Beer Style: Bock Family
Oakshire Brewing Co.’s Doppelbock clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyDoppelbock is one of our favorite brews to make each year. Ferment low and slow to ensure a very smooth and malt-forward beer that can withstand the high alcohol.
Victory Brewing Co.’s St. Victorious Doppelbock clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA strong lager featuring many malts to add complexity across the palate, St. Victorious Doppelbock takes it a step further by adding a small addition of Beechwood smoked malt, a nod to the Franconian region in and around Bamberg, Germany.
Your Turn Maibock
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis recipe was submitted by Rick Shultz. It is the homebrew recipe that inspired Lakefront Brewery’s My Turn Series “Chris.”
Pecan Doppelbock
Digital and Plus Members OnlyI chose a doppelbock because of its rich, full-bodied, caramel malty flavor, blanketed light hop aroma with a light ruby-hazed color. This style with the pecan addition just screams Thanksgiving to me.
OMB!! — Oh my bock
FREEThe first beer I brewed on my new brew system found in the December 2020 issue’s Homebrew Drool Setups.
Horst’s Eisbock
FREEEisbock (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.067 FG* = 1.014IBU* = 28 SRM* = 10.6 ABV* = 7% * The base recipe, and specifications listed above, are for my favorite Maibock recipe
New Old Timer’s Bock
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Jamil’s Weizenbock
Digital and Plus Members OnlyWhile the traditional weizen fermentation esters and phenols should be obvious in weizenbock, keep in mind that the fermentation character — the clove and banana — should blend well with the rest of the beer character.
X Marks the Bock
Digital and Plus Members OnlyX Marks the Bock (5 gallons/19 L, extract only)OG = 1.060 FG = 1.012IBU = 35 SRM = 9 ABV = 6.3% When formulating an extract version of the all-grain recipe Old Timer’s Bock, we had to make some sacrifices due to the large percent of flaked corn in that recipe. As such, this recipe
Old Timer’s Bock
Digital and Plus Members OnlyOld Timer’s Bock (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.060 FG = 1.010IBU = 35 SRM = 13 ABV = 6.6% This recipe is our attempt of brewing an American bock similar to that of Hartmann Brewing Co.’s 1904 version. Ingredients8.2 lbs. (3.7 kg) Simpsons Best Pale Ale malt1.5 lbs. (0.68 kg) Simpsons medium crystal malt
Respect the Goat Bock
Digital and Plus Members OnlyRespect the Goat Bock (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.063 FG = 1.015 IBU = 27 SRM = 14 ABV = 6.3% Ingredients13.5 lbs. (6.1 kg) Best Malz Best Munich malt0.25 lb. (113 g) melanoidin malt2 oz. (57 g) Weyermann Carafa® Special II malt7.5 AAU Magnum pellet hops (60 min.) (0.5 oz./14 g at 15%
Gordon Strong’s Maibock
FREE“As with other German lagers, this style is best when it is understated — elegant, clean, impeccably crafted, well-lagered, and unobtrusive. This allows the quality of the ingredients to show themselves in the finished product, and the beer itself to be nicely drinkable despite the strength.” – Gordon Strong