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Echtes Festbier

Helles, All-Grain

5 gallon batch

Ingredients

Grains
4 ozs Weyermann Acidulated
11 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) Ger

Hops
1 oz Perle, 60 mins
1 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh, 10 mins

Yeasts
White Labs 838, Southern German Lager Yeast

Original recipe from Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine

Mash schedule

Add 10.12 qts water @ 171.1° F
Protein rest 30 min @ 149° F
Add 9 qts water @ 189.5° F
Saccharification rest 30 min @ 162.0° F
Add 9.00 qts water @ 197° F
Mash out 10 min @ 168° F
Batch sparge 6.84 qts water @ 170° F

Fermentation schedule

Primary 10 days @ 50° F
Diacetyl rest for 3 days @ 60° F and hold until final gravity is reached.
Lager in secondary for 42 days @ 35° F
Keg and serve

Stats

• ABV: 6 percent
• IBU: 31
• Boil Size: 6.53 gallons
• Color: 4.2 SRM
• Boil Time: 60 minutes
• Estimate preboil OG: 1.044
• Actual Postboil OG: 1.052

Stats by iBrewmaster

Other notes

Be sure to begin with a yeast starter.

Added on 07/14/2018

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