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Light German Bock - 23 litres


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Hello Paul

 

 

 

While I was drinking some Heritage Lager (which I reckon is pretty good) I found on the Cooper website a recipe for Light German Bock - 23 litres.

 

 

 

I was wondering because Bavarian Lager is Discontinued would Heritage Lager be ok to use instead? It has the same Colour - 90EBC and Bitterness - 390IBU as Bavarian Lager.

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Yeah, I should have done something about that recipe considering that Bavarian was discontinued a while ago :oops:

 

 

 

The Heritage, as a substitute, may come up nicely. Let us know how it goes. If it works out okay I'll amend the recipe rather than deleting it :)

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Hi!

 

First time poster here, although I've been following the forum for a while...

 

I made the light bock using a original draught kit I had that was short dated...

 

as I only had the one can I got 'experimental' (but used the recipe as a guide)

This is what I used:

 

1 can Coopers Original series draught

500g Light Dried Malt extract

to 12.5 litres

pitched safelager S-23 yeast slurry (from previous lager brew) at 18C and let fall to 12C over 24 hours fermented at 12 for 15 days.

 

Turned out superb, but it took a few months for the bitterness to round off...

 

bottled on the 27th December 2009 and is great drinking now!

lol

[biggrin]

 

All the best

Guy

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Hi!

 

Yeah a happy accident for sure!

 

I'll follow the origninal posted recipe later in the year - my utility room is a constant 12-14 C during December -January, the joys of living on a cold wet island...[unsure]

 

I wonder if this recipe would benefit from the addition of some hops for aroma?

 

Anyone tried this with the light bock recipe?

 

Cheers!

 

Guy

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Ok, so the next question is Hallertaur (?) or Saaz...

Or maybe on of the US bred cultivars of the above-such as Liberty or Mt. Hood?

 

I'll be sure to pitch plenty of yeast too! I'm thinking 2-3 packs of safelager S-23...

Or would W34-70 be better?

 

Thanks in advance

[biggrin]

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