The latest batch of beer at the CaBrewery was to honor Mrs. Brew Meister and her affection for Kulmbacher Mönchshof Schwarzbier. This brings back memories of sitting in a middle-eastern restarant, watching German MTV, eating falafel, and smelling the hookahs burning.
The beer is a dark-as-night brew, with lower alcohol, foamy beige head, and has a very low roasted taste. It is a smooth lager, with noble hops in the mid taste, and an incredible finish. I agree with the Mrs.--it is a great beer, so I decided to try to make it.
I could not find any clear recipe for the style, so I took an all grain recipe, translated it into a partial mash, and used whatever I had left from the last few batches of beer, and here is what I have left:
Schwartz Beer
1/2# chocolate malt
1/2# roasted malt
1/2# crustal 40
3.52# BierKeller Dark German DME
3.3# Briess Pilsen Light
60 minutes 1/2 oz NZ Hallertau 6.2AA
15 minutes 1/2 oz NZ Hallertau 6.2AA
Heated water to 160F, added the crushed grains and put the heat on simmer for 50 minutes.
I hang a basket with the specialty grains on my 40qt boil pot and rinsed the grains for a few minutes.
I added the DME and brought up the water to 20L. Brought everything up to a boil and did the hop on schedule.
Cooled to 72F, pitched White Labs WLP830 German Lager Yeast and kept in a warm room (70F) for the night. By morning, the yeast was chugging along. I moved the primary to the basement where it settled to 62F for three weeks. I kegged it and let it sit in the beer fridge for a week. It turned out awesome!
Try it out and let me know what you think. I am going to make another batch next week!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
May the Schwarz Bier With You (Kulmbacher - Mönchshof Schwarzbier clone)
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2 comments:
Mmmm, sounds like a tasty brew! If you're looking for labels to put on this batch when it's done, I highly recommend www.BottleYourBrand.com They do all our labels (my husband and I are homebrewers) and they do a terrific job. Good luck!
Thanks Tricia, if you make this brew let me know what you think.
I will check out the label making website you mentioned!
Cheers
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