Helios Kölsch NHC 2010

Category 6: Light
Hybrid Beer

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Sponsored by Cargill World Select c/o Cargill Malt

Heath Haynes, Los Angeles, Calif., Pacific Gravity Home Brewers Club

Gold Medal

"Helios Kölsch"

Kölsch

Ingredients for 5.5 U.S. gallons (20.82 L)

9.2 lb (4.17 kg) German Pilsner malt

8.0 oz (227 g) wheat malt

2.0oz (57 g) Hallertau Hersbrucker hops, 3% alpha acid (60 min)

1L Wyeast No. 2565 Kolsch yeast starter

2.4 vol forced CO2 to carbonate

gelatin to clarify (in secondary)

Original Specific Gravity: 1.047

Final Specific Gravity: 1.010

ABV (%): 4.82

IBUs: 21

SRM: 3.5

Boiling Time: 90 min

Primary Fermentation: 15 days at 60° F (16° C)

Secondary Fermentation: 50 days at 50° F (10° C)

Tertiary Fermentation: 1 month at 37° F (3° C)

Directions

Water: 50% West Los Angeles and 50% distilled. Mash grains at 150° (66° C) for 75 minutes. Mash out at 168° F (76° C) for 15 minutes.

Runners-Up

Silver Medal: Dan O'Leary, Puyallup, WA, American Wheat or Rye Beer, Impaling Alers

Bronze Medal: Dave Beyer, La Crosse, WI, American Wheat or Rye Beer, The Brewing Network