So, I didn't feel like having a long brew day since I slept in. Yesterday was the Santa Rampage, a biking pub crawl where everyone dressed as Santa Clause. Anyways, not much energy for an all grain brew. Reva picked out the extract kit, and since Oktoberfest lagers need a few months to lager, it works out perfectly because this beer can lager while I'm in India. Plus, since we have cold weather it will work out nicely to lager. Hence our Oktoberfest beer in March, Marchfest!
4 friends, 5 bars, 20+ miles
Steeping the specialty grains for the pre-boil.
Reves adding the first and only hop addition, 1 ounce of German Traditional. We are using our new hop mesh bag so that there is less trub in the fermenter.
Reva pitching the yeast, Wyeast 2633 Oktoberfest Lager Blend. The beer came in at 1.066, and a quart or so under 5 gallons. The target was 1.058 so hopefully it will ferment to a slightly higher ABV than planned for. At the moment the beer is fermenting in the basement where hopefully it will be at the correct temp, 48-58F.
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