This is a pretty rock solid beer. Lot of depth of malt character, rye bread crust, lots of malt sweetness, but has a real dryness and drinkability.
On our last two German beers though, we have struggled with head stability. Both were single-infusion mashes (152) which used Avangard pils malt. Next time I would definitely use a 154 mash temp and perhaps even some carahell to build proteins/body.
Mine is on tap now and its coming along. I’m in the taste a small glass every day until the carbonation is right. At which point it will be presented to get opinions. And probably bottle some off. I notice a little alcohol heat, would this be appropriate to the style? It is almost 9% abv. Im liking it but just wondering I mashed more like 150
My head problem may be a glassware issue. Will link a separate post. This is in a taller lager glass after about 5 minutes. Not exactly meringue, but way more persistent.
Nice and clear. Mine is about that color but not as sparkling. I have another keg of it stuck in a snow bank maybe it will get clearer than this keg. How long did you lager?
I brewed my Doppelbock this pastW/E, and seeing you talk of head retention I put in a pound of wheat to help. I was aiming for 8 gallons and ended up with 7. I must not have done the soak up part right. Anyways, 21 pounds of malt, SG at 1.081, bubbling away on the 838 bock yeast… Now for the waiting part. I do git to look forward to the samples! I figured my efficiency out to be 91…Sneezles61
I started the ramp up this AM… I should be at 65 Thursday… Then my first sample to check gravity. once its at or close to FG, I will rack to the kegs and hide in the garage where it remains in the 30’s Sneezles61
My samples had some heat and I was worried but it aged beautifully… Still in the 30s. We are warming up here this week, crazy winter. I’m doing a helles bock next.
Oh great Idea! You’ve probably read the “original” story of it forgotten outside and found the next morning! You may what to try that to verify if its true… If not then thaw it out til you can use a strainer to remove and measure how much water was taken out to get your new ABV. Sneezles61