Brewing a Bavarian Helles
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Re: Brewing a Bavarian Helles
Shot an email to the head brewmaster at Paulaner Christian Dahncke, asked him if they used any other malts besides Pils in their Helles. I was surprised to receive a quick short reply, " we also use a small amount of Vienna".
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Yeah, I was surprised he got back to me but another guy over at HBT has been talking to him about their Ofest so I stole his email and asked my own questions. Im trying to get the % of Vienna out of him but dont think hed go that far. BTW he said a 70/30 Pils/Munich for Ofest.
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For me, Vienna malt is essential for helles. They taste like pilsners without it, not helles. I like 10-20% depending on whether I'm making helles, export or festbier. Helles and festbier get a touch of light Munich as well, more in festbier than helles, but not in export.
Great find and thanks for posting.
Great find and thanks for posting.
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Brewing a Bavarian Helles
That 70/30 is likely their marzen-style festbier, not the helles/pale festbier that is served in Munich.
This was my last batch (smoked hellesbock) with 20% dark Munich and 5% carahell (first runnings, pre-sparge).
This was my last batch (smoked hellesbock) with 20% dark Munich and 5% carahell (first runnings, pre-sparge).
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That 70/30 was for their tent bier Weisen. Probably a very light Munich malt.
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Interesting. I wonder if they are using custom malts. Thanks.
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Of course they have custom malt. The Munich malt I get has 12 EBC.
The Pilsen malt they have may also not be the same spec as one might think. Usually it is much darker to start with.
The Pilsen malt they have may also not be the same spec as one might think. Usually it is much darker to start with.
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