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Brew #10 – NernBock, a Traditional Bock

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This beer has been in the making for quite some time. It started back in August when I was inspired to do a bock style beer by the upcoming Reddit homebrew competition for 2013. I did some research on the style and decided I wanted to take a stab at creating my own recipe from scratch. With the help of Brewing Classic Styles, the BJCP style guidelines, and various recipes I found online I created the recipe found below.

Though I did not brew this beer in time for the homebrew competition, I found it to be a good exercise in crafting recipes from scratch. I’ve since received a copy of Designing Great Beers from my buddy, Dan, and his wife, Nikki, and have a much greater hold on how to draft and fine tune recipes. Continue reading →

What’s Brewing? – 11/13/13 Update

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It’s been awhile since I’ve done one of these updates, so I thought I’d take a few minutes on my lunch break to share what’s been brewing — literally!

Two weekends ago (11/2/13) I had an enormous brew day where I brewed 5 gallons of bock (my co-worker, Derek, appropriately called it “NernBock”), 5 gallons of cider, and 1 gallon of a mini-bock (AKA, “NernBock Jr.”), which I collected from the spent grain.

This was my third all-grain batch and I’ve really been enjoying the whole all-grain process! I’ve also been thinking to myself, “WHY did I ever start with EXTRACT BREWING?!?” Continue reading →