Any thoughts?
59% pilsner
30% wheat
8% flaked oats
Added during fermentation
2% wildflower honey
1% molasses
WY1007?
Saw that in Zymurgy last issue and it looks interesting and fin to brew. Had never heard of it before.
I’m going to brew one soon as well based on the recent article. Looks like a very interesting style. Goschman, your recipe looks good, although I’d have a slight concern that indeed any more than 0.5% molasses might be too much. But maybe try the 1% anyway and see how it turns out? This is a style also where I can see wanting to add a LOT more honey to it… like, would it be too far out of style to use 25% honey?? I might like to try that sometime. Also, a good style to play with malted oats instead of flaked and see what that brings to the party. Just thinking out loud.
I did not see the Zymurgy article. I will take a look. I had a tasty commercial example recently and saw a recipe in radical brewing that peaked my interest.
These percentages were off the top of my head. I think the amount of molasses is only 2 oz but I am not sure what percentage that works out to with my other weights. The recipe I saw was 2 oz molasses and 2 oz honey. I doubled the amount of honey to 4 oz although I realize it may be imperceptible.
I’ve brewed the recipe from Radical Brewing.
I can’t remember if the recipe as written calls for the lighter colored molasses or the darker stuff, but from my experience I would say do not use the darker stuff.
I brewed the Zymurgy recipe on Monday and added the honey + molasses at flame out. I used the White Labs 029 with a good sized starter and it is fermenting at 60 degrees. It is chugging away nicely. I am really interested to see what impact the small amount of sugars have on the finished beer along with the mouth feel from the oats.
How did this turn out? Did you use a German ale yeast or a Kolsch yeast? I use WLP029 for about 3 different beers but have never used a German ale yeast like WY1007 so I thought I would give that a go. Also did you use the recommended hops?
I have a hard time buying hops that I don’t regularly use so I was thinking just bittering with magnum and maybe some cascade/Willamette for later additions even though I realize that will take it out of ‘style’. I have been meaning to purchase some saaz so maybe I will go that route…
I brewed the recipe pretty much as written except I used dark molasses. When that stuff ferments out, it leaves kind of tangy, sulfur character that I could do without. I think you’ll be happier if you use the lighter variety that the recipe calls for.
Thanks! I will give it a go here soon and just modify that recipe as planned. For some reason my lighter colored beers come out better than other styles so I think this could be tasty.
I brewed this on 25 Jan. I followed the partial mash recipe. I had to convert the LME to DME (I’m stationed somewhere with limitations on liquids in the post). I got a 1.042 OG and here I am 6 days later and the gravity is 1.010. Brewtoad guestimates 1.006.
It tasted…hmmm…don’t know how to describe it. A not-crisp Kolsch?
I’m going to test the gravity again on Tuesday and if it hasn’t changed, I’ll bottle.