AG no 4 Kolsch Lager

[darrenwest1]

i got this recipe from Wendy
4500 g lager malt
450 g munich malt
225 g wheat malt

hallertauer mittelfruh 50 g
hallertauer mittelfruh 30 g



here goes

all went well
i ended up with the full 23l at 1.051
so for the first time i got it spot on

 

[Mark1964]

well done on ya brew looks great :clap: :clap:

 

[rickthebrew]

Nice recipe, I must get round to brewing another kolsch - what yeast are you using?

:drink:

 

[abeyptfc]

whats the difference between normal lager and kolsch lager?

 

[Aleman]

Kolsch is an Ale

 

[darrenwest1]

aleman is right so i have just found out
BU@@ER
i got it as a lager recipe

can anyone recoment me a lager please like grolsch
thanks

 

[darrenwest1]

i have not put the yeast in as yet due to using my heater still till today
any suggestions on a yeast please

 

[rickthebrew]

What were you going to ferment it with? If you haven`t got a special kolsch yeast then your options are limited to what you have, i`ve used k-97 for a kolsch that turned out really well, i suppose us-05 would work OK? What yeasts do you have in?

 

[darrenwest1]

i only have muntons ale and lager yeast

 

[Wendy1971]

use the lager yeast kolsch is a lager but its just called an ale. All the ingredients are for lager

 

[darrenwest1]

thanks wendy
im confused.com

 

[Aleman]

use the lager yeast kolsch is a lager but its just called an ale. All the ingredients are for lager

Sorry Wendy, Kolsch is an ale. The true Kolsch yeast strain is unable to ferment maltotriose which makes it an ale strain . . .Lager yeasts are able to ferment maltotriose :thumb:

I could make a bitter using pilsner malt and the darker caramel malts used on the continent, but that would not make it a lager unless it was fermented with a lager strain, at lager temperatures (Kolsch is brewed at California common yeast temps), and then stored at just above 0C for some time.

 

[Wendy1971]

The kolsch is german it is a lager looks like lager tastes like lager just goes by the name of ale.

 

[gurtpint]

After seeing the first pic and having read one too many Discworld novels I can't hold it back anymore: This beer looks a bit elvish!

 

[luckyeddie]

thanks wendy
im confused.com

As I understand it:

For the same grain bill and hop schedule:

If you use an ale yeast (top-fermenting) then you have a Kolsch.
If you use a lager yeast (bottom-fermenting) then you have a Lager.

The grain and hops are constant - only the yeast is a variable.

Simples (or bolux).