Recipe Critique

[Deebo]

Plan to put on my 7th ag brew tommorow (BIAB and No Chill).

Was thinking of making a kolsch but dont have the yeast so thought I would try to make something similair with the lager yeast I have handy.
I have a bunch of 2010 German Hallertau that I want to use (I havent used hallertau a whole lot so am not sure if I should be using in late additions or not, I guess no-chilling makes them not so late really anyway?)


This is what I have cobbled together so far:
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 30.72 l
Post Boil Volume: 27.04 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 l
Bottling Volume: 19.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.048 SG
Estimated Color: 7.3 EBC
Estimated IBU: 21.8 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 80.5 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
4.50 kg Pilsner, Malt Craft Export (Joe White) ( Grain 1 90.0 %
0.50 kg Munich, Light (Joe White) (17.7 EBC) Grain 2 10.0 %
20.00 g Hallertauer [6.20 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 13.1 IBUs
10.00 g Hallertauer [6.20 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 4 4.0 IBUs
20.00 g Hallertauer [6.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 6 4.8 IBUs
2.0 pkg Saflager Lager (DCL/Fermentis #W-34/70) Yeast 7 -
0.50 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 5 -


Mash Schedule: BIAB, Light Body
Total Grain Weight: 5.00 kg
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Saccharification Add 33.77 l of water at 67.6 C 64.4 C 90 min
Mash Out Heat to 75.6 C over 7 min 75.6 C 10 min

Sparge: Remove grains, and prepare to boil wort

 

[stakka82]

Sounds good. Should be a nice clean lager showcasing the hallertau... i brewed almost an identical recipe with a little less of the late additions a couple months ago, loved it.

 

[bignath]

Looks like a really nice recipe to me.

Nothing stands out as obviously bad/wrong/incorrect etc...

Go for it mate, it'll be a nice beer that one. The only thing i'd maybe do is up the 20min addition a little, but that's just me. You could go 20/20/20....

each and to their own...

Let us know how this goes if you end up brewing it.

Be prepared for a legthy ferment/conditioning. I used to use 34/70 a lot, and i found it usually takes around two weeks (sometimes faster sometimes longer) for it to ferment, and then needs a good week or two to condition, but after this conditioning, it tends to floculate really well, leaving a nice firm layer of crap in the fermenter which means nice clear beer into your glass!

Every time i've used that yeast it was basically a month long process before i thought about bottling or kegging it.

 

[Deebo]

Looks like a really nice recipe to me.

Nothing stands out as obviously bad/wrong/incorrect etc...

Go for it mate, it'll be a nice beer that one. The only thing i'd maybe do is up the 20min addition a little, but that's just me. You could go 20/20/20....

each and to their own...

Let us know how this goes if you end up brewing it.

Be prepared for a legthy ferment/conditioning. I used to use 34/70 a lot, and i found it usually takes around two weeks (sometimes faster sometimes longer) for it to ferment, and then needs a good week or two to condition, but after this conditioning, it tends to floculate really well, leaving a nice firm layer of crap in the fermenter which means nice clear beer into your glass!

Every time i've used that yeast it was basically a month long process before i thought about bottling or kegging it.

Thanks for the tips I mainly did 20 10 20 as I vac bagged the hallertau in 50g bags but I think I will follow your advice and chuck in an extra 10g. Still havent made the perfect beer (seems to be always be some thing I would change with the beers I have made so far) But tasting the new james squire pale ale today I was pretty dissapointed.. Would much rather drink any 4 of my beers currently on tap over that.
I even picked up a sierra nevada torpedo that people rave about the other day and found it a bit meh.. prefer the pale ale I made (maybe the torpedo had been sitting in a hot warehouse or shipping container or something though).

 

[wombil]

Been in the tube too long