Style: Helles Bock
All StylesStyle Profile based on 314 recipes
BU:GU
0.42
Hops
3.9 g/L
Mash pH
5.53
Description
A relatively pale, strong, malty German lager beer with a nicely attenuated finish that enhances drinkability. The hop character is generally more apparent than in other bocks. History: A fairly recent development in comparison to the other members of the bock family. The serving of Maibock is specifically associated with springtime and the month of May. Style Comparison: Can be thought of as either a pale version of a Dunkles Bock, or a Munich Helles brewed to bock strength. While quite malty, this beer typically has less dark and rich malt flavors, and can be drier, hoppier, and more bitter than a Dunkles Bock. Has more of a rich malt character and more alcohol than a Festbier.
Examples: Altenmünster Maibock, Ayinger Maibock, Capital Maibock, Blind Tiger Maibock, Einbecker Mai-Urbock, Hacker-Pschorr Hubertus Bock, Mahr’s Bock
- 91% Toast (34%)
- 80% Pilsner (62%)
- 46% Crystal (7%)
- 40% Pale (33%)
% of Helles Bock recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
g/L · median with IQR range
- 19% Magnum (GR)
- 18% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 18% Perle (GR)
- 17% Hallertau Taurus
- 15% Hallertauer Hersbrucker
- 14% Saaz (CZ)
- 13% Tettnanger
- 4% Sterling
- 3% Mount Hood
- 3% Southern Brewer
% of Helles Bock recipes using each hop
g/L · median with IQR range
dated Helles Bock recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
- 22% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 22% Munich Malt
- 14% Vienna Malt
- 8% Pilsner (Weyermann)
- 8% Munich I (Weyermann)
- 8% Vienna Malt (Weyermann)
- 8% German - Pilsner
- 6% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 5% Munich Malt - 10L
- 5% Aromatic Malt
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
- 16% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 16% German Bock Lager Yeast (WLP833) White Labs
- 7% Bavarian Lager (2206) Wyeast Labs
- 6% Munich Lager (2308) Wyeast Labs
- 4% Bohemian Lager (2124) Wyeast Labs
- 4% SafLager West European Lager (S-23) Fermentis
- 3% LalBrew Diamond Lager Lallemand
- 3% German Lager Yeast (WLP830) White Labs
- 2% Harvest (L17) Imperial Yeast
- 2% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
% of Helles Bock recipes using each strain
- 65% Single Infusion
- 19% Step Mash
- 16% Decoction
37 recipes with mash data
- 60 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 80 ppm Cl⁻
- 55 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 29 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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