bocks and lagering...

[hopsalot]

Do bocks need to be lagered?

 

[Yooper]

Yes. They are lagers and should be lagered.

 

[Glibbidy]

IMHO they should also be decoction mashed too!

 

[Bernie Brewer]

IMHO they should also be decoction mashed too!

Exactly, my friend.

 

[bbriscoe]

IMHO they should also be decoction mashed too!

and that means???

 

[remilard]

and that means???

Get New Brewing Lager Beer, Noonan or alternately read this:

http://www.braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php/Decoction_Mashing

 

[bbriscoe]

Looks like an All-grain technique, I guess? I'm still doing mini-mashes for the foreseeable future. I don't consume/brew enough per year to justify the expense of all-grain equipment.

 

[rjwhite41]

You don't have to do all grain but you do have to lager.

 

[Yooper]

You don't have to do all grain but you do have to lager.

Right. You can make a fine bock without the "double decoction"! A good recipe, good fermentation temperature control with an adequate amount of yeast pitched, and a lengthy lagering period will give you a great bock.

 

[bbriscoe]

Speaking of good recipes, do you know of one for Sam Adams Imperial Double Bock? I've looked high and low and the closest I've actually come on this board is a mail order kit that doesn't say waht's in it.