As Memorial day weekend approached I wanted to brew some beer, not only did I want to brew, because I could have alone in my kitchen, but I wanted to brew with our little group My Sister in Law Katie who is a Navy Veteran and My Air Force Buddy Rob (obviously we are Air Force Vets) hoping to make this a yearly thing starting this year. With a Memorial Day Brew
We wanted to make a summertime beer, but something that would taste good and not be too heavy for the hot ass days here in St Louis. So we decided on a Kölsch
We looked through a few recopies and found one we could make our own. Rob grabbed the ingredients we needed and everyone met up on Monday.
Now Rob has 99 percent of the equipment for our 5 gallon brews and lives the furthest, but due to the fact I have little ones running around he grabs all the shit and comes over. After measuring the grain out. (most was measured at the Brew shop but since Rob buys the 2 Row in bulk we needed to measure that out)
So we Milled all the grain
Got the water up to temperature
Had a few beers while waiting.
You all know after getting the water temp up then the fun Starts. Brewing beer or at least the first stages are sort of like making a large batch of oatmeal.
You get the grains mixed in and dump the hot water on it mixing it up so you don't get clumps in. (Your also trying to get every bit of flavor out of your grains (along with the sugars to turn into well beer when the yeast goes to work)
After the 45 minutes of soaking in the hot water in this case, 45 minutes as opposed to usually about an hour. We sparge and get all that goodness through the grain bed
Once we have the wort clear we are ready to boil....
Getting through our boil, putting in our hops and finally pitching the yeast...
We officially have Beer or our Memorial Day Veterans Kölsch
The plan is about 3 days of Primary and then I will transfer it for secondary for another 3-4 weeks
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