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Ol' Butt Kicker

Ol' Butt Kicker

Doppelbock • Extract • 5 gal

November 1, 2001 am 09:28am

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Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 3/4 lbs Crystal Malt 60°L

    Crystal Malt 60°L

    Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.

  • 1 lbs German Light Munich

    German Light Munich

    For a desired malty, nutty flavor. Lagers, Oktoberfests and bock beer.

  • 1/2 lbs Belgian Aromatic

    Belgian Aromatic

    Imparts a big malt aroma. Use in brown ales, Belgian dubbels and tripels.

  • 8 lbs Dry Light; Muntons

    Dry Light; Muntons

    Used as the base for a wide variety of styles of beers, including lager, pale ales, bitters, and export bitters. Contains no colored malts.

  • 4 lbs Dry Wheat; Muntons

    Dry Wheat; Muntons

    Made with a preponderance of wheat malt (55%) for the production of wheat or Weiss beers. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • 1.5 oz Tettnanger - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 1/2 oz Tettnanger - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 1/2 oz Styrian Goldings - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Styrian Goldings

    Mild, pleasant.

  • 1/2 oz Tettnanger - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 1/2 oz Styrian Goldings - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Styrian Goldings

    Mild, pleasant.

  • Wyeast 2565 Kolsch

    Wyeast 2565 Kolsch

    A hybrid of ale and lager characteristics. This strain develops excellent maltiness with subdued fruitiness, and a crisp finish. Ferments well at moderate temperatures.

Notes

This is an immensely malty beer. I recommend using two fermenters, EVEN if you use a blowoff tube. The kraeusen of this beer is enormous. Definitely use a starter. Style purists will probably turn up their nose to the late kettle additions and perhaps the relativly large amount of wheat malt used. I think they add an interesting depth to a great beer. Questions/comments brewsage@neb.rr.com.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 5 - Bock

Subcategory: C - Doppelbock

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.115 1.072 - 1.112
Terminal Gravity: 1.029 1.016 - 1.024
Color: 16.1 SRM 6 - 25
Alcohol: 11.5% ABV 7% - 10%
Bitterness: 21.1 IBU 16 - 26

Discussion

brewsage

Change One

2002-03-24 12:51pm

I gave this guy two weeks in primary. One month in the secondary. After two more months in the bottle this puppy is very tasty. It is fantasticly malty with a little hoppiness. Next time I will use a larger proportion of wheat malt, and upset the style purists with just a little more hops. I plan to use a wide variety of noble hops next time.

brewsage

Note on the yeast

2002-05-31 12:21pm

the WLP 920 is a seasonal offering. The WLP 820 is a year around affair. The advertised attenuation is pretty much the same, high sixties to lower seventies. I used the 920.

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