Beer Style: Bock Family
EKU 28 Type Dopplebock
This recipe uses entirely pale malts, just as the EKU, but do not worry. This beer has plenty of malty character and a surprising amount of color. Its 28° Plato (1.112) makes it a big beer no matter how you look at it.
Maibock
An award-winning maibock recipe from down under.
Paul Sangster’s Doppelbock/Eisbock
Best of Show winner, America’s Finest City Homebrew Competition (502 entries)
Alec’s Doppelbock
Doppelbock is one of my favorite styles, but it is a tough beer to make. You have to pay total attention to many things in order to get it right. Malt is the showcase, so hops are a lesser concern. Low- to mid-20s on the IBUs will balance the sweetness. Perle and Northern Brewer are good choices. Avoid hops that leave a footprint, like Chinook or Centennial or Cascade.
Alec Mull — Kalamazoo Brewing Company, Michigan
Dan’s Doppelbock
“The flavor of an excellent doppelbock can be described as clean maltiness. The beer should be quite rich, almost bready. The malt should be dominant. The alcohol character should not be off-putting; neither should there be any astringency in the beer. In a doppelbock, there is a fine line between getting full flavor, maltiness and drinkability, or missing it altogether.”
Dan Carey – New Glarus Brewing Company in NewGlarus, Wisconsin.
Otter Creek Mud Bock Spring Ale clone
A Bock that has a nutty, chocolate malt flavor with mild hopping.
Boston Beer Co’s Sam Adams Winter Lager clone
A popular Holiday Wheat Lager recipe from a popular brewer.
Terminator Doppelbock
Literally, Doppelbock means double Bock(bier), a stronger, usually darker beer than the original.
Alex Drobshoff’s Traditional Bock
One of the winners of Boston Brewing Company’s LongShot contest.
Traditional German Bock
A great Bock recipe for a traditional, triple decocted German Bock(bier).
Ötzi’s Eisbock
As members of the Bock(bier) family, Eisbocks have all the characteristics of a typical strong beer, only more so. They are much maltier and smoother even than the Dopplebocks. Essentially, Eisbocks are "iced strong beers," because they are frozen at the end of their maturation period (which separates out water in the form of crystals that can be removed).
The 10 Hardest Beer Styles to Homebrew
Witbier. Wee Heavey. Tripel. Schwartzbier. Gueze. Eisbock. Dry Stout. Berliner Weisse. American Pilsner – are these the 10 most difficult styles for a homebrewer to pull off? They won’t be after reading our recipes and tips for success.
