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OktoberBest

195 calories 19.6 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.6 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.6 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.050 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 71% (brew house)
Calories: 195 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 19.6 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday August 9th 2012
1.059
1.014
5.9%
27.0
12.9
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
5.25 lb German - Dark Munich5.25 lb Dark Munich 36 10 41.6%
4.25 lb German - Pilsner4.25 lb Pilsner 38 1.6 33.7%
2.50 lb German - Vienna2.5 lb Vienna 37 4 19.8%
6 oz German - CaraMunich II6 oz CaraMunich II 34 46 3%
2 oz German - De-Husked Caraf I2 oz De-Husked Caraf I 32 340 1%
2 oz German - Acidulated Malt2 oz Acidulated Malt 27 3.4 1%
12.62 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.50 oz Magnum0.5 oz Magnum Hops Pellet 12.4 Boil 60 min 21.07 33.3%
0.50 oz Domestic Hallertau0.5 oz Domestic Hallertau Hops Pellet 3.9 Boil 25 min 4.61 33.3%
0.50 oz Domestic Hallertau0.5 oz Domestic Hallertau Hops Pellet 3.9 Boil 5 min 1.32 33.3%
1.50 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
White Labs - Southern German Lager Yeast WLP838
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
76%
Flocculation:
Med-High
Optimum Temp:
50 - 55 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
1.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 461 B cells required
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Target Water Profile
Vienna (Oktoberfest)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 10 40 120 50 100
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.75 qt/lb 5.52 22.1  
Mash volume with grains 6.53 26.1  
Grain absorption losses -1.58 -6.3  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 3.46 g | 13.8 qt) 2.9 11.6  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.16 g | 28.6 qt) 6.6 26.4  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.06 -0.2  
Post boil Volume 5.6 22.4  
Going into fermentor 5.6 22.4  
Total: 8.43 33.7
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

I do a hochkurz style decoction, which starts a little higher. Saves some time. Strong has some good thoughts on decoctions as well in Brewing Better Beer.

Or if you like, a multi rest will suffice (131, 145, 158, 170). To help emulate a decoction, you can also pull a gallon of your first runnings and boil it down to a quart. It will get thick and bubbly, like wort lava. fun stuff. add back to kettle at flame out, or whenever it finishes boiling down.

I prefer to do a no sparge method to help accentuate maltiness. A great advantage to this is I don't really worry about kettle volume. I do measure it at the start of the boil, just to know how to alter my hop amounts. Then I just top off in the fermenter to 5.75 gallons (sort of like an extract brewer would).

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