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Helles - All Grain Recipe Kit

Helles - All Grain Recipe Kit

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This all-grain recipe kit gives homebrewers the ingredients they need to craft a crisp, golden German-style Helles beer from scratch. Light and malt-forward with subtle hints of vanilla, spice and fruit, it combines classic lager character with a hop schedule featuring Wakatu and Mittelfrüh hops for a gentle, balanced bitterness.

Clean, golden and proof that sometimes keeping things simple takes a fair bit of brewing skill.

Brew Stats

  • Expected OG: 1.048
  • Expected FG: 1.012
  • Estimated ABV: 4.7%
  • IBU: 21
  • Batch Volume: 23L
  • Mash Efficiency: Figures based on 75%

Why Brewers Love It

  • A Proper All-Grain Brew: A satisfying recipe for brewers who enjoy getting stuck into the full mash-to-glass experience.
  • Classic Helles Character: Light, golden and malt-forward with the clean profile this German lager style is known for.
  • Smooth Malt Backbone: Pilsner, Carahell and Carapils malts combine for a light malt character with added body and balance.
  • Gentle Hop Character: Wakatu and Mittelfrüh hops provide restrained bitterness with subtle aromatic complexity.
  • Warm-Fermenting Lager Yeast: Mangrove Jack's M54 Californian Lager Yeast offers lager-style character while fermenting at warmer temperatures.
  • Worth the Wait: Optional cold lagering gives the flavours extra time to meld together and develop a clean, polished finish.

Ingredients

  • 4.3kg Pilsner Malt
  • 230g Carahell Malt
  • 140g Carapils Malt
  • 25g Wakatu Hops
  • 20g Mittelfrüh Hops
  • 1 tsp Irish Moss
  • 2 x Mangrove Jack's M54 Californian Lager Yeast

Method

  1. Add malts to 17L of water at 50°C & mash in, then recirculate for 30 minutes.
  2. Raise mash temperature to 64°C & recirculate for 20 minutes.
  3. Raise mash temperature to 78°C and hold for 10 minutes to mash out.
  4. Sparge with 12L of water over 90 minutes, or fly sparge with 12L if using a Grainfather.
  5. Boil for 75 minutes.
  6. Add Wakatu hops with 60 minutes left in the boil.
  7. Add half the Mittelfrüh hops & the Irish Moss with 15 minutes left in the boil.
  8. At the end of the boil, turn off the heat and add the remaining Mittelfrüh hops. Whirlpool by stirring or recirculating the wort for 20 minutes.
  9. Cool the wort and transfer to a clean, sanitised fermenter. Pitch both packets of Mangrove Jack's M54 Californian Lager Yeast and ferment at 18–22°C for approximately 7–10 days, or until the specific gravity has remained stable.
  10. If possible, once fermentation is complete, hold at 18–20°C for 1 day for a diacetyl rest before cold crashing.
  11. For optional lagering, transfer to a CO₂-flushed secondary vessel and hold at approximately 1°C for 3–4 weeks to help the flavours meld and develop.
  12. Bottle or keg as usual. If bottling after extended cold conditioning, additional yeast may be required to ensure reliable bottle carbonation.
  13. If you choose not to lager or rack the brew, allow approximately 3–4 weeks of conditioning to help the flavours come together and the finished character develop.

Good things take time. Great Helles apparently likes to make a whole brewing project out of it.

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