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Oktabru
Ok - It's not a true Oktoberfest, it's an Americanized version. Besides I'm behind the gun to get it in the primary and this is what I had on hand!
| Brewer: | Midland Brewing | Email: | - | |||||
| Beer: | Oktabru | Style: | Märzen/Oktoberfest | |||||
| Type: | Partial mash | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 20 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.060 | FG: | 1.015 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 5.8% v/v (4.5% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | using local tap water which is very soft | |||||||
| Grain: | 8 oz. German Munich 8 oz. Belgian biscuit 1 lb. American crystal 40L 1 oz. Belgian Special B |
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| Mash: | 60% efficiency | |||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.085 | 3.5 gallons | |||||
| 3 lb. Light dry malt extract 1 lb. Cane sugar 2 lb. Amber malt extract |
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| Using 1lb of Demerara Cane Sugar because I love the hint of molasses it provides and the additional gravity! Added Irish moss with 15 mintues left to boil |
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| Hops: | 1 oz. Northern Brewer (7% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Fuggles (3.75% AA, 15 min.) |
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| Yeast: | WLP011 European Ale Yeast No starter |
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| Log: | Partial mini-mash: -1.5 gal of water in brew pot and brought to 168° -added crushed grains and allowed temp to drop to 153° . -Place lid on pot put inside 175° oven that was turned off for 1 hour. -placed large strainer over larger brew pot and strained grains -slowly laddled wort over grain bag -repeated laddleding with 1.5 gal of 168° sparge water -top wort up to 3.5 gal -brought wort to boil -boil for 1 hour -added DME, LME and Demerara cane during last 30 minutes of boil |
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| Carbonation: | will go into keg after secondary is finished(or as long as I can wait) | |||||||
| Tasting: | would have like to use different hops, but that'll have to wait until next year! | |||||||
Recipe posted 09/04/08.
