Nightingale Dopplebock

Title:
Nightingale Dopplebock

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Beer,
Brewing




Ingredients:





     7 lb Light Scottish Malt Extract


     1 lb Dry Dark Malt Extract


 1 1/2 lb 80L Crystal Malt


     6 oz Chocolate Malt


     2 oz Black Patent Malt


     8 oz Dextrin Malt


   1/4 ts Brewing salts


     2 oz Perle Hops (bittering)


          Alpha=7 6%


     1 oz Hallertauer Hops (aromatic)


          Alpha=3 9%


   1/2 ts Gypsum


     2    Packets


   2/3 c  Corn sugar for priming


          Water to 5 gallons


          Red Star Lager yeast






 Mash  crushed Crystal and Dextrin Malts in a pan of water at 150F for  1


 hour.  Strain  through collander into main kettle and sparge  with  150F


 water  until  it  runs clear. Add enough water  to  kettle  to  dissolve


 extracts  (approx. 3 gallons). Dissolve extracts, salt and  gypsum  into


 kettle and bring to a ROLLING boil. Stir in 1/2 oz. Perle Hops and  boil 15


 min. Stir in 1 oz. Perle Hops and boil 15 min. Stir in Choco late and Black


 Patent Malts (UNCRUSHED!) and boil 15 min. Stir in 1/2 oz.  Perle Hops and


 boil 15 min. Add Hallertaur Hops in the last  minute  of  the boil. Strain


 though a nylon meshed colander into Primary fer mentor. Top up to 5 gallons


 with cold water. Cool wort as fast as possible. (I cool- ed it to 80


 degrees in 9 minutes.) At 80F add yeast. Ferment for 12 days at 40-48


 degrees. Rack it into the secondary and let it sit and  ferment VERY slowly


 for 1 month at 32-40 degrees. Bottle and let age for a  full month at 34


 degrees. This brew is not quite as strong as a traditional Dopplebock.


 However, the resulting beer was none less than excellent. It had a good


 shot  of malt flavor (esp. the chocolate!). The head quite creamy. The hop


 ping was perfectly balanced. It is the smoothest homebrew I've ever had.


 Original Gravity: 1.060                         Final Gravity: 1.025


 Primary Ferment: 12 days @ 40--48 degrees Secondary Ferment: 1 month at


 32--40 degrees


 


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 From: Dscollin@aol.Com                Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 20:56:21 -0500


 


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