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| Good head! |
Finished up the
Kölsch back in early April. Overall, bottled about 64 or so bottles of this brew.
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| Siphoning off |
Interesting thing of note is only one of my two fermenters had a layer of krausen above the liquid level. This has not appeared to have any flavor impact thus far. It may be a symptom of why some of the bottles are more carbonated than others though.
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| Peculiar that the other fermenter does not have as much head |
As temperatures are pretty cold during winter evenings in Northern California, the garage was the perfect spot to "lager" the beer.
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| Cold temperatures in March, perfect for cold crashing |
Bottling came around, did one fermenter at one weekend, and the other one about 4 days later. I find that to be a nice perk of having two fermenters worth of beer, as bottling all at once is tiring!
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| Bottling Day! |
The final gravity reading was a bit high, so this batch finished with 4.7% ABV. The Kölsch was pretty malty tasting, which I really enjoyed. All-in-all, those who I gave samples to thought it tasted great!
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| A first look at the head |
As I mentioned previously, my coworker had made his own Kölsch, so we were destined for a side-by-side comparison.
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| Mine on the left, his on the right. |
The verdict:
Mine: slightly maltier (higher mash temperature or due to rye malt
His: cleaner tasting, about same ABV. Good head
It was hard making a comparison between the two since they tasted like they were both different styles. Both were excellent beers however.
Until the next batch: cheers!
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