This classic Vienna recipe is formulated with our Goldpils® Vienna Malt. It’s a rich, malty 2-Row base malt that offers complexity and depth with a toasted note at the finish.
Brew Your Own magazine subscribers can find this recipe on a Briess/White Labs tear-out recipe card in March-April 2014 issue. It can also be found in a printer-friendly version at the Briess Recipe Database. Happy brewing!
Goldpils® Vienna
- Type: Lager
- Style: Vienna
- Batch Size: 5 gallons
- Recipe Type: All grain
- Recipe Contributed By: Briess Technical Services Team
Ingredients
- 10 lbs—Briess Goldpils® Vienna Malt
- 1.25 oz—Styrian Golding (5.0% AA)—60 minute boil
- 0.5 oz—Hersbrucker (2.4% AA)—15 minute boil
- 0.25 oz—Hersbrucker (2.4% AA hop)—5 minute boil
- 1 vial—WLP838 Southern German Lager Yeast
- 1 capsule—Servomyces Yeast Nutrient—10 minute boil
Procedures
- Mash grains at 148-152º for 45 minutes
- Heat to 170ºF
- Lauter
- Boil with bittering hops for 60 minutes
- Add second hop addition, boil 15 minutes
- Add final hop addition at kettle knock out
- Cool to 62ºF, oxygenate wort
- Pitch 1 vial WLP838 Southern German Lager Yeast
- At first sign of fermentation cool to 54ºF
Fermentation
- Initial Fermentation: 2-10 hours at 62ºF
- Primary Fermentation: 2-4 weeks at 54ºF
- Secondary Fermentation: 3 months at 33-40ºF
- Fermentation Notes: Bottle condition with 1/4 vial WLP838 Southern German Lager Yeast or Force Carbonate
Stats
- Original Gravity: 1.055
- Final Gravity: 1.014
- Alcohol by Weight: 4.4%
- Alcohol by Volume: 5.4%
- IBU: 20
- Color: 6 Lovibond