Northbound brewer Andy Rosenthal redesigned this recipe in 2022, incorporating the Barke malt and Carabohemian while cleaning up the water profile—and that became the award-winning recipe. The brewery further builds on that success by fractionally freezing some of the Doppelbock every year to produce its Eisbock—which also won gold at GABF two years running, in 2024 and 2025.
For much more on that beer and the process behind it, see Brewer’s Perspective: Eisbock It with Northbound. And for more tips on how to increase the odds of success when fractionally freezing any beer, see Eis Is Nice.
ALL-GRAIN
Batch size: 5 gallons (19 liters)
Brewhouse efficiency: 72%
OG: 1.083 (20.1°P)
FG: 1.019 (4.7°P)
IBUs: 18
ABV: 8.5%
