Lobster Rollsch

Lobster Whaaa??!!??!! Who doesn't love Lobster Rolls and Kolsch style beer together? Nobody, that's who. So, we put the classic flavors of a New England Lobster Roll into a Dark German Kolsch. Whole peppercorn, toasted celery seed, fresh tarragon and lemon zest are going in the brew pot with some citrus hops and rich Maris Otter malt. Enjoy lobster freaks.

Lobster Rollsch Recipe - All Grain


Batch size 5 gallons
Boil size 6.9 gallons
Boil time 60 minutes
Grain weight 11 pounds
Efficiency 70%
Original gravity 1.057
Final gravity 1.014
Alcohol (by volume) 5.6%
Bitterness (IBU) 35
Color (SRM) 17.2°L
Yeast
2 liquid packs
White Labs
WLP029
German Ale/Kölsch

Grains/Extracts/Sugars
11 pounds
Maris Otter
38ppg, 4°L
5 pounds
45.5%
Pilsner Malt
38ppg, 2°L
3 pounds
27.3%
Munich (Light)
34ppg, 10°L
2 pounds
18.2%
Wheat (Flaked)
36ppg, 2°L
0.5 pounds
4.5%
Black Patent
27ppg, 500°L
0.25 pounds
2.3%
Honey Malt
30ppg, 20°L
0.25 pounds
2.3%

Hops
2.5 ounces
Hersbrucker hops
5%, Pellet
1.5 ounces
Sorachi Ace hops
13%, Whole Leaf
0.5 ounces
Crystal hops
3%, Pellet
0.5 ounces

Additions
3.24 ounces
Tarragon (fresh)
Flavor
2 ounces
Lemon Zest (fresh)
Flavor
1 ounce
White Peppercorns
Flavor
0.16 ounces
Toasted Celery Seed
Flavor
0.08 ounces

Single Infusion Mash
60 minutes, 8.9 gallons
Strike
Target 152°F
4.1 gallons
163°F
60 minutes (+0)
Sparge 4.8 gallons
168°F

Boil
60 minutes, 6.9 gallons
Hersbrucker hops
5%, Pellet
1 ounce
60 minutes (+0)
Hersbrucker hops
5%, Pellet
0.5 ounces
30 minutes (+30)
Crystal hops
3%, Pellet
0.5 ounces
15 minutes (+45)
White Peppercorns
Flavor
0.16 ounces
10 minutes (+50)
Celery Seed
Flavor
0.08 ounces
10 minutes (+50)
Lemon Zest
Flavor
0.5 ounces
10 minutes (+50)
Sorachi Ace hops
13%, Whole Leaf
0.5 ounces
0 minutes (+60)
Lemon Zest
Flavor
0.5 ounces
0 minutes (+60)
Tarragon (fresh)
Flavor
2 ounces
0 minutes (+60)

Ferment
38 days
Primary 5 days @ 62° F
Secondary 5 days @ 62° F
Condition 28 days@ 34° F

Directions
Mash the grains at 152° F (67° C) for 60 minutes or until starch conversion is finished. Mash out at 168° F (75° C) and sparge. Collect 6.9 gallons (26 L) of runoff and bring everything to a rolling boil. Drop in your hops as directed in the recipe. After a 60 minute boil, chill the wort down to 67° F (19° C) and transfer to your primary fermenter. Pitch your yeast, whether it be a yeast starter, liquid or dry yeast and aerate well. Ferment at 62° F (17° C) for 5 days or until fermentation activity subsides, then rack to secondary for another 5 days. Age 28 more days then bottle or keg.