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Author:

Kanonbrygg

Boil Size: 60 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.055

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/3/2016 10:52 AM

Notes:

Author:

Pattymc9

Boil Size: 465 Gallons

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 1.062

Efficiency: 85

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/6/2021 1:16 PM

Notes:

Author:

SOMA

Boil Size: 11 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.12

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/27/2020 1:32 AM

Notes:

Author:

Nobel Savage Brewing

Boil Size: 7.33 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/3/2020 12:45 PM

Notes: https://beerandbrewing.com/the-real-oktoberfest-beer/

Note on my water: use 8 gallons of spring water. Water needs to be a mineral soft water for this style. Will use local tap to do my second sparge. I'm adjusting my grains to fit my efficiency.

The Real Oktoberfest Beer
A blonde lager is what is served at the true Oktoberfest.

DAVE CARPENTER

The Real Oktoberfest Beer Primary Image
Saturday, September 16, marked the official start of Munich’s 2017 Oktoberfest. Taking place over the course of two weeks, the world-famous party will end on Tuesday, October 3, and is expected to draw more than 6 million visitors from around the globe. While it’s best known as a beer-fueled celebration of Bavarian culture, the original Oktoberfest was actually a glorified wedding reception.

On October 12, 1810, the future king of Bavaria, Crown Prince Ludwig, was married to Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Somewhat unusually for royal weddings, a large public festival was held in a meadow near the gates of the city of Munich. Everyone had such a great time that they decided to make it an annual thing, and, this being Bavaria, it wasn’t long before beer overshadowed the premiere event’s nuptial nature. (As for Ludwig, he would go on to have numerous extramarital affairs, author some spectacularly uninspired poetry, and abdicate the throne in shame.)

Today’s Oktoberfest takes place in the very same meadow, called the Theresienwiese, which means “Therese’s meadow.” In the local dialect, both the meadow and the festival itself are known as the Wies’n.

The beer Americans most associate with Oktoberfest celebrations is, naturally, Oktoberfest beer. But, as any beer nerd who has made the pilgrimage to Munich in late September will tell you, the beer served at the festival is a blonde lager, not the amber Oktoberfest beer we all know and love.

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What we think of as Oktoberfest beer in the United States is, strictly speaking, a Märzenbier, or “March beer.” Traditionally brewed in March, this malty amber lager would have been stored away in caves to sustain the thirsty masses throughout the summer. Come fall, any remaining Märzen would have been consumed to free up barrels for the new season’s beers.

What is actually served on the Wies’n today is, however, more like a hefty Helles or a mild Maibock than the historic Märzenbier. It’s specially brewed just for the celebration and is called, appropriately enough, Festbier. Rather than highlight the toasted flavors of Munich and Vienna malts, Festbier’s bready Pils malt and well-balanced noble hops character offer the ideal accompaniment to Obatzda (a cheese spread made from Camembert), Schweinshaxe (roasted pork knuckle), and big-as-your-face pretzels.

Festbier can be somewhat hard to come by outside Munich, as it’s seldom packaged for export. But if you can’t find a good commercial example, you can always brew one yourself any time of year. Just start with your favorite Helles recipe, bump up the base malt until you hit an original gravity in the neighborhood of 1.055–1.060, and increase the bittering hops addition somewhat to compensate.

The recipe below is based on Helles I Know, a Munich Helles featured originally in the Fall 2014 issue of Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine®. Carefully brewed and lovingly lagered for six or more weeks, all it needs to round it out is an oom-pah band and your finest Lederhosen or Dirndl.

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Echtes Festbier
ALL-GRAIN

Batch size: 5 gallons/18.9 liters (5.25 gallons/19.9 liters before packaging)
OG: 1.058
FG: 1.012
IBUs: 31
ABV: 6.0%

MALT/GRAIN BILL
11 lb (5 kg) Pilsner malt
4 oz (114 g) Acidulated malt

HOPS SCHEDULE
1 oz (28 g) Perle [8% AA] at 60 minutes
1 oz (28 g) Hallertauer Mittelfrüh [4% AA] at 10 minutes

MASH
Beta amylase 149°F (65°C) 30 minutes
Alpha amylase 162°F (72°C) 30 minutes

YEAST
Wyeast 2308 Munich Lager

BREWING NOTES
Pitch 425 billion healthy yeast cells into 46°F (8°C) wort, allow temperature to free rise to 50°F (10°C), and ferment for 10 days. Raise temperature to 60°F (16°C) for a diacetyl rest and hold until final gravity is achieved. Rack to secondary and lager at 35°F (2°C) for at least 6 weeks before kegging or bottling.

Author:

Tim Twobottles

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.054

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/2/2019 1:36 AM

Notes:

Author:

Mybuddypete

Boil Size: 6.25 Gallons

Boil Time: 30

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.4

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 88 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/19/2018 5:16 PM

Notes:

Author:

mkoskinen

Boil Size: 26 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 5.3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/7/2017 6:21 AM

Notes:

Author:

Darep

Boil Size: 7 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/15/2017 1:34 PM

Notes:

Author:

Antmuzic

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.8

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/13/2017 12:52 AM

Notes: Mash Profile
Mash @ 152* for 60 minutes. We mashed thin at 1.8qt/lb.

Notes

Adjusted OG is 1056 (for efficiency calculations)

Grain to glass in 7 weeks. Competiton entries (first round) were 8 weeks old. Carbed to 2.7 volumes of CO2. We underpitched by about 20% as to stress the yeast a little for more ester production.

Candi Sugar on the cold side?

Mash Schedule (Brewtoad)

11.25 lb grain wt.
6.5 Boil
Mash Thickness 1.8

Mash Schedule

Strike grains with 5.56 gal of water at 160.8 °F.
Mash at 152 °F for 60 min.
Vorlauf and lauter 3.94 gal in your first runnings.
Add 2.56 gal of sparge water at 168 °F.
Vorlauf and lauter 2.56 gal in your second runnings.
Your combined runnings should be 6.5 gal.

Author:

J-Sap

Boil Size: 6.6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.027

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 2.0

Primary Temp: 62 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/15/2017 2:11 AM

Notes:

Author:

ChiHopHeads

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.102

Efficiency: 81

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/9/2015 4:25 PM

Notes:

Author:

Drunk&Armed

Boil Size: 2.1 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.032

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: Sucrose

Priming Amount: 16.0g

Creation Date: 11/27/2016 8:26 PM

Notes:

Author:

Dana Pellerin

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.092

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/16/2016 3:46 AM

Notes: Boil half of extract, add remaining extract and honey at 5 minutes left in boil. Add vanilla in secondary or at transfer to keg.

Author:

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 60 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/25/2016 10:32 PM

Notes:

Author:

Buck 80

Boil Size: 15 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 1.3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/5/2016 12:39 AM

Notes:

Author:

QuadConPana

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/29/2016 2:04 PM

Notes:

Author:

Purbans

Boil Size: 20 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 14.6

Efficiency: 62.5

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/26/2016 10:05 AM

Notes: leżakowane w piwnicy Mickiewicza - temperatura nieznana
1 tydzień z fermentatorem (burzliwa)
2 tygodnie bez fermentatora (cicha)
4 w butelkach

OG 14,5
FG 5

Author:

ardentmonk

Boil Size: 13.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 150

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 74

Mash Thickness: 1.19

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 73 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/7/2015 9:16 PM

Notes: 308g DME in 3L starter

1/25/16 update FG 1.013 so ABV is 5.7 after discounting the low ABV starter. Color is good
but there is a dryness to it,somewhat astringent. Doubt it is tannins, doubt that my batch sparge ph was high since it was RO water and the main mash was 5.4. Perhaps it is the pale chocolate malt or brown malt. It's young but I'm leaning toward the gypsum, which I may decrease next time, now to add some more chloride NaCl to my glass and see it's affect. Well the bitterness is still main stage but the body is rounder and so we'll see what age will give it. Is it possible the starter was too bitter? 15 min hops in that.

4/4/16 Excellent subtle nut brown, bitterness has faded, has improved since I decreased the carbonation to appropriate levels. I would leave out the brown malt next time and increase the other specialty malts & perhaps leave out the late hopping. I entered this into the state fair.

Author:

Meinook

Boil Size: 13 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.057

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/19/2015 3:50 AM

Notes:

Author:

BADominy

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 86

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/11/2015 3:17 AM

Notes: