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Riot Fest Red

Riot Fest Red

German Pilsner (Pils) • Partial Mash • 5.5 gal

sweazel

A nice crisp Pilsner that looks more like an Irish Red. This is my entry for an off-color beer for my homebrew club.

December 18, 2014  05:00pm

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Ingredients (Partial Mash5.5 gal)

  • 1.5 lbs Bohemian Pilsner Malt;Weyermann®

    Bohemian Pilsner Malt;Weyermann®

    Czech-grown two-row spring barley “HANKA”. Processed specifically for “Bohemian” characteristics to impart a full body, golden-blond color, and complex maltiness to the finished brew. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill. Suitability (beer styles): All lagers (especially Pils/Pilsner/Pilsener) as well as low-alcohol, “light“, and Belgian ales and lagers.

  • .25 lbs Crystal Malt 60°L

    Crystal Malt 60°L

    Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.

  • .183 lbs Carared®;Weyermann®

    Carared®;Weyermann®

    German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Perfect for adding red color values to red ales and Vienna lagers. Slightly aromatic. Contributes gentle maltiness as well as some body to finished beer. Recommended Quantities: Up to 25% of total grain bill Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Red, Vienna, Bockbier Ales: Red, Altbier, Brown, Amber Wheat, Scottish

  • 1.5 lbs Munich 10L Malt;Briess

    Munich 10L Malt;Briess

    Robust malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Adds a pronounced malty flavor without adding non-fermentables or affecting foam. • Small amounts added to the grist will improve the malty flavor and give a richer color to low gravity brews. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • .125 lbs Roasted Barley;Muntons

    Roasted Barley;Muntons

  • 3.3 lbs CBW® Pilsen Light Liquid (Malt Extract);Briess

    CBW® Pilsen Light Liquid (Malt Extract);Briess

    Neutral to subtle flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • CBW® Pilsen Light is a liquid, 100% pure malted barley extract made from 100% Briess malts and water. It is the lightest pure malted barley extract available and produces a very crisp, clear wort. • CBW® Pilsen Light can be used in the production of all extract beer styles and to adjust the color, flavor and gravity of all grain beers. • Advantages of using extract in a brewhouse include: o Save time. o Increase capacity/boost productivity. o Extends the brew size by adding malt solids to the wort. o Boost gravity. o Adjust color. o Improve body and head retention. • Briess Malt & Ingredients Company is the only vertically integrated malting company in North America. That means we make our pure malt extracts from our own malt so you are assured of receiving only the fullest flavored, freshest, pure malt extracts for top brewhouse performance.

  • 1 lbs CBW® Pilsen Light Powder (Dry Malt Extract);Briess

    CBW® Pilsen Light Powder (Dry Malt Extract);Briess

    Neutral to subtle flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • CBW® Pilsen Light is a liquid, 100% pure malted barley extract made from 100% Briess malts and water. It is the lightest pure malted barley extract available and produces a very crisp, clear wort. • CBW® Pilsen Light can be used in the production of all extract beer styles and to adjust the color, flavor and gravity of all grain beers. • Advantages of using extract in a brewhouse include: o Save time. o Increase capacity/boost productivity. o Extends the brew size by adding malt solids to the wort. o Boost gravity. o Adjust color. o Improve body and head retention. • Briess Malt & Ingredients Company is the only vertically integrated malting company in North America. That means we make our pure malt extracts from our own malt so you are assured of receiving only the fullest flavored, freshest, pure malt extracts for top brewhouse performance.

  • .5 lbs Dry Light;Muntons

    Dry Light;Muntons

    Used as the base for a wide variety of styles of beers, including lager, pale ales, bitters, and export bitters. Contains no colored malts.

  • 1 oz Perle -6.9 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Perle

    Used mainly for its minty bittering and good green hop aromas in all non-pilsener lagersand wheats. Aroma is pleasant and slightly spicy

  • 1 oz Saaz -3.6 AA% pellets; boiled 20 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • 1 oz Saaz -3.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • 1ea Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss) -Added at 8 min. (omitted from calculations)

    Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss)

    Enhanced Irish Moss in convenient tablet form

  • White LabsWLP820Octoberfest/Märzen Lager

    White LabsWLP820Octoberfest/Märzen Lager

    This yeast produces a very malty, bock like style. It does not finish as dry as WLP830. This yeast is much slower in the first generation than WLP830, so we encourage a larger starter to be used the first generation or schedule a longer lagering time.

Notes

Protein Rest at 125 degrees for 20 minutes. Beta Rest at 143 degrees for 30 minutes. Alpha Rest at 156 degrees for 30 minutes. Sparge with one gallon of water at 170 degrees. Added DMEs at 45 min. Added LME at 18 min. Pitched yeast at 54 degrees. OG 1.050. FG 1.015. 4.5% ABV.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 2 -Pilsner

Subcategory: A -German Pilsner (Pils)

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.049 1.044 -1.050
Terminal Gravity: 1.014 1.008 -1.013
Color: 14.9 SRM 2 -5
Alcohol: 4.5% ABV 4.4% -5.2%
Bitterness: 29.8 IBU 25 -45

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