Type- Kolsch
Average Beer Rating- 3

Description:
This Kolsch Homebrew recipe produces a crisp, clean and easy drinking ale. The beer has a straw yellow hue similar to a pilsner, but it is less hoppy, a bit sweeter and uses light malts and a small amount of wheat. The ABV for this Kolsch recipe is 4.25-4.75%.

Ingredients:
Fermentables
3.3 lb. Extra Light LME
2 lb. Wheat DME

Specialty Grains
12 oz. Carapils

Hops
2 oz. Mt. Hood

Yeast
1 Sachet

Directions:
1. Pour 2.5 gallons of clean water into your brew pot and begin to heat.
2. Pour crushed grains into a grain bag and tie a loose knot at the top of the bag.
3. When water is between 150-165F place the grain bag in the brew pot. (Make sure your water does not exceed 170F.)
4. Steep for 20-minutes.
5. Remove the grain bag and without squeezing allow the liquid to drain back into your brew pot/ wort.
6. Bring your wort back to a boil and stir in the 3.3 lb. Extra Light LME. (Make sure that the malt extracts do not burn on the bottom of the brew pot.)
7. Add 1 oz. Mt. Hops and boil for 30-minutes. (Make sure the wort doesn’t boil over.)
8. Add the other 1 oz. Mt. Hops and boil for 20-minutes.
9. Add 2 lb. of Wheat DME and boil for 5-minutes.
10. Terminate the boil and cool the wort to approximately 70F.
11. Once cooled, add to a sanitized fermenter (make sure you don’t pour all of the sediment.)
12. Add enough clean water to the fermenter to bring your wort to the 5-gallon mark.
13. Pitch the yeast and cover with the fermenter lid.
14. Let the beer to ferment for 2-weeks.

Additional Tips
1. On bottling day, dissolve 3/4 cup of corn sugar in 16 oz. water.
2. Keep your bottles between 62-75F to ensure proper maturation.

Beer Reviews:
Tobin’s Review 3 out of 5
This Kolsch Homebrew Recipe produces a beer with a clear golden color and a pretty looking head. The beer has a decent amount of carbonation and smells a little yeasty (in a good way.) It is soft at first, but has a little bite in the back of the throat. It tastes very similar to a German Lager, but it has a fruiter malt and a slightly hoppy flavors. At the end of the day, it gives you German beer burps- not a bad recipe.

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Country- USA
State- Alaska
Brand- Alaskan Brewing Company
Type- Kölsch
Average Beer Rating- 3.5

Description:
Alaskan Kölsch has a straw-gold color and balances a softly malted palate with the clean freshness of the hops. The ABV for Alaskan Kölsch is 5.3%.

Glass to Use:
Kolsch beers are best served in a Pilsner glass.

About the Brewery
In 1986, Marcy and Geoff Larson founded the Alaskan Brewing Company in Juneau, Alaska. The brewery was the 67th independent brewery in the country and the first in Juneau since Prohibition. The company has won many awards and uses local ingredients to produce their beers.

Beer Reviews:
Tobin’s Review 3.5 out of 5
This Kölsch looks like a urine sample with a very light head. Thankfully it doesn’t smell like it looks, as it has a nice malty aroma. The beer is well-balanced with malt and citrus and is a nice crisp and a clean tasting beer.

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Country- USA
State- Missouri
Brand- Boulevard Brewing Company
Type- Kolsch
Average Beer Rating- 3

Description:
Boulevard Brewing American Kolsch has a European pilsner malt and malted wheat base. The beer is bittered with Magnum hops and features herbal, citrusy and spicy notes that come from the Tradition, Saaz and Saphir hops. This Kolsch has a golden color with bready malt and slight mint aromas. The beer delivers flavors of a honey-like malt sweetness that gives way to a crisp clean finish with lingering flavors of citrus and herbal hop flavors. The ABV for Boulevard Brewing American Kolsch is 4.6%.

Glass to Use:
Kolsch beers are best served in a pilsner glass.

About the Brewery
In 1989, John McDonald founded Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City, Missouri. By 1992 they were producing 7,000 barrels and by 2004 close to 100,000 barrels. In 2014 Boulevard Brewing became part of the Duvel Moortgat family, which produces Duvel. The company now produces 9-year round beers, as well as seasonal beers, their smokestack series and limited releases.

Beer Reviews:
Tobin’s Review 3 out of 5
Boulevard Brewing’s American Kolsch has a dark gold hue with a white frothy head. I pick up notes of sweet malt on the nose. It is very bubbly and carbonated with malt flavors and a very dry aftertaste. I do detect a biscuity flavor in the beer as well. It is definitely not your average Kolsch, but is nice and light.

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