March 16, 2021 1 min read

In January we brewed a traditional German Kolsch.  In designing the recipe I pulled inspiration from three different sources.  Each source advised different specialty malts and percentages, so I averaged it all out.  I have typically used Mt Hood hops in previous home brew versions and Fermentis K-97 German Ale. Mt Hood hops weren’t available, so it made sense to use Hallertau Tradition hops. 

Recipe:

Grain

92% Prairie Malting Pale 2 Row

4% Weyermann Vienna

4% Canada Malting White Wheat Malt

Hops

60 minute hops 3 ounces Hallertau Tradition

5 minute hops 2 ounces Hallertau Tradition

Yeast

Fermentis 

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