New Sierra Nevada Seasonal

[McKBrew]

Picked up a 6 pack.

I'm really starting to dig the bock style overall.

 

[BrianTheBrewer]

I think it was very good...

 

[motobrewer]

ug, only can find it in cases around here...

not that it's a bad thing, but I'd like to try it before I invest.

maibock is one of my favorite styles. I have one lagering right now, but I'm not terribly excited for it :/

 

[dustball]

picked up a sixer yesterday and had one last night, very good beer. definitely deceptive with the alc content. i was instantly in beersmith trying to concoct a recipe. sounds like a fairly straightforward style to make... looking forward to brewing one up!

android - if you come up with a good recipe please share! I put one together, but I am too new at forming my own recipes to know if it is anywhere close.

 

[malc]

picked up a sixer yesterday and had one last night, very good beer. definitely deceptive with the alc content. i was instantly in beersmith trying to concoct a recipe. sounds like a fairly straightforward style to make... looking forward to brewing one up!

I would be interested to see what you come up with as I was doing the same thing. I really liked this beer.

Here is what I was thinking. I am not all that good at making recipes, but I tried this based on some things I read and what the lhbs had available. It is for a partial mash.
5 lbs Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 48.54 %
3 lbs 4.8 oz Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 32.04 %
12.0 oz Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 7.28 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 4.85 %
8.0 oz Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 4.85 %
4.0 oz Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 2.43 %
1.00 oz Tettnang [4.70 %] (60 min) Hops 6.3 IBU
1.00 oz Pearle [6.50 %] (60 min) Hops 8.7 IBU
1.00 oz Tettnang [4.70 %] (15 min) Hops 3.1 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Saflager W-34/70 (Fermentis) Yeast-Lager

 

[dustball]

Malc, your recipe is quite different from the one I put together... but I am really new at recipe making

Mine goes:
% LB OZ MALT OR FERMENTABLE PPG °L
54% 6 8 German Two-row Pils 36 2
21% 2 8 Belgian Pils 37 2
17% 2 0 Munich Malt 37 9
4% 0 8 American Crystal 15L 34 15
4% 0 8 American Two-row Pale 37 1
12 0

Batch size: 5.0 gallons
Original Gravity 1.065 (1.058 to 1.067)
Final Gravity 1.015 (1.013 to 1.016)

Color: 7° SRM / 13° EBC (Gold to Copper)
Estimated Mash Efficiency: 75%

Hops
USE TIME OZ VARIETY FORM AA
boil 60 mins 0.5 Magnum pellet 14.0
boil 60 mins 1.0 Perle pellet 8.0
boil 15 mins 1.25 Tettnanger pellet 4.5
aroma 5 mins 1.0 Northern Brewer pellet 8.5

Boil: 3.0 avg gallons for 60 minutes

Bitterness:
15.0 HBU
40.4 IBU

Yeast: German Lager

Alcohol
6.7% A.B.V.
5.2% A.B.W.

Misc
USE TIME AMOUNT INGREDIENT
boil 5 min 0.5 ounces Irish Moss

 

[malc]

looks good. I really have no idea how this will turn out. We'll see in a couple months I guess. Here are the projections from Beersmith
Est Original Gravity: 1.078 SG (I measured a little higher than this)
Est Final Gravity: 1.022 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 7.29 %
Bitterness: 18.0 IBU Calories: 378 cal/pint
Est Color: 11.5 SRM

 

[NAVET]

I wonder if I can convince SWMBO to let me get enough of this and Sumemrfest to last me through the summer?
In Pa we have to buy by the case unless it is purchased at a bar. I am a pretty big fan of SN and bought a case never having tasted it. Am I glad I did. It runs just a bit over into hoppiness from being balanced and finishes very smooth. Too smooth. I will be replacing this case soon.