Howdy all! Long time no see! Basement Man Cave Construction has kept me away too long. The basement project also drug my brewing schedule into an ally and beat it up.
This year's Oktoberfest never got done. Oh well, there's always next year!
Anyway, to replace it, I cobbled together a recipe from some fixings I had on hand (mostly from the Oktoberfest that wasn't). It isn't really to any particular style - just going for flavorful, easy drinker. I'm going for something that is fairly malt forward with a decent hop presence. Thoughts?
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.054 SG
Estimated Color: 8.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 25.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 84.7 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
4 lbs 8.0 oz Bohemian Pilsner (Weyermann) (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 46.2 %
4 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 2 41.0 %
1 lbs Caramel Malt - 20L (Briess) (20.0 SRM) Grain 3 10.3 %
4.0 oz Munich Malt, Dark (16.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.6 %
0.60 oz German Tradition [5.30 %] - First Wort 9 Hop 5 13.3 IBUs
1.10 oz Hallertauer [3.10 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 12.1 IBUs
0.50 oz Hallertauer [3.10 %] - Steep/Whirlpool Hop 7 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg German Bock Lager (White Labs #WLP833) [ Yeast 8 -
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body
Total Grain Weight: 9 lbs 12.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Mash In Add 15.16 qt of water at 162.3 F 150.0 F 75 min
Mash Out Add 7.36 qt of water at 211.5 F 168.0 F 10 min
Sparge: Fly sparge with 2.99 gal water at 168.0 F