Alemans Effin Erdinger Recipe

tazuk · Jun 25, 2012

mmm another brew for me :thumb: :drunk:
just waiting for me stc-100 to come then fermenting fridge will be up and running then back to brewing again

:thumb:

Baldbrewer · Aug 28, 2012

Hi,
Just a quick question, I have just built my ferment fridge, what temperature should I "crash cool"?
: cheers:

Dave1970 · Aug 28, 2012

Baldbrewer said:
Hi,
Just a quick question, I have just built my ferment fridge, what temperature should I "crash cool"?

How cold will your fridge go? I cool to 1.5 C because my fridge will, go as cold as you can without freezing - the fridge's thermostat needs to be set to max to let your temp controller go that low.

Baldbrewer · Sep 3, 2012

Would this be a single infusion mash at 60 or 90 mins?

ta, :thumb:

Aleman · Sep 3, 2012

Baldbrewer said:
Would this be a single infusion mash at 60 or 90 mins?

Yeah it can be done at 65C for 90 Minutes, although you get a better ester balance if you can do a glucan rest at 45C for 30 minutes

If you can't, don't worry too much it's still a damned tasty beer

Baldbrewer · Sep 3, 2012

forgive my ignorance as i'm still wet behind the ears,

So Is the glucan rest part of the 90 min mash?

so do I :

carry out glucan rest at 45C for 30 mins
then mash at 66C for the remaining 60 mins?

Thank you for your help :thumb:

Aleman · Sep 3, 2012

Baldbrewer said:
forgive my ignorance as i'm still wet behind the ears,
So Is the glucan rest part of the 90 min mash? So do I :

carry out glucan rest at 45C for 30 mins
then mash at 66C for the remaining 60 mins?

It's down to your choice really. Personally I do the Glucan Rest followed by a 90 minute mash, with todays malts it is perfectly acceptable to do a 30 minute glucan rest (which will have some amylase activity), and then a 60 minute mash

Baldbrewer · Sep 3, 2012

ibeersmith figures on t'phone=

glucan rest 18.7L 30 mins @44.4C infusion
body infusion 21.62L [email protected]

does this level of liquor sound right?

sorry if I'm a pain in the bum, just learing

Aleman · Sep 3, 2012

I don't do it with infusions so I can't really say if those figures are correct.

If I were to use Infusions I would mash in using 2.0L per kilo to hit the Glucan Rest, and then add water just off boiling to bring it up to the saccharification rest. How much water would be a case of trial and error using a thermometer.

zgoda · Sep 3, 2012

Aleman said:
I don't do it with infusions so I can't really say if those figures are correct.

If I were to use Infusions I would mash in using 2.0L per kilo to hit the Glucan Rest, and then add water just off boiling to bring it up to the saccharification rest. How much water would be a case of trial and error using a thermometer.

Another option is to perform rest at 42c with wheat malt only, then add barley malt and more hot water.

Svarrogh · Sep 8, 2012

Or... pull a decoction, rest for 20min at 70C, boil it, transfer part of decoction to reach 50C in main mash for 10min while decoction is still boiling and bring together back to reach 65-66C, rest it for 60min, pull thin decoction, boil it again to reach 76C for mash out and after 10-15 min start to sparge. You can skip protein rest if you like.

Baldbrewer · Sep 27, 2012

Just a quick question:

Do I bottle the beer at it's crash cool temp (2C) or do I raise the temp to 18C?

Just curious about the CO2 absorbtion etc :hmm:

Cheers all,

Baldbrewer · Oct 11, 2012

Couldnt wait any longer had first 330ml bottle last night after 4 days carbonating.
BLOODY NICE! nice hit of cloves and dare I say better than Erdinger more like Franzikaner.

thank you Aleman! : cheers:

:hat:

fairbrew · Oct 18, 2012

I brewed this beer last Friday. I forgot I go away next Thursday :roll:

The gravity at the moment is 1011,Today was the first reading I have taken. I was wondering should I leave it to ferment till Saturday , crash cool and bottle Wednesday evening? Or should I leave it to ferment till next Wednesday (12 days) then leave to crash cool till I return (8 days?) and then bottle. It is tasting good. : cheers:

Aleman · Oct 18, 2012

fairbrew said:
I brewed this beer last Friday. I forgot I go away next Thursday The gravity at the moment is 1011,Today was the first reading I have taken. I was wondering should I leave it to ferment till Saturday , crash cool and bottle Wednesday evening? Or should I leave it to ferment till next Wednesday (12 days) then leave to crash cool till I return (8 days?) and then bottle. It is tasting good. :

If it's 1.011 then it is probably not going to drop too much more, if you have the time to bottle on Wednesday, then I would do so . . .You don't want to drop too much yeast out or you will end up with a Krystal Weizen . . Try a short period of crash cooling say 24-36 hours before bottling

Glad to hear that the recipe is working out for everyone

fairbrew · Oct 18, 2012

Thanks Aleman, I will take readings Friday and Saturday to see if it has finished, then crash cool for 48 hrs and bottle on Wednesday. The missus can handle the packing

andyco · Nov 26, 2012

Aleman, Thanks for this, I made this with a different yeast wy3333 a month ago , spot on !

Andy

fairbrew · Dec 19, 2012

I am making this again tmw as the last batch was a massive success . Everybody liked it and it stood up very well against Erdinger :drink:

marksa222 · Sep 20, 2013

Is there any reason a biab no chill wouldn't work on with this recipe?

Aleman · Sep 20, 2013

marksa222 said:
Is there any reason a biab no chill wouldn't work on with this recipe?

Not at all :thumb: Go for it :thumb:

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