![]() In short, use saaz or willamette if you don't want too much citrus flavor and you don't want to buy another hop varietal. BIAB, ABV 6.5, IBU 25.02, SRM 11.41, Fermentables: ( American - Pilsner, Barke Munich Malt, Vienna, German - Carafa II, Acidulated Malt) Hops: (German Hallertau, Hallertau Mittelfruh) Other: (Chalk, Calcium Chloride (dihydrate), Epsom Salt, Gypsum, Salt, Baking Soda) Brew your best beer EVER. This latter, warmer, mash schedule will go nicely with a combo of saaz and willamette or solely willamette. For a more rich flavor, keep your mash temps higher around 150-153 to accentuate some of the malty character. If you want something dry for an lager or ale, mash low and long to get a drier crispier flavor. This beer has got quite a bit more hop bitterness than Mrzen and less of the caramel sweetness. That being said, it is still copper color, but just a little bit lighter than GB’s Mrzen. Ninkasi Oktoberfest confusingly also calls itself a Festbier Lager. You can also change the malt flavor by mashing at different temps. There’s even a surprising amount of hop bitterness for a beer this dark. Saaz will be a little spicier-noble flavor and will contrast the malty flavor of the vienna and willamette is a fuggles derivative which will have a very mild citrus-catty like flavor and aroma but is more in the relm of earthy floral which will complement the vienna malty flavor. Balancing this against floral, citrusy and spicy hops, weve conducted our own grand Mitteleuropean tour of Czech, German and Slovenian hops with additions of. Without adding too much opinion to it and using what you have, I would strongly suggest saaz or willamette if you want to move away from the more citrusy varieties. Conversely if you want a more interesting ale type smash I would say willamette, but you can just as easily do another double hop with saaz and willamette. ![]() If you want to get a little more intricate you could do a single malt and double hop all vienna ale/lager with saaz and willamette. You can do a 100% vienna smash lager to relative style with saaz hops. SKU: 70595 Category: Craft Beer Tags: 6 Degrees. The hop you use will really depend on what kind of vienna smash you are doing, lager or ale. A Vienna Lager brewed with fresh dwarf Pioneer hops that we grow right here in Aberdeenshire Out of stock.
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