Beer recipe - Belgian Red Pure Malt Beer
ABC 6.5% | Color 42 EBC | Bitterness 25 IBU |
Description:
Beer with a sweet and lightly hopped tea-like flavor. Well-rounded and balanced flavors and a pleasant malt character with a slightly dry finish.
Service:
Glass: Stemmed Goblet glass
Temperature: 4-8°C
BREWER`S TIP
You can add 1-2% of Chateau Black malt to give a nice touch of a roast character.
RECIPE FOR 100L
MALT
Château Pilsen 2RS
|
60% / 13.5 kg
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Château Melano
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25% / 5.5 kg
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Château Munich
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10% / 2.2 kg
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Château Cara Gold®
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5% / 1.2 kg
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HOPS
Hallertauer Mittelfruh (4.5% aa)
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20 IBU / 170 g
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Saaz (3.5% aa)
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2.5 IBU / 120 g
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Mandarina Bavaria (9.5% aa)
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2.5 IBU / 50 g
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YEAST
Mashing Temperature
Step 1: Mashing
Mash-in and follow the profile below:
Mash-in at 63°C
Rest for 50min at 63°C
Rise to 72°C at 1°C/min
Rest for 20min at 72°C and do the Iodine Test
Rise to 78°C at 1°C/min
Rest for 2min at 78°C to mash out
Once the mash is done, filter and sparge with water at 78°C
Step 2: Boiling
Boil for 60min.
Hop addition 1: After 10min add Hallertau Mittelfruh.
Hop Addition 2: After 50min add Saaz.
Hop Addition 3: After 55min add Mandarina Bavaria.
Whirlpool to remove the trub
Total evap | 6.0% | Batch size | 100L | OG | 14.5oP | Efficiency | 85% |
Step 3: Fermentation and Maturation
Cool down the wort to 18°C and pitch the yeast.
Ferment at 18°C for 2 days then rise to 22°C. Once the fermentation is done (FG reached and off-flavors removed – about 7 days), drop the temperature to 8°C and rest for 1 day, and then harvest the yeast. Drop the temperature to 2°C and rest for 7 days.
Step 4: Cold Aging and Packaging
Cold age the beer at -1°C for 5 days, remove the residual yeast, and carbonate until 2.6 volumes of CO2. The beer is ready to package and drink. Enjoy!
*For refermentation in the bottle, add brewing sugar and SafAle F-2.
This recipe is provided by Castle Malting®. Please note that this recipe is just a guideline. Some modification might need to be done to meet different technologies, efficiencies and ingredients yield as grain dry extract and hop alpha acid percentage.
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