Jack in the Bock; from Jack T. Goral (goral@oxygen.aps1.anl.gov)
- 1 lb crystal malt -US 6-row (Naperville shop)
- 1 teespoon of gypsum (Kraus)
- 3.3 lb unhopped Amber malt extract (Nortwestern, LaGrange shop)
- 3.3 lb unhopped Dark malt extract (Nortwestern, LaGrange shop)
- 3 cups dried malt extract (Winemakers, Elmhurst)
- 2.5 oz hop pellets (USA Saaz, 3.8% alpha)
- 0.5 oz hop pellets - finishing (USA Saaz)
- Wyeast #2124 (Bohemian lager type)
Notes
- Starter: Wyeast (lager, 2 days before, than starter on next day
#cups of water, 9 tablespoons of dry malt extract).
- Boil water and cool with a chiller (~3 gallon), move chiller
up & down to aretate.
- Soak crystal malt in 2 gallons of water using plastic mesh bag
for 1 hour.
- Heat crystal malt solution to steaming (not to boiling).
- Remove temporarily the grain bag to clean pot.
- Add ingredients exept hop pellets and yeast and mix.
- Return grain bag.
- Heat for 15 min to steaming, remove grain to the fermenter with
~3 gallons of ice cold water and rinse out to extract solution.
- Cover.
- Add hop pellets, heat to boiling, watch for the foam, stir for
45 min.
- Remove the grain bag from the fermenter and empty.
- Last 5 min. boil with finishing hops in the grain bag.
- Mix the wort with water in the fermenter, check temperature
to be 60-70 F, use chiller if needed, move chiller up & down
to aretate.
- Mix yeast starter with wort, cover with the lid, insert air lock,
shake strong couple times.
- Move the fermenter to the 40-50 F place for fermentation.
- 94/04/27 wonderful beer
- 94/04/07 tried first bottle: bitter, smooth, very nice aroma, very clear,
could have better carbonation, but it is only 6 days after bottling
- 94/04/01 bottled at special gravity =1,020, bitter, thick, dark, 49 bottles
malty taste, can be good and strong
- 94/03/28 3 days after fermentation stopped moved to room temperature
- 94/03/19 racked at special gravity =1,030 to the glass carboy
Das Drinkenstein "I'll be Bock"
- 6lbs Munich malt (grain)
- 1/2lb chocolate malt
- 4cups (2.75 lbs) clover honey
- 2oz Tettnanger hops
Notes:
- OG 1.050
- racked 1.014 4/23
- bottled 1.014 4/27
- Rating: cn d n+ f+ h+ t+
Eisbock
From: Keith F. Klemp (klemp@acpub.duke.edu)
Ingredients (for 6 gallons):
- 23# belgian pils malt
- 2# aromatic malt
- mash for 1 hour at 147, 30 min at 155
- 65 IBU perle hops for 90 min
- 4 oz german halletau for 15 minutes
- pitch german lager yeast and chico ale yeast and ferment at 55 degrees for about 1 month primary, 2 months secondary.
bottle and store forseveral month at a cool temp
- OG 1.100,
- FG 1.023
- This beer has won several 1st places as well as 3rd best of show in US Open.
- Rates: ****