I decided with the fall months ahead, it was time to brew an Octoberfest beer. I decided to get an extract kit from morebeer.com. The issue with Octoberfests is usually they are brewed as a lager (in colder temperatures) which is not an option for me at this time. This kit was formulated to be brewed as a ale (at warmer temperatures). I decided to give it a go. Here are the ingredients:
Extract (added when gentle boil started)-
8 lbs Ultralight Malt Extract
Grains (steeped till water temperature hit 170)-
8 oz Caravienne
8 oz Caramunich
8 oz Abbey
Hops-
1 oz Perle (60 min boil)
1 oz Mt.Hood (1 min end boil)
Clarifier – Whirlfloc (Use ½ - 1 Tablet) (added with 5 mins left in boil)
SG- 1.06
FG- 1.16
5.87% ABV
Keeping the steeped grains in the water until it reached 170 degrees (or 30 minutes). I had to keep it in for 30 mins, as I reached 170 degrees much before the 30 minutes had expired.
Added Liquid Malt Extract and Hops, and then a clarifying whirlfloc
And then the all important yeast!
8/31/2013 Racked to a secondary (awesome dark orange color!)
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