MaiBock Fix -- Extract
Big brew 2002
Recipe by George Fix
INGREDIENTS For 5 Gallons:
8.5 lbs Extra Light Dry Malt Extract
0.5 lbs CaraVienna Malt
2.00 oz Hallertauer Mittelfruh Hop Pellets, 4.5% AA, 60 min
0.75 oz Hallertau Hersbrucker Hop Pellets, 4.75% AA, 30 min
0.75 oz Hallertauer Mittelfruh Hop Pellets, 4.5% AA, 15 min
Wyeast 2633 (if you can't find 2633, 2124 Bohemian Lager is a good second choice)
OG: 1.070-1.074
FG: 1.016-1.018
25 IBU
INSTRUCTIONS:
Add grains to 2 ½ gallons of water. Heat to 170o F, then remove grains. Stir in malt extract and bring to a boil. Add boiling hops and boil for half-an-hour. Add second hop addition, boil another fifteen minutes then add finishing hops. Boil fifteen minutes more, then transfer to fermenter with enough cold water to make 5 gallons. When sufficiently cooled, aerate well and pitch a large yeast starter (George recommends using a starter twice the size as for a normal lager) or rack onto a yeast cake from a previous batch. Ferment at 50o F until gravity drops to 1.020, around 12-14 days. Lager six weeks to six months.