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Title: Helles Belles |
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| Boil Size: 7.35 Gal |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.031 |
Efficiency: 65 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 1.5 |
Primary Temp: 66 ° F |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation Date: 06/17/2019 05:04 PM |
Notes: Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: WLP029
Yeast Starter: Yes
Batch Size (Gallons): 11
Original Gravity: 1.041
Final Gravity: 1.009
Boiling Time (Minutes): 90
IBU: 16.4
Color: 3.7
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 Days at 66 degrees
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): Racked to kegs and chilled
Munich Helles is a very light German beer that was created in Munich in 1895 at the Spaten brewery by Gabriel Sedlmayr to compete with Pilsner-style beers. It is a malt-accentuated beer that is not overly sweet, but rather focuses on malt flavor with underlying hop bitterness in a supporting role.
This is the kind of beer I expect to taste when I see those pictures of huge mugs at a German beerfest. Very pilsner like in color, but the head retention suits this malty beverage just perfect. I added some Vienna to really bring out the malt profile.
A very simple recipe, this beer is also easy on the hops budget. For a 5.5 gallon batch, just divide everything in half.
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Batch Size: 11.50 gal
Boil Size: 13.16 gal
Estimated OG: 1.041 SG
Estimated Color: 3.7 SRM
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Estimated IBU: 16.4 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.0 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
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Ingredients:
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15.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM)
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)
3.00 oz Tettnang [3.20%] (60 min)
1 Pkgs German Ale/Kolsch (White Labs #WLP029) Yeast-Ale
Irish Moss, 15 minutes
Mash at 154 for 90 minutes.
I've brewed this twice in the last 5 weeks and it's a real favorite. At only 3.8%, you can imagine filling a few large mugs and quaffing this on a cold afternoon.
Here's mine, second from the left...Clearer than the picture shows...
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