Festooned

By Guy Asaert

Recipe is part of Recipe Index

BJCP 2021 Style 4B Festbier

Awards

Lager Than Life 2022 (Pillars Brewery, 5/3/2022)

2nd - Helles & Festbier

Statistics

• IBU 25
• ABV 6%
• OG 1.056
• FG 1.010
• EBC 11
• 21 litres at end of boil.
• 20 litres into fermenter.

Ingredients

Water

RO water, adjusted with 1.3g Gypsum and 4.5g of Calcium Chloride.

Malt

• Extra Pale Premiere Pilsner Malt, 2.5 EBC, 3.2kg, 57.5%
• Munich I, 14 EBC, 1.64kg, 29.4%
• Vienna Malt, 5.9 EBC, 440g, 7.9%
• Carapils/Carafoam, 3.9 EBC, 220g, 4%
• Melanoidin Light, 50 EBC, 70g, 1.3%

Hops

• 20g Hallertauer Mittelfrueh at 60 minutes
• 18g Hallertauer Mittelfrueh at 30 minutes
• 25g Saaz at 20 minutes

Yeast

Wyeast Labs Bohemian Lager 2124. Will most likely require a two step starter to achieve ~480 billion cells.

Process

Mash

Rests:

• 50°C for 20 minutes
• 62°C for 30 minutes
• 68°C for 30 minutes
• 72°C for 20 minutes
• 78°C for 10 minutes (mash out)

Boil

90 minutes

Ferment

Keep at 9°C for 4 days and ramp up to 18°C over 1 week. Beer was lagered at 6°C for 3 weeks.

Serving

Force carbonated.