Martin's Helles Bock Recipe Kit

Martin's Helles Bock Recipe Kit

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Why you'll love it

  • A true-to-style Helles Bock, one of the 99 beers Martin Keen brewed during his Homebrew Challenge.
  • Every fermentable, hop, and yeast portioned and matched to the recipe, so there is no math and no guesswork on brew day.
  • Sized for a 5-gallon batch and ready for all-grain or brew-in-a-bag, so it works with whatever homebrew gear you already own.
  • Fresh ingredients, shipped fast, so your brew day starts with the good stuff.
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A craft beer brewing kit that fits just about any homebrew setup. This Helles Bock recipe kit comes with every pre-measured ingredient you need to

A craft beer brewing kit that fits just about any homebrew setup. This Helles Bock recipe kit comes with every pre-measured ingredient you need to brew Martin's Helles Bock, a 5-gallon all-grain batch, from grain to glass.

Helles Bock, also called Maibock, is the pale, strong lager of Bavarian spring. Where a traditional bock is dark and heavy, this version keeps the same warming strength but strips back the color, landing pale gold to light amber with a clean, malty punch. It was historically tapped in May, a stronger beer to mark the turn of the season.

The malt leads throughout: bready, lightly toasted, with a hint of the alcohol showing through at over 7 percent. Hopping is moderate, enough to keep the sweetness from running away, and the finish stays cleaner and drier than the beer's size would suggest. It is a bock for people who want the strength without the dark-malt weight.

What's In The Kit

Your Helles Bock recipe kit includes everything below, portioned and ready to brew. All you add is water.

Fermentables

  • 6 lbs · Pilsner; German
  • 5 lbs · Maris Otter
  • 3 lbs · Munich Malt - 10L

Hops

  • 2 oz · Hallertauer Pellets (Boil, 60.0 min)
  • 1 oz · Hallertauer Pellets (Boil, 15.0 min)

Yeast

  • 2 packets · German Lager (White Labs WLP830) → we include SafLager W-34/70 (German Lager)

Water treatment salts and any specialty extras are noted with the recipe.

Recipe At A Glance

Batch Size
5.00 gal 		Original Gravity
1.069 SG 		Final Gravity
1.012 SG 		ABV
7.4 % 		Bitterness
31.7 IBUs 		Color
7.7 SRM

A Note On Substitutions

We stock dry yeast only, so SafLager W-34/70 (German Lager) dry yeast stands in for the recipe's German Lager (White Labs WLP830).

  • This kit is built for brew-in-a-bag (BIAB), the simplest way to make all-grain beer at home. The basic brew day looks like this:

    1. Heat your water and steep the milled grain to make wort.
    2. Boil the wort, adding the hops on the schedule in the recipe.
    3. Cool the wort down quickly, then transfer it to your fermenter.
    4. Pitch the yeast and let it ferment for about two weeks.
    5. Bottle or keg, wait for carbonation, then enjoy.

    That yields roughly 53 bottles of fresh Helles Bock. It works great with our digital electric homebrew systems, which hold your temperatures for you, though any kettle and burner will do.

  • This is a recipe kit, so it includes the ingredients only. To brew it at home you will also need:

    • A brew kettle or an electric all-in-one brewing system
    • A grain bag for brew-in-a-bag (or a mash tun for a traditional mash)
    • A fermenter with an airlock
    • A thermometer and a way to chill the wort
    • Sanitizer, and bottles or a keg for packaging