This was among the first beers I brewed without Irish Mike.
December 12, 1996
Grain bill-
- 11 pounds German Munich
- 5 pounds German Pils
- 1 pound Belgian Chocolate malt
- 1 pound Belgian Carapils (for body)
Hops- 9.4 AAU’s Hallertau
Yeast- Munich Lager yeast
Mash Notes-
- 130 F 30 minutes
- 2 hour saccrification
- Mashout at 168F
Sparge- 4 gallon at 168 F. Scheise! Stuck mash! Had to stir grain bed.
Brew Notes-
- Almost 7 gallons wort
- Boiled down to about 5 g
- 45 minute hop
- Starting Gravity = 1.075
Cooled overnight in the kettle. Racked on 12/15 and pitched yeast. Good clarity but seems very dark for a bock. Sweet to the taste, but a hint of something I don’t like, perhaps the hops. Almost a stale hoppy taste.
January 21, 1997-
Racked. Should have racked earlier but was busy getting married. Gravity = 1.020. More body than the last two beers, which is good. Still kind of a bitterness to the finish and early on the tongue, but thus far it seems the best beer I’ve made.
