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Octoberfest - Bob

195 calories 20.4 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.042 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 195 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 20.4 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Friday June 19th 2015
1.059
1.015
5.8%
38.9
3.7
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
11 lb German - Pilsner11 lb Pilsner 38 1.6 97.8%
4 oz German - Acidulated Malt4 oz Acidulated Malt 27 3.4 2.2%
11.25 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Perle1 oz Perle Hops Pellet 8.2 Boil 60 min 33.35 50%
1 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh1 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops Pellet 3.75 Boil 10 min 5.53 50%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
White Labs - Southern German Lager Yeast WLP838
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
72%
Flocculation:
Med-High
Optimum Temp:
50 - 55 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
50 °F
Pitch Rate:
2.0 (M cells / ml / ° P) 549 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
Temperature -- 149 °F 30 min
Temperature -- 160 °F 30 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.25 qt/lb 3.52 14.1  
Mash volume with grains 4.42 17.7  
Grain absorption losses -1.41 -5.6  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.72 g | 18.9 qt) 5.14 20.6  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.58 g | 26.3 qt) 7 28  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume 5 20  
Going into fermentor 5 20  
Total: 8.66 34.6
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

6/17: 920pm:
Started 1st step yeast starter, 7.2 oz DME with 1800ml water boiled 10 min, cooled to 60 degrees and added White Labs WLP 838, 4/23/15, yeast.Brix 13 after boil. Put on stirplate.
6/18: 9pm: Put in freezer at 38 degrees.
6/19: 9pm: Boiled 1500ml water, added 6oz DME boiled 10 min, cooled to 60 degrees. Dumped off liquid, added DME mixture and put on stirplate, Brix 10.3
6/20: Brew Day: Brought 3.5 gallons of water to 161 degrees, added to mash tun, added grains and temp dropped to 149 degrees. Left in for 30 min.
Added 5 quarts of boiling water after 30 min and temp rose to 160 degrees. Left in Tun for 30 min.
Transfered to boil kettle. Brought to boil and added 1oz Perle hops. Added 1oz Hallertaur Mittelfruh for last 10 min.
Put in 1 wirfloc tablet at 10 min left in boil.
Put 1st wort chiller in ice and ran to 2nd wort chilled in kettle. about 20 min to get to 67 degrees.
Transfered to 6.5 gallon carboy and put in freezer set at 50 degrees.
Brix 14.9 sg: 1.60
Waited 2 hours to cool in freezer and added yeast mixture.
7/1, 10pm: Took out of freezer for Diacetyl Rest. SG Reading 1.011
Expected Attenuation is 82% (60 - 11)/60
7/4: Racked to secondary and put in freezer at 50 degrees
7/5 - 7/12: Drop 2 degrees per day till reach final temp of 34 degrees
9/15: transfered to keg. Set CO2 at 13lbs.

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