Hallertau

Notes on Hallertau gathered automatically from across the wiki. Each heading links back to the exact section it came from.

From Hops: Unusng Hops

“We’ve been using a lot more Huell Melon and Hallertau Blanc in IPAs, and the Huell Melon/Galaxy combo has worked really well for us. It tends to bring out more of the melon notes already there in Galaxy, and we get more pineapple and honeydew melon. Similarly, Hallertau Blanc and Motueka work well together to complement bright hops, and we use it with Citra, Mosaic, and Galaxy as well.
Our Remote Island IPA is Galaxy, Hallertau Blanc, and Motueka, with Galaxy being 50 percent and the other two the remaining 50 percent. They work really well to provide a lot more depth and bring out more of the bright pineapple and a hint of lemongrass that I always enjoy. It adds a bit of complexity to the hops bill, so it’s not just one big fruit note.

Citra and Hallertau Blanc have the highest odour unit of free 3SHA (Fermentis seminar)

knockout at 5.5c, sit for 24 hours. Then set the temp at 10c, takes about 3 days to get to 10.
when it hits 10 its usually at 6.5p and they spund starting there.
Then they start slowly reducing the temp back to 5.5c. Usually they hit FG at 7 days and its usually 6.5c.
- If its sluggish they leave it there, if its fermenting strong they keep stepping it down.
Then they leave it at 5c for 3 weeks.
Hard crash to 0 and package less than a week later. (they just basically drop everything, transfer to BT and package)
4-5 weeks grain to glass. They use clarex in the FV but that’s it for this beer (they use biofine on the hallertau pils).
Most big Czech breweries don’t do the big vd rest. They condition at 5c because it gives you a long window to see when the flavor is perfect (sulfur balance, etc…) If the beer is fermented warmer you miss the window too quickly. In Czech the cold rooms are 5c and it takes weeks for the beers to cool down to that temp so he’s trying to mimic that.

Davis says that Faction mixes it up with the hops in their traditional helles beer, but they always keep it to German hops. Think Saaz, Hallertau, Mittlefruh, and Saphir, among others. Faction uses one pound per barrel, if that, according to Davis.