Mattnaik's Vienna Lager revisited

dannyboy58 2018-01-22 22:34:08 UTC #22

No, brewed 12/6/17 kegged 1/6/18, lagered for a almost two weeks before trying. I have however left beers in the fermenter for much longer than 6 weeks when the pipeline was full or I was being lazy. Only lost one due to that. An irish ale I forgot about and left in a bucket for about 6 months. It was oxidized.

voodoo_donut 2018-01-23 22:33:17 UTC #23

Thinking about brewing this, this weekend......or a traditional Bock......definitely not too early for Bock season(new thread anyone?)

I know I'll brew both! Lager season is here!

sneezles61 2018-01-23 23:20:26 UTC #24

I've got the Negra at room temp now... I hope to start cold crashing this W/E... I really want to get a Miabock into the fermenters... Start a new thread VooDoo... Sneezles61

brew_cat 2018-01-24 00:00:51 UTC #25

I'm knocking out a mex/Vienna lager this weekend myself

sneezles61 2018-01-24 11:32:01 UTC #26

As I understand, Negra Modelo is a dark Vienna offering... So would you do that from one brew? Perhaps just to steep the dark malt in a smaller stock pot and add after the lighter colored version was drained? Sneezles61

brew_cat 2018-01-24 12:51:04 UTC #27

Nah basically I'm using a Vienna lager recipe and adding flaked maize

dannyboy58 2018-01-24 13:49:47 UTC #28

I use carafa special for color in my lagers. It imparts no extra roast flavor at all.

brew_cat 2018-01-24 14:53:33 UTC #29

Couldn't get the carafaII at the store used chocolate malt. Didn't use pilsner either need to get a sack. Vienna ,Munich, touch of wheat a bit of flaked maize. It's all weighed out so that's set. As far as hops I have mag, styrian g, and tett so that's what I'll use. Gotta use up the material I have.

dannyboy58 2018-01-24 16:36:14 UTC #30

This is the color I get with the recipe above in this post.

brew_cat 2018-01-24 17:14:48 UTC #31

The SRM of mine is predicted to be 15.8 what is yours

dannyboy58 2018-01-24 18:16:21 UTC #32

Recipe says 10.5 but it looks darker in the picture doesn't it?

brew_cat 2018-01-24 19:38:48 UTC #33

Alot darker. Probably reflect in the background

sneezles61 2018-01-24 22:53:22 UTC #34

I'd bet you couldn't tell once its in your tummy!!! Looks tasty! Sneezles61

damian_winter 2018-01-25 01:24:24 UTC #35

To be honest it more like a dunkel than a vienna. And on the site it says Munich dunkel style beer.

brew_cat 2018-01-25 01:48:22 UTC #36

I thought a dunkel was a dark Vienna

loopie_beer 2018-01-25 10:33:40 UTC #37

Vienna is a relative of Märzen and Dunkles is a relative of Bock.

damian_winter 2018-01-25 11:53:49 UTC #38

Well said loopie

sneezles61 2018-01-25 11:54:04 UTC #39

I find that it now depends on who is writing the story... But one thing that the 5 different articles I just read, they are German lagers... And it seems to slip the Vienna lager into that pocket too... Sneezles61

brew_cat 2018-01-25 12:33:31 UTC #40

So Bock was fooling around with Vienna and ended up with Dunkel ?

dannyboy58 2018-01-25 12:35:45 UTC #41

Certainly tastes more like a watered down vienna than a dunkel. Don't get me wrong. I actually like it but Rogue says their dead guy ale is a maibock too...