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Oktoberfest Lager

177 calories 21 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Märzen
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.042 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 66% (brew house)
Source: Modified from St Arnold's Oktoberfest
Rating:
4.00 (1 Review)

Calories: 177 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 21 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Sunday November 8th 2015
1.053
1.017
4.7%
21.2
15.8
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
8 lb American - Pale 2-Row8 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 65.3%
3 lb Belgian - CaraMunich3 lb CaraMunich 33 50 24.5%
1.25 lb Belgian - Munich1.25 lb Munich 38 6 10.2%
12.25 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh1 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops Pellet 3.75 Boil 50 min 13.27 50%
1 oz Saaz1 oz Saaz Hops Pellet 3.5 Boil 20 min 7.89 50%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
White Labs - Oktoberfest/Märzen Lager Yeast WLP820
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
69%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
52 - 58 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
54 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 409 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
20 qt RIMS - ramp up Infusion -- 145 °F 10 min
20 qt RIMS hold temp Infusion -- 155 °F 50 min
6 qt Sparge Out Sparge -- 168 °F 5 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 4.59 18.4  
Mash volume with grains 5.57 22.3  
Grain absorption losses -1.53 -6.1  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.26 g | 17.1 qt) 4.19 16.8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.08 g | 28.3 qt) 7 28  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 8.78 35.1
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Made 1.5 quart starter. Pitched at 70 F, and moved to cold fermenting chamber at 54 F. Left in primary for 4 weeks, and moved to secondary.
This has become one of my favorites to make and to drink, and is beautifully simple. I've varied things up in several subsequent batches, and made this as an ale, used other grains, played with fermentation temperatures, etc. Overall, this is a great go-to, simple base recipe for Oktoberfest. (I plan to harvest some Saint Arnold's Oktoberfest yeast to try another go at an ale batch some time soon as well... Should be fun.)

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