Berliner Weisse NHC08

Category 17: Sour Ale

Sponsored by Captain Lawrence Brewing Company

2008 AHA National Homebrew Competition Gold Medal
Kristen and Orsolya England, St Paul, MN, Saint Paul Homebrewers Club

Berliner Weisse

Ingredients for 5.0 U.S. gallons (20 liters)

6.2       lb (2.8 kg) Alföldi fehér nyári buza malt (Hungary)

3.17    oz (90 g) Pustaföldvári hazikomlo hops - mash hop (Hungary)

0.35    oz (10 g) Pannonhalma-Sokoróalja vad szolo yeast (Hungary)

Original Specific Gravity: 1.033

IBUs: 10

ABV: ~ 3%

Directions

            Single decoction mash. No boil. Ferment at 86 F (30 C) for three days in primary. Bottle direct with 294 g sucrose and 15 g Prise de Mousse yeast. No lactic acid added. The longer in the bottle, the more acidic it will get.

Judges' Comments

"Nice beer-just expected a sharper finish."

"Wonderfully acidic-sour with wheat malt undertones."