Weekday Bock (All-Grain)

ABV: 6.80%

IBU: ~34

SRM: ~19

OG: 1.066 (16.5 B)

FG: 1.016 (4 B)

The following beer recipe is featured in the January/February 2018 issue of Zymurgy magazine. Access this issue along with the archives with Zymurgy Online!

Recipe by Charlie Papazian

Directions:
A step infusion mash is employed to mash the grains. Add 11 qt. (10.5 L) of 140° F (60° C) water to the crushed grain, stir, stabilize, and hold the temperature at 132° F (53° C) for 30 minutes. Add 5.5 qt. (5.2 L) of boiling water, add heat to bring temperature up to 155° F (68° C), and hold for about 30 minutes. Then raise temperature to 167° F (75° C), lauter, and sparge with 3.5 gal. (13.5 L) of 170° F (77° C) water. Collect about 5.5 gal. (21 L) of runoff. Add 60-minute hops and bring to a full and vigorous boil.

The total boil time will be 60 minutes. When 15 minutes remain, add the 15-minute hops. When 10 minutes remain, add the Irish moss and zinc fortified yeast. When 1 minute remains, add the 1-minute hops. After a total wort boil of 60 minutes, turn off the heat and place the pot (with cover on) in a running cold-water bath for 30 minutes. Continue to chill in the immersion or use other methods to chill your wort. Then strain and sparge the wort into a sanitized fermenter. Bring the total volume to 5 gal. (19 L) with additional cold water if necessary. Aerate the wort very well.

Pitch the yeast when temperature of wort is about 70° F (21° C). Once visible signs of fermentation are evident, ferment at a temperature of about 55° F (13° C) for about one week or until fermentation shows signs of calm and stopping. Rack from primary to a secondary and add the hop pellets for dry hopping. Lager the beer at temperatures between 35 and 45° F (2–7° C) for 4 to 8 weeks.

Prime with sugar and bottle or keg when complete.