Hop Barley and the Alers

Recipe: Summer Kölsch

From: John Allison
Ingredient kit raffled away at May meeting; won then brewed by Dennis Frank. Served at the August 2001 meeting.

5 gallon batch, OG 1046

5.5 lbs XLDME
2 oz Hallertau hops 3.5% AAU (7 HBU) (60 min)
0.5 oz Hallertau hops (20 min)
German Ale yeast (Wyeast 2565 or White Labs WLP029)
-in a pinch, Wyeast 1007 works
0.75 cup corn sugar for bottling

Directions: Place 3 gallons of water in the refridgerator. Bring 2 gallons of filtered or spring water to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in XLDME. Return to boil. Add 2.0oz hops and record the time of day. After 40 minutes add 0.5oz hops. After another 20 minutes, turn off heat and place pot in ice water bath until temperature is < 100F, then pour into fermenter which has 3 gallons of cold filtered water, acheiving a temperature of about 64F. Add yeast, install airlock, and wait a week. Transfering to secondary vessel and lagering (cold aging) for 2-3 weeks will help this beer but is not required. Keg, or bottle with corn sugar.

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