Doppelbock Recipe - Christmas Cranberry Bock

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Christmas Cranberry Bock

by on
All Grain
19 Liter(s)
23 Liter(s)
60 min
68%
Brew No.25 Do again? I wasn't keen, but yeah, cool for xmas pudding meal. But only that. MM Kit Attenuation - 78% 5/10 - 7% Recipe OG: 1069 FG: 1012 ABV: 7.5% Carafa Special type 2, described in fermentables as Carifa 11. Recipe says 250g Currants and 250g Raisins. I went mix of Cranberries and raisins. The 200g of fruit soaked in brandy. Poured most of brandy off before adding to fermenter. Btw, drank soaked brandy. Not good. Raisins clogged fermenter racking arm on bottling. OG: 1066 FG: 1012 ABV: 7%

This recipe was cloned from Czech Pilsner.

Fermentables

49% - BestMaltz Pilsner
4
26
11
Mash
25% - Crisp Munich Malt
2
25
11
Mash
12% - Special B - BE
1
25
180
Mash
12% - CaraMunich I - DE
1
25
39
Mash
1% - Carafa II - DE
0.1
25
412
Mash

Hops

Challenger
40
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
7
37.1

Yeast

Wyeast Trappist High Gravity 3787
78%

Other Stuff

Cranberries and Raisins
250
g
Boil
Belgium Candy Sugar
200
g
Boil
Cranberries, Raisins. Add after 4 days soaking in brandy.
200
g
Boil

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Take yeast out of fridge
2.
ChemSan Sanitiser. - 70ML - 35Lt Fermenter, taps, tube, air lock. (10ml per 5 litres)
3.
Water to Mash kettle. 22Lt
4.
Water to Sparge Kettle 17Lt
5.
Camden tablets to Both - 4.8 to Mash, 3.7 to Sparge.
6.
AMS to both - 19.4ml to Mash Kettle - 15ml to Sparge Kettle
7.
DWB to mash kettle only 11.4g
8.
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9.
Temperature 73C for target after grain 65C - 60 mins
10.
Set sparge to 77C - NOW
11.
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12.
Turn off mash kettle
13.
SLOWLY - Drain wort into bucket
14.
Sparge
15.
60 mins - Challenger 40g - Use tea box inside muslin sock for hops. NEVER DO THIS.
16.
30 mins - Chopped dried fruit 250g
17.
15 mins - Dissolve 200g sugar in some boiling wort, add to boil
18.
Pitch: 21C Ferment: 21C (18-25C)
19.
Hydrometer - OG 1066
20.
Store fermenter. 18C for 3 days, then free rise for 10 days (18-25C) Larger it last few days
21.
Add chopped fruit to jar, cover with brandy leave for 4 days. Could be maybe 300ml brandy
22.
Reserve about 100ml of brandy before adding all contents to fermenter at peak Krausen
23.
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24.
Chemipro. 180g = 45Lt - Bottles. > All tubes. Fermenter taps. Air lock (4g = 1Lt)
25.
ChemSan Sanitiser. 60ml = 30Lt - Tube. Caps. Scissors. Bottle machine. (20ml = 10Lt)
26.
Chemiclean. 50g = 20Lt - Fermenter. (50g = 20Lt)
27.
Sugar 85g - 170ml water - 5ml per bottle (based on 34 bottles)
28.
Hydrometer - OG 1012
29.
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30.
themaltmiller.co.uk/priming-sugar-calculator
31.
https://www.brewersfriend.com/abv-calculator

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Recipe Facts

Christmas Cranberry Bock
Doppelbock
  • 19.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 23.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.062 OG
  • 1.014 FG
  • 37.1 IBU (brewgr) Bitterness
  • 0.60 BG:GU
  • 45.8° SRM Color
  • 68% Efficiency
  • 6.2% ABV Alcohol
  • 207 per 12oz Calories
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