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Irish Blood

Irish Blood

Traditional Bock • Extract • 5 gal

ron_rybicki

Great Bock Brew. Has a great Traditional Flavor.

April 12, 2007 am 10:52am

4.5/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 1.25 lbs Belgian Caramunich

    Belgian Caramunich

    Caramel, full flavor, copper color. For Belgian ales, German smoked and bocks.

  • .25 lbs American Caramel 40°L

    American Caramel 40°L

    Provides color, a unique flavor, body, and contributes to foam retention and beer stability.

  • .50 lbs German Dark Munich

    German Dark Munich

    Enhances body and aroma. Stout, schwarzbier, brown ale, dark and amber ales.

  • 6 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 lbs Liquid Light Extract

    Liquid Light Extract

    A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • 1 oz Sterling - 7.5 AA% pellets; boiled 45 min

    Sterling

    Perceived to be similar to a Saaz and Mt. Hood combination. Finding favor as a Saaz replacement.

  • 1 oz Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 20 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • 1 oz Saaz Dry hop - (omitted from calculations)

    Saaz Dry hop

  • White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale

    White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale

    Clean, highly flocculant, and highly attenuative yeast. This yeast is similar to WLP002 in flavor profile, but is 10% more attenuative. This eliminates the residual sweetness, and makes the yeast well suited for high gravity ales. It is also reaches termi

Notes

Put grains in cold water and bring water to around 140-160. Hold that temp for 40-60 minutes then pull grains, add dry wheat malt and bring to a boil. At boil add 1lbs extract. Add 1oz Sterling boil for 45 minnutes. Add 1oz Saaz and boil for 20 minutes. Pull off flame and bring temp to 75*. Leave in Primary for 10 days, Secondary for 14 days. Add prime and bottle. Leave in bottle for 7 days and the enjoy.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 5 - Bock

Subcategory: B - Traditional Bock

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.069 1.064 - 1.072
Terminal Gravity: 1.015 1.013 - 1.019
Color: 17.2 SRM 14 - 22
Alcohol: 7.0% ABV 6.3% - 7.2%
Bitterness: 30.9 IBU 20 - 27

Discussion

ron_rybicki

DEEP Brown

2007-04-27 10:57am

This is a great batch...Taste great but a little less favor then I wanted and has a mid. color brown. I named it irish blood because of a close friend of mine loves good brown beer and strong...If you add a shot of Southern Comfort to your glass you become irish too.

ron_rybicki

Others!!!

2007-05-02 3:16pm

I have all my recipes on here please check out them by going to the left of the screen and typing Ron_Rybicki in the search for text box.

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