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Bessie Smith's Nobody Cares for Me Maibock

Bessie Smith's Nobody Cares for Me Maibock

Maibock/Helles Bock • Extract • 4.00 gal

Hawkeye

Poor Bessie! A "Dead Guy" clone partial mash worth all the heartache...!

February 17, 2008 pm 03:07pm

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Ingredients (Extract4.00 gal)

  • .5 lbs German Light Munich

    German Light Munich

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

  • .5 lbs German Dark Munich

    German Dark Munich

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

  • .5 lbs Crystal Malt 40°L

    Crystal Malt 40°L

    Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.

  • .5 lbs Crystal Malt 20°L

    Crystal Malt 20°L

    Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.

  • .5 lbs Weyermann CaraHell®; Weyermann

    Weyermann CaraHell®; Weyermann

    Hefe-Weizen, Pale Ale, Golden Ale, Oktoberfest Beer, Nourishing Beer, Maibock , Schankbier, Light Beer, alcohol-reduced Beer , non-alcoholic Beer

  • 4.00 lbs Pale Liquid; Alexanders

    Pale Liquid; Alexanders

    Reportedly lightest colored malt extract available.

  • 2.0 lbs Dry Extra Light Extract

    Dry Extra Light Extract

    For making very pale ales and lagers.

  • 1.0 oz Perle - 6.7 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Perle

    Used mainly for its minty bittering and good green hop aromas in all non-pilsener lagersand wheats. Aroma is pleasant and slightly spicy

  • 1.0 oz Perle - 6.7 AA% pellets; boiled 20 min

    Perle

    Used mainly for its minty bittering and good green hop aromas in all non-pilsener lagersand wheats. Aroma is pleasant and slightly spicy

  • 1.0 oz Czech Saaz - 3.8 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min

    Czech Saaz

    Very mild. 'Noble'.

  • 1 tsp Whirlfloc tablet @ 15 min - (omitted from calculations)

    Whirlfloc tablet @ 15 min

  • .25 lb Carapils in partial mash - (omitted from calculations)

    Carapils in partial mash

  • Wyeast 2112 California Lager™

    Wyeast 2112 California Lager™

    Particularly suited for producing 19th century-style West Coast beers. Retains lager characteristics at temperatures up to 65F, and produces malty, brilliantly-clear beers.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 5 - Bock

Subcategory: A - Maibock/Helles Bock

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.071 1.064 - 1.072
Terminal Gravity: 1.014 1.011 - 1.018
Color: 13.1 SRM 6 - 11
Alcohol: 7.4% ABV 6.3% - 7.4%
Bitterness: 45.8 IBU 23 - 35

Discussion

Hawkeye

More details on the boil...

2008-02-17 3:38pm

This is a partial mash on the stove top at 154 degrees F for 45 minutes. Use just 3.5 Quarts of water. Sparge with 1.25 gallons of H2O @ 170 deg. "Extra light" dry extract iin bill is Breiss "Pilsner" dry extra pale DME. In the grain bill should be .25 lb of carapils to add some larger sugars for creaminess. I hit an OG 1.070 at 4 gallons total. Pitch a rigorous primed Cal Common yeast (2112) harvested from a recent Steamer.

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