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La Noche Mexicana

La Noche Mexicana

Traditional Bock • All Grain • 18.93 L

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A serious attempt to a real NocheBuena clone

August 26, 2012 am 08:50am

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Ingredients (All Grain18.93 L)

  • 3.86 kg Pilsner Malt; Weyermann®

    Pilsner Malt; Weyermann®

    German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics:Perfect foundation grist for all lagers. Excellent modification and favorable protein and glucan levels. Excellent lautering properties. Provides finished beer with substantial body and mouthfeel, as well as good foam development and head retention. Very flexible grain with high extract efficiency for reliable lager-making in any brew house, including pub ale systems. Yields optimum results for any process⎯from single-step to multi-step infusion, to decoction. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill. Suitability (beer styles): All lagers, especially Pils/Pilsner/Pilsener, low-alcohol beer, “light“ beer, Belgian beers

  • 0.28 kg Munich Malt

    Munich Malt

    Sweet, toasted flavor and aroma. For Oktoberfests and malty styles

  • 0.40 kg Caramunich® TYPE III; Weyermann®

    Caramunich® TYPE III; Weyermann®

    German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Golden-brown, slightly aromatic kernels. Contributes light-amber to coppery color to finished beer. Adds mouthfeel as well as gentle malt accent to brew. Recommended Quantities: Up to 5% of total grain bill for pler beers, up to 20% for darker beers Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Oktoberfestbier, Bockbier, Dunkel Ales: Red, Brown, Amber, Malt Liquor

  • 0.04 kg Chocolate Malt; Castle Malting

    Chocolate Malt; Castle Malting

    Features: Belgian chocolate malt. Torrefied at 220°C and then quickly cooled when the desired colour is reached. Usage: Brown, strong, darker and black beers, such as porters, stouts and brown ales. Recommended proportion: 7%. Characteristics: Chocolate malt is a highly roasted malt with a deep brown colour. This is where its name comes from. Chocolate malt is used to adjust the colour of beer and imparts a nutty, toasted flavour. Chocolate Malt shares many of the characteristics of Black Malt but is less bitter flavour than Black malt and is by 200 EBC lighter than Black, because it is roasted for a slightly shorter period of time and end temperatures are not so high.

  • 0.23 kg Crystal Malt 60°L

    Crystal Malt 60°L

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

  • 0.23 kg Rice Flaked

    Rice Flaked

    Used to add fermentables without increasing body or flavor. Produces a milder, less grainy tasting beer. Examples: American lagers, Bohemian lagers, Pilsners

  • 0.04 kg Corn Flaked (Maize)

    Corn Flaked (Maize)

    Generally a neutral flavor, used to reduce maltiness of beer. Produces beer with a milder, less malty flavor. Uses: Primarily for light Bohemian and Pilsner lagers.

  • 40 g Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% whole; boiled 90 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 12 g Hallertau - 4.5 AA% whole; boiled 45 min

    Hallertau

    Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.

  • White Labs WLP940 Mexican Lager

    White Labs WLP940 Mexican Lager

    From Mexico City, this yeast produces clean lager beer, with a crisp finish. Good for Mexican style light lagers, as well as dark lagers. Available March-April

Style (BJCP)

Category: 5 - Bock

Subcategory: B - Traditional Bock

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.054 1.064 - 1.072
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 1.013 - 1.019
Color: 16.0 SRM 14 - 22
Alcohol: 5.5% ABV 6.3% - 7.2%
Bitterness: 36.7 IBU 20 - 27

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