Trough Lolly’s Schwarzbier

As the rainclouds make their long overdue appearance over Canberra, it’s time to start stocking up on lagers for yet another cold winter…well, that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!! I had a look at Ross’s schwarzbier recipe and tomorrow morning I’ll be brewing the following recipe…

Trough Lolly’s Schwarzbier

Batch Size – 21L
OG – 1.050 FG – 1.012
IBU – 33.2 EBC – 68.3

Grainbill
2kg Weyermann Vienna Malt 42.9%
1.2kg Weyermann Pilsner Malt 25.8%
1kg Weyermann Munich II Malt 21.5%
160g Weyermann Carafa I 3.4%
150g Weyermann Caraaroma 3.2%
150g Joe White Chocolate Malt 3.2%

Hops
22g Hallertauer Pellets 4.2% A/A 60 mins 14.4IBU
8g Northern Brewer Pellets 10% A/A 60 mins 12.5IBU
20g Hallertauer Pellets 4.2% A/A 20 mins 4.4IBU
20g Tettnanger Flowers 3.9% A/A 5 mins 1.9IBU

Yeast
Repitch on a WLP 810 San Francisco Lager yeast slurry. Recommend W34/70 or S-189 dry lager yeast.

Notes
90 minute boil
1 teaspoon of gypsum and 1 teaspoon of Chalk in the mash

Cheers,
TL