Mike just sent me the finished label for Monogamy Bock. Brewed specifically for our dear friend Dave Krausse's wedding. We're very proud of Dave's BIG step. And I wish him and his fiancee, Andrea the best and brightest future together.

Here's Mike's notes on Monogamy Bock's recipe:

"This is the beer that we've been developing over the last 5 months. The first attempt was way too light for what we wanted, even though it tasted pretty good, second one was a little bit too strong, and some definite changes to the grain bill that needed to happen, and I ended up making 10 gallons of what falls under "weizenbock" for dave's wedding. This beer weighs in a little under 1.075, has a nice rich mahogany color to it, and smells good, even though its still fermenting!!!

I used the mashing method that was in Zymurgy this last month, where you dough in at 86*, take out 30% of the mash and bring it up to 144* to get different changes out of the grains that are necessary for that nice 4-vinyl-guaiacol and isoamyl acetate goodness MMMMM, then mix the two to get a 104* rest for a half hour, then turn it up to 140, 158 and a mash out at 172. I got 78% efficiency using that method in a polarware 15g stainless mash tun that had a mesh filter instead of a false bottom, to make room for the 25 pounds of grain used in making this beer.
More updates will come around when Monogamy Bock is done fermenting and we get some of it bottled up for the wedding. CONGRATS DAVE AND ANDREA!"