Bockanalia

By K. Florian Klemp Published January 2013, Volume 33, Number 6

Schwarzbock (extract)

5 gallons, OG 1.075, 25 IBU

Steep 1# Caramunich® III, 0.75# Carafa® I and 0.5# Special B for 20 minutes at 155º F

Rinse steeping grains and top up kettle to 5 gallons

Add 8# Munich LME and bring to a boil

Bittering hops: 1 oz Perle, 60 minutes

Flavor hops: 1 oz Tetnanger, 20 minutes

Aroma hops: 1 oz Tetnanger, 5 minutes

Ferment with standard lager procedures with one of the yeasts described above

Classic Doppelbock (partial mash)

5 gallons, OG 1.080, 25 IBU

Mash 1# aromatic malt, 1# Caramunich® III, 3# Munich malt and 3# Pilsner malt at 154º F for one hour

Collect 5.5 gallons of wort and dissolve 5# Munich malt extract in kettle

Bittering hops: 1.5 oz Hallertauer, 60 minutes

Flavor/Aroma hops: 0.5 Hallertauer, 10 minutes

Ferment with standard lager procedures with one of the yeasts described above

SMaSH Maibock (all-grain)

5 gallons, OG 1.070, 33 IBU

Mash 14# Vienna malt at 153º F for one hour

Bittering hops: 2 oz Hallertauer Mittelfruh, 60 minutes

Flavor hops: 1 oz Hallertauer Mittelfruh, 20 minutes

Aroma hops: 1 oz Hallertauer Mittelfruh, 0 minutes

Ferment with standard lager procedures with one of the yeasts described above

K. Florian Klemp is an award-winning homebrewer and general hobbyist who thinks there is no more sublime marriage than that of art and science.

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