Kolsch Brewed

I brewed a Kolsch (though I can't call it that as I don't live in Koln Germany) on Saturday. It was an interesting brew. I found some Kolsch malt which was malted in Koln Germany so I decided to use 2 pounds of that along with 5 pounds of German Pils Malt. I added 1 pound of Belgian Wheat Malt as well. The hops were 2 ounces of Hallertau and 1 ounce of Tettnang. It was a very simple recipe. I started with five gallons of water and heated to 182. It was a bit too hot so I added the hot water to the mashtun and let it cool to 152 and maintained the temp. I left it alone for two hours then sparged. The boil was only an hour. I am brewing this for the style contest at Forest City Brewers for the June contest. The brew is fermenting nicely with an Original Gravity (O.G.) of 1.044 starting out. I think the Final Gravity (F.G.) will be around 1.010 based on the fermentation so far. Visit my blog page at www.beerandwineathome.com.