Vienna Ale

[nigel_c]

Im trying to dial in a recipe which will go down well with everyone at mu upcoming wedding in August. I could not be arsed brewing a lager but love the flavor from vienna malt so...

Vienna Ale
23L
OG 1.052
IBU 33

Vienna Malt 4.50 Kg
Wheat malt 0.50 Kg
Chocolate malt 0.75 Kg
Mashed at 68c for 60 min.


Hallertauer Mittelfruh 43 g @ 60 min
Hallertauer Mittelfruh 25 g @ 10 min

1.8L starter of US-O5 slurry
Fermenting @ 16c  at the bottom end of yeast tolerance till its done 

Im sure i can knock a month off a brew by using this method with similar results.

Brew is on at the moment.
I now think 68c is a little high and may result in a bit id a malt bomb so i added the 10 min addition to try even it our.

All ideas or comments welcome.

[nigel_c]

First sample tonight. down to 1.020 and still at high kraeusen. Very clean. transferred to room temp to finish off the last few points. I'd say the lager boys will like this one.

[Metattron]

Be interested to know how this turns out.  Doing a Vienna based brew soon myself.  Think I might still have some Hallertauer in the freezer too.

[Metattron]

Wouldn't they need to be lagered?  Saying that, my first kit was a Black Rock Bock, fermented at room temperature and was one on the nicest kit beers I've brewed.  Seems to be discontinued now, great kit if you can find it though.  I've been holding off on doing all grain bocks as I lack the lagering setup.  Working on it though.  Could be an Alt type?  Another firm favourite.