Wien Zerschlagen (Vienna SMASH)
Brewed: 10/30/2022 Kegged: 11/17/2022
In October of 2022, I finally decided to brew a beer with the entire malt bill using Vienna Malt from Colorado's Root Shoot Malting.The Brew Hut (one of my local homebrew shops) had been carrying this malt for a few years, and I really fell in love with it, using it in such classics as Decemberfest Lager and Colorado Vienna Lager.
It is unique in that it is around 6 Lovibond, which makes it almost twice as dark as most Vienna malts. Its flavor is rich and toasty with hints of graham cracker and grape nuts.
For some time, I had been thinking it would be fun to brew a beer using 100% of this malt in the grain bill.
This is the recipe I came up with.
I thought a lot about the name of the beer, trying to pull together Colorado and Vienna / Austria.
I spent time with Google's English to German translator. For awhile I thought I would call it "Berglöwe Wien" which means "Mountain Lion Vienna".
But, I wasn't really wild about that name.
Eventually I decided to just go boring and descriptive ... "Vienna S.M.A.S.H." (Single MAlt Single Hop). I dressed it up with the German word for "Smash" and got "Wien Zerschlagen".
I'm still not overly excited about that name, but I probably don't want to waste a great name on a beer I'll probably only brew once. Wien Zerschlagen (Vienna SMASH) is at least descriptive of the beer.
On untappd: Wien Zerschlagen - SheppyBrew
Anyway, we'll see how it turns out.
For more about this beer, see Sheppy's Blog: Wien Zerschlagen
| Vienna --- Batch 1 |
| Style | Vienna Lager | Batch Size | 5.50 gal | |||
| Type | All Grain | Boil Size | 6.60 gal | |||
| Brewhouse Efficiency | 65.00 | Boil Time | 60 minutes |
Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity | 1.051 SG | Estimated FG | 1.012 SG | ||||
| Recipe Bitterness | 24.6 IBUs (Rager) | Alcohol by Volume | 5.2 % | ||||
| BU : GU | 0.484 | ||||||
| Recipe Color | 8.2 SRM |
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| Measured OG: | 1.051 | Measured FG: | 1.013 | ||||
| ADF: | 74 | Measured ABV: | 5.0% |
Ingredients
| Amt | Name | Type | # | %/IBU | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.98 gal | Denver, Colorado | Water | 1 | - | - |
| 8.00 g | Calcium Chloride (Mash) | Water Agent | 2 | - | - |
| 3.00 g | Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash) | Water Agent | 3 | - | - |
| 1.00 tsp | Lactic Acid (Mash) | Water Agent | 4 | - | - |
| 12 lbs | CO Vienna Malt (6.0 SRM) | Grain | 5 | 100.0 % | 0.94 gal |
| 0.500 oz | Magnum [15.80 %] - Boil 40.0 min | Hop | 6 | 24.6 IBUs | - |
| 1.00 Items | Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 mins) | Fining | 7 | - | - |
| 1.00 tsp | Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 mins) | Other | 8 | - | - |
| 1.0 pkg | Saflager Lager (DCL/Fermentis #W-34/70) [50.28 ml] | Yeast | 9 | - | - |
| 0.50 tsp | Gelatin (Bottling) | Fining | 10 | - | - |
Mash Profile
| Name | Description | Step Temperature | Step Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saccharification | Add 31.92 qt of water at 158.8 F | 152.0 F | 45 min |
| Heat | Heat to 158.0 F over 10 min | 158.0 F | 15 min |
| Mash Out | Heat to 170.0 F over 7 min | 170.0 F | 10 min |
If steeping, remove grains,
and prepare to boil wort
Brewing salts in the mash water.
Ca=104,Mg=18,Na=21,SO4=90,Cl=151,HCO3=104
Acid addition to bring calculated pH around 5.4
Brew as directed from recipe.
Cool wort to as close to 50 degrees as possible.
Ferment in 50's for about 5 days, let rise to high 60's for another week.
Keg carbonate.
After the keg is chilled, add geletin to keg.
Brewing Record
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| Pre-boil OG | (1.046 SG) | Pre-boil Vol | (6.60 gal) | |||
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Brewing Notes
10/17/2022 Berglöwe Wien ... Mountain lion Vienna
10/21/2022 zerschlagen... Smash
10/30/2022 Brew day today. OG right on. Pitched by 8AM.
10/31/2022 Just barely getting started this morning. Bubbling pretty good by the time I got home from work. Tilt said 1.053 at 53. I raised the temp control.to match that 53.
11/3/2022 Forgot to switch out ice this morning and by the time I actually remembered the tilt said 1.020 at 66. So, I unplugged the pump.
11/16/2022 Tilt say 1.018 at 69 degrees. Has not really gone down for about 10 days. Need to get this kegged up. Took a little sample yesterday. Tastes good, but maybe a bit sweet. Sample wasn't clear at all.
11/17/2022 Kegged today. Tilt was still the same, but I measured the OG at 1.013, which makes this exactly a 5% abv beer. Perfect. The beer is a lot more red / orange than I thought it would be. I think it actually looks perfect for an amber lager. Flavor exactly what you would expect with a 100% Vienna malt beer. Currently sitting around waiting for a beer to clear out of the beer fridge, but I'm ok waiting on this one.
11/25/2022 Keg of Falling Leaves blew so I moved this keg into Beer fridge.
11/27/2022 Tried the beer last night. Tastes great. Added gelatin this morning. Gonna love drinking this beer.
12/16/2022 Looking and tasting great.
1/5/2023 Really a nice red lager. Crystal clear. Wonderful flavor. Great long lasting head. Awesome beer. When my in-laws were here they really liked it too.
2/11/2023 Incredibly clear now. Still tasting great. I think this will be the next keg to kick.
2/17/2023 Yum
2/24/2023 Killed the keg. Surprised it lasted as long as it did. Was crystal clear at the end and very tasty.
10/17/2022 Berglöwe Wien ... Mountain lion Vienna
10/21/2022 zerschlagen... Smash
10/30/2022 Brew day today. OG right on. Pitched by 8AM.
10/31/2022 Just barely getting started this morning. Bubbling pretty good by the time I got home from work. Tilt said 1.053 at 53. I raised the temp control.to match that 53.
11/3/2022 Forgot to switch out ice this morning and by the time I actually remembered the tilt said 1.020 at 66. So, I unplugged the pump.
11/16/2022 Tilt say 1.018 at 69 degrees. Has not really gone down for about 10 days. Need to get this kegged up. Took a little sample yesterday. Tastes good, but maybe a bit sweet. Sample wasn't clear at all.
11/17/2022 Kegged today. Tilt was still the same, but I measured the OG at 1.013, which makes this exactly a 5% abv beer. Perfect. The beer is a lot more red / orange than I thought it would be. I think it actually looks perfect for an amber lager. Flavor exactly what you would expect with a 100% Vienna malt beer. Currently sitting around waiting for a beer to clear out of the beer fridge, but I'm ok waiting on this one.
11/25/2022 Keg of Falling Leaves blew so I moved this keg into Beer fridge.
11/27/2022 Tried the beer last night. Tastes great. Added gelatin this morning. Gonna love drinking this beer.
12/16/2022 Looking and tasting great.
1/5/2023 Really a nice red lager. Crystal clear. Wonderful flavor. Great long lasting head. Awesome beer. When my in-laws were here they really liked it too.
2/11/2023 Incredibly clear now. Still tasting great. I think this will be the next keg to kick.
2/17/2023 Yum
2/24/2023 Killed the keg. Surprised it lasted as long as it did. Was crystal clear at the end and very tasty.