Dead Guy Ale

[Julohan]

I was looking on the Rogue website. The Dead Guy Ale uses ale yeast. It describes the style as a German Maibock. Aren't any bock beers lagers? Or do they just call it that because it resembles one? http://www.rogue.com/beers/dead-guy-ale.php

 

[Yooper]

I think they consider it a "maibock-style" beer, and they ferment cool, like at 60 degrees, using their proprietary Pacman yeast. It's maibock-ish, I guess. But definitely not a true Maibock.

 

[humann_brewing]

They use to brew it with a lager yeast but did an experiment with using their house yeast "Pacman" and it stuck.

It is a Maibock (grain bill) fermented with Pacman.

BN talked to John when cloning the beer recently.

http://thebrewingnetwork.com/shows/530

 

[Julohan]

Thanks, that is very interesting.

 

[HoppyDaze]

what about using US-05 for dead guy? I had a buddy just try that and hes wondering if it was a mistake...

 

[carbon111]

what about using US-05 for dead guy? I had a buddy just try that and hes wondering if it was a mistake...

Pacman and 05 are both good attenuators with a relatively neutral profile...I would think your buddy's brew will be fine.

It will be a little different - but that's a good thing.