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Spring Celebration Lager

Spring Celebration Lager

Maibock/Helles Bock • All Grain • 5.5 gal

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Basically a hoppier version of a Maibock

December 24, 2003 pm 02:40pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5.5 gal)

  • 10 lbs German 2-row Pils

    German 2-row Pils

  • 1 lbs Crystal Malt 10°L

    Crystal Malt 10°L

    Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales. Characteristics & Applications: • In contract to Brewers Malt, glassiness is a distinguishing characteristic of Caramel Malt. The glassy endosperm creates the desirable non-fermentable components giving true Caramel Malt the ability to contribute body (mouthfeel), foam foam retention, and extended beer stability, while contributing color and unique caramel flavor. • Caramel 10L is a roasted caramel malt that imparts golden color. • Use 3-7% for Pilsener-style beers for balance. • Use 5-15% to provide color, sweetness and color to light amber beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • 4 lbs American Vienna

    American Vienna

    Increases malty flavor, provides balance. Use in Vienna, Märzen and Oktoberfest.

  • .5 oz Northern Brewer - 10.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Northern Brewer

    Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.

  • 1 oz Spalt Spalter - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 40 min

    Spalt Spalter

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 1 oz Spalt Spalter - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min

    Spalt Spalter

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 1 oz Spalt Spalter - 4.8 AA% pellets; added dry to secondary fermenter

    Spalt Spalter

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • White Labs WLP833 German Bock Lager

    White Labs WLP833 German Bock Lager

    From the alps of southern Bavaria, this yeast produces a beer that is well balanced between malt and hop character. The excellent malt profile makes it well suited for Bocks, Dopplebocks, and Oktoberfest style beers. Very versatile lager yeast, it is so w

Notes

40 minute hops are acutally first wort hops. Questions/ comments brewsage@neb.rr.com. ALSO DRY HOP WITH AN OUNCE OF SPALT HOPS. FOR SOME REASON THEY AREN'T SHOWING UP IN THE RECIPE

Style (BJCP)

Category: 5 - Bock

Subcategory: A - Maibock/Helles Bock

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.067 1.064 - 1.072
Terminal Gravity: 1.015 1.011 - 1.018
Color: 7.6 SRM 6 - 11
Alcohol: 6.8% ABV 6.3% - 7.4%
Bitterness: 39.7 IBU 23 - 35

Discussion

Aegir

Brew Day Notes

2004-01-08 8:24pm

1-8-04 Stopped sparge prematurely, the specific gravity of the final runnings was 1.022. This will probably explain the low mash efficiency of 70%. The sparge time was 95 min. (clock started when the vorlauf was complete.) Volume at beginning of boil: 7.25 gal (est.) Volume at end of boil: 5 gal (measured) Volume into fermenter: 4.5 gal The aroma hops were steeped in the kettle for 30 min at the end of the boil. Humidity: 66% Evaporation rate: 20.69% per hour Starting gravity: 1.068

Aegir

Add'l

2004-01-11 6:50pm

Boil length was 90 minutes

Aegir

1-24-04

2004-01-24 6:56pm

Transferred to carboy. S.G. 1.0018

Aegir

Kegged 3-14-2004

2004-03-13 5:40pm

F.G. 1.015. Will keg at 11 psi. Tastes like a hoppy Maibock. This finishness with a refreshing dryness. Very drinkable! ABV = 7 %

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