir in 0.5 tsp gelatine dissolved in half pint 66C water. cold crash started
Cold crash for 5 days then barrel and bottle.
Condition: 2 weeks in the barrel, more for the bottles. Colour is light golden.
Mine is two weeks into conditioning and already tastes fantastic out of the pressure barrel but I bottled some and those are still a little too bitter and clearly need more time to mature. It develops a chill haze (probably due to the wheat) so best to serve at room temperature if you care about perfect clarity (I don't).
Here's the recipe for a 20 litre batch size at 70% efficiency. I got all ingredients from brew uk and the hops were in pellet form.
Code:
3.00 kg Lager Malt (2.5 EBC) Grain 80.6 %
0.24 kg Cara Gold (10.0 EBC) Grain 6.5 %
0.24 kg Oats, Flaked (2.0 EBC) Grain 6.5 %
0.24 kg Wheat Malt (3.9 EBC) Grain 6.5 %
25.00 g Perle [7.60 %] - Boil 60 min Hop
30.00 g Hallertauer Hersbrucker [2.30 %] - Boil 15 min Hop
30.00 g Hallertauer Hersbrucker [2.30 %] - Boil 10 min Hop
25.00 g Celeia [2.10 %] - Boil 5 min Hop
10.00 g Bobek [2.80 %] - Boil 5 min Hop
25.00 g Celeia [2.10 %] - Boil 1 min Hop
10.00 g Bobek [2.80 %] - Boil 1 min Hop
50.00 g Bobek [2.80 %] - Dry Hop 4 Days Hop
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast
IBU: 35.5
EBC: 5.5I did BIAB and the procedure I used was:
Total water for everything: 27.4l. Saved about 5l from the total for a sparge.
Water source: Sainsbury's Basics (Salifert reading 0.1)
CRS: 34ml to total
Gypsum 3g to total
Mash at 66C for 90 mins
Boil for 75 mins
SG: 1.044
fermentation: 14 days total at 18C. FG: 1.010, ABV 4.4%
after 9 days: dry hop with 50g Bobek pellets.
after 12 days: raise temperature to 20C to finish fermentation
after 14 days: stir in 0.5 tsp gelatine dissolved in half pint 66C water. cold crash started
Cold crash for 5 days then barrel and bottle.
Condition: 2 weeks in the barrel, more for the bottles. Colour is light golden.
