the ol' STENBATOR! status: GONE

the ol' Stenbator!
5-C Doppelbock


This style of beer is like the Munich Dunkel I brewed a while back in the fact that its a dark german lager with wonderful rich toasted notes from high usage of munich malts.  The doppelbock literally translates into "Double-goat" which is somewhat strange and you will often see a goat on the label of a commercially made "bock" style beer.  The double is true in the fact I used twice the amount of grain I normally would on a batch of beer.  This gives me a stronger concentration of malt sugars to ferment which creates a bigger bodied, sweeter, higher alcohol brew.  More is always better right?  In this case yes!  I needed a huge amount of yeast so I recycled the yeast from the dunkel and re pitched it immediately after racking out the dunkel into a keg.  (that is the main reason I brewed the dunkel.  To ferment and create a large amount of yeast for this beer.)

Fun facts about doppelbocks:  Doppelbocks always end in the suffix "ator".  Salivator, Celebrator, Master..... you get the idea.  They are so rich and used to be even sweeter back in the day, because of poor fermentations etc, that they were considered full of nutrition and monks used to drink them for sustenance during Lent and gave the beer its nickname "liquid bread".  Historically, beer was also the safest beverage to drink since water supplies and even wine were all contaminated and made people sick.  The boiling process when making beer, sterilized the liquid making it the safest option.  I also believe beer is still considered a legitimate "staple" in the diet of germans.


Actual Brew Date March 8, 2012
Size: 5.75 gal
Efficiency: 77.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Calories: 283.92 per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.085 (1.072 - 1.096)
Terminal Gravity: 1.021 (1.016 - 1.024)
Color: 18.5 (6.0 - 25.0)
Alcohol: 8.4% (7.0% - 10.0%)
Bitterness: 23.0 (16.0 - 26.0)

Ingredients:
13 lbs Munich Malt 1
3.5 lbs Pilsner Malt
2 lbs Caramunich® TYPE III
1.25 oz Tettnanger (4.5%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
0.5 oz Tettnanger (4.5%) - added during boil, boiled 25 min
1 ea WYeast 2206 Bavarian Lager

Notes:
striked 18.5 lb in 20 quarts water @172= 155 rest 60 min.