[brewinhard]

Anyone have a good doppelbock recipe that could be freeze concentrated into a good eisbock?

Looking to brew a 5 gallon batch of doppelbock and freeze a portion of it to make a great eisbock so I can have both the dopple and the eis out of one brewday. I understand that concentrating the doppelbock can lead to flavors being intensified and potentially cloying if the original beer recipe is not considered for freezing. Any thoughts?

[mpietropaoli]

Anyone have a good doppelbock recipe that could be freeze concentrated into a good eisbock?

Looking to brew a 5 gallon batch of doppelbock and freeze a portion of it to make a great eisbock so I can have both the dopple and the eis out of one brewday. I understand that concentrating the doppelbock can lead to flavors being intensified and potentially cloying if the original beer recipe is not considered for freezing. Any thoughts?

We just tapped a half barrel batch of jamils doppelbock, fermented with 34/70.  The base beer is excellent.  We are considering eising one keg of the three, so I'm following this thread!

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[brewinhard]

I have been looking at some recipes online and am slowly formulating one in my head which will eventually get transcribed into Promash as soon as I wrap my head around what I am looking for.

If you decide to "eis" one of those kegs, please let me know how it turns out...

[denny]

A few months back, I just brewed an off the top of my head bock and eised it.  Pretty much all Best Munich II, I think maybe a touch of crystal.

[brewinhard]

A few months back, I just brewed an off the top of my head bock and eised it.  Pretty much all Best Munich II, I think maybe a touch of crystal.

How did the eis verson come out?

[denny]

A few months back, I just brewed an off the top of my head bock and eised it.  Pretty much all Best Munich II, I think maybe a touch of crystal.

How did the eis verson come out?

Excellent, although it was a learning experience trying to find the proper temp to eis it.  Since I  with a bock base, it wasn't as strong, which is what I wanted.

[brewinhard]

Did you like the all Munich II base in there, or was it too much?

[denny]

Did you like the all Munich II base in there, or was it too much?

Definitely not too much (too much what?), but I make a lot of all/mostly Munich II beers.  I'm not sure you could make a bock any other way.

[brewinhard]

Did you like the all Munich II base in there, or was it too much?

Definitely not too much (too much what?), but I make a lot of all/mostly Munich II beers.  I'm not sure you could make a bock any other way.

I guess it depends on the lovibond of that Munich II.  For example I use a dark munich that is 15L.  If I used that for 100% it might be a bit over the top to maintain a drinkable bock, at least for me. I do no-sparge a lot of brews too which could also be contributing to that extra malt punch.

[mpietropaoli]

I'm pretty sure jamils is 80/10 Munich and pils with the other 10 as cara Munich 60 giving it the toasty note.  I would highly recommend 2206. 

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[denny]

Did you like the all Munich II base in there, or was it too much?

Definitely not too much (too much what?), but I make a lot of all/mostly Munich II beers.  I'm not sure you could make a bock any other way.

I guess it depends on the lovibond of that Munich II.  For example I use a dark munich that is 15L.  If I used that for 100% it might be a bit over the top to maintain a drinkable bock, at least for me. I do no-sparge a lot of brews too which could also be contributing to that extra malt punch.

Got it...the Best I use is about 10

[mpietropaoli]

Denny what method did you use to freeze distill?  We have about 4 gallons sitting in a corny keg.  I would prefer not to rack it again, but I can if need be. 

[denny]

Denny what method did you use to freeze distill?  We have about 4 gallons sitting in a corny keg.  I would prefer not to rack it again, but I can if need be.

I used a bucket to make it easy to remove the ice.

[dbeechum]

I use kegs and just blow it out the liquid port. Works pretty well as long as you don't over freeze the dang thing

[denny]

I use kegs and just blow it out the liquid port. Works pretty well as long as you don't over freeze the dang thing

I thought about that but I was concerned with having liquid freeze in the dip tube.