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Bloody Helles
Maibock/Helles Bock • All Grain • 5 gal
A Mai or Helles bock with Tart Cherries added to primary.
February 19, 2012 am 11:19am
5.0/5.0 1 rating
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 9.2 lbs
Premium 2-Row Malt; Great Western
Premium 2-Row Malt; Great Western
Our most popular base malt, perfect for all beer styles, especially American ales and lagers. With moderate protein and enzyme levels and a very clean, smooth finish, our Premium 2-Row Malt is ideal for all-malt beers and for mashes containing moderate levels of adjunct.
- 3 lbs
Munich TYPE I; Weyermann®
Munich TYPE I; Weyermann®
German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Imparts strongly malty notes to finished beer. Intended mainly for dark ales and lagers. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Oktoberfestbier, Märzen, Bockbier, Dunkel Ales: Dark, Stout
- 2.375 lbs
Vienna Malt; Weyermann®
Vienna Malt; Weyermann®
German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Imparts malty notes to finished beer. Intended for ales and lagers. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill. Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Oktoberfestbier, Märzen, Mai-Bock, Lager ; Ales: Dark, Stout.
- 1.33 oz
Hallertau - 4.1 AA% whole; boiled 60 min
Hallertau
Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.
- .33 oz
Hallertau - 4.1 AA% whole; boiled 15 min
Hallertau
Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.
- .33 oz
Hallertau - 4.1 AA% whole; boiled 5 min
Hallertau
Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.
- 87 oz
Cherries (pureed) - 3 Jars Sour Cherrys in water pureed (omitted from calculations)
Cherries (pureed)
Cherries are shiney red to purple, plumb shaped fruits. A distant relative of the plumb.
- 10 oz
Cherries (frozen) - 1 Package Dark Cherries (omitted from calculations)
Cherries (frozen)
Shiney red to purple plumb shaped fruit. A distant relative of the plumb. Strong distinctly sweet flavor.
-
Wyeast 2206 Bavarian Lager
Wyeast 2206 Bavarian Lager
Used by many German breweries to produce rich, full-bodied, malty beers. Good choice for Bocks and Dopplebocks.
Notes
Helles Bock, with Cherries in primary. Made a 1500 ML starter with 3/4 cup DME 24 hours before. Double Decoction mash. Brought to 130, pulled off 1/3 of the mash. Heated it to 150 and held for 20 minutes. Then boiled for 20 Minutes. Added it back to the main pot, raising the temperature to 150. Pulled out another 1/3 of the mash and boiled for 20 minutes. Added back to main mash, Bringing mash up to 165. Held at 165 for 20 minutes. Sparged Found real German Hallertau from Hopunion. Pitched full yeast starter into primary. Put in fridge set to 50 degrees. Added 87 oz canned tart cherries, and 10 oz Dark Frozen Cherries to primary. Ended up with 6 gallons including starter and cherries in primary.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 5 - Bock
Subcategory: A - Maibock/Helles Bock
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.073 | 1.064 - 1.072 |  |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.015 | 1.011 - 1.018 | |
| Color: | 9.0 SRM | 6 - 11 | |
| Alcohol: | 7.6% ABV | 6.3% - 7.4% | |
| Bitterness: | 24.5 IBU | 23 - 35 | |
Discussion
Kegging Day
2012-05-02 10:57pm
First beer to key.Kegged with 10 psi on April 30. Nice cherry nose, easy to drink. Brought a growler into work, and poured a few for some co-workers. The rest of the growler emptied itself. It was a hit with everyone from serious homebrewers, to the macro brew drinkers.
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