"Zorn-Vort" Maibock

The Story: Brewing is always better with a friend. This beer was a collaboration with my friend Bill, who is from the first generation of American homebrewers. I think with the mass influx of new brewers and beer lovers, we can still learn a lot from the generation that started brewing in the dark days of draft beer, they challenged the status quo and brewed their own before anyone ever heard of Extreme Beer.

The Brew: Utilizing Bill's awesome MoreBeer brew sculpture and cooled conical fermenator, we wanted to brew a kick ass lager. For the Spring Monterey Competition and Festival, a Maibock was natural, but we wanted to hop it up a bit more. It has the classic character of a German Maibock

Ingredients:
Malt: (60%) Golden Promise, (27%) Vienna, (10%) Munich, (3%) Caramunich
Hops: (First wort hopped) Cascade, Saaz, Hallertau Mitt., French Strisselspalt
Yeast: German Lager
Specs: 1.069 OG, 7.4%abv, 30IBU