The Blushing Kaiser (Berliner Weisse)
OG: 1.035
Colour: Pink
Bitterness (IBU): <10
1.5 kg Dingleman Pils
1.5 kg Weyermann Pale Wheat
1oz plug Hallertau Mittelfruh (mash hop)
PH 5.2 in mash)
Mash in with Hallertau plug @ 53C, hold for 20 min
Raise mash to 67C, hold for 45 min
Pull 1kg thick mash, boil 10 min, return to mash to raise to 75C, hold 30 min
Dilute to 21L, cool to 35C, pitch 1L starter 5335 (L.delbrueckii)
Aerate 2 min
Cool to 25C, pitch 1007 (German Ale)
Notes:
7 Nov 2010 Smacked pack of 5335 (dated Nov 2009), and made 1L starter at 1.035, sit at 30C
8 Nov 2010 raise temp to 33C
11 Nov Pitched second smackpack of 5335 (dated April 2010)
12 Nov Smacked 1007 (dated Oct 2010)
13 Nov 2010 Brewed and into primary at 30C
15 Nov 2010 Drop to 26C
21 Nov 2010 Gravity at 1.008, racked and added 2kg raspberries
29 Nov 2010 Gravity at 1.002, bulk prime with 180gm dextrose, pitch 5mL 5335/1007 blend per bottle
Mash was a pig. Stuck like a mofo... I remembered at this exact point why I hate decoction mashes.
Other Notes:
I like the idea of a berliner. A German style, from a bunch of guys fastidious about purity (ra ra ra) that is deliberately f'd up with lacto. I like the tartness that raspberries add (plus I'm a sucker for a good framboise), and I really wasn't confident in what 2 smacks of aged L.delbrueckii would bring to the party. So, it's a pink, mild alcohol, German throwback of a beer; The Blushing Kaiser.