Villenke 2.0  
 
 
I honor of my daughter’s baptism I made her a Baptismal Braeu Koelsch.  Everything went super well during the brew.  I mashed in and hit a fine rest temp.  The sparge was great.  I got over 6 gallons into the boil kettle and recorded a fine pre-boil gravity.
 
After a vigorous boil I ended up with the expected volume but a much higher gravity.  I still don’t totally get how to best get a pre-boil gravity match up with the expected end of boil gravity.  To make the beer match style I went ahead and added a half gallon of water.
 
Hopefully everything turns out.
 
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Baptismal Braeu