In a personal sad turn of events, I had to put one of my beloved dogs down last Thursday. I chose to take her to the SPCA in Sanford. I had read about the Sanford Homebrew Shop in a homebrew forum. I figured I would stop by and get supplies while I was up there, hoping that doing something I love would help with the sadness I was feeling. I got the supplies but was in no mood to brew that day. Today, however, was a perfect day for brewing.
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Now the goal of the home brewer is to be able to drink their beer "in season." that means having the forethought to have the beer brewed and ready in time. The end of September is Oktoberfest, a 16-day festival running from late September to the first weekend in October. I may not be able to enjoy my homebrew during the celebration, but I decided I would brew a German Octoberfest.
This is a partial grain extract brew. I haven't done a partial in a long time due to the fact that I was brewing with my friend Paul the last couple years. He had a nice outdoor setup for all grain. Now that I'm back to just me and I don't have an all grain setup, time for partial again. They've always turned out good beers for me, so that is fine.
A note on the recipe. The Oktoberfest recipe called for lager yeast. Lager yeast ferments at cooler temperatures than ale yeast does. I am not setup for lagering where I currently live. So I used a San Francisco Lager yeast which acts more like an ale yeast.
German Oktoberfest
6.6 # Munich LME (Light Malt Extract)
1 # Amber DME (Dark Malt Extract)
8 oz Caramel 60L (grains)
4 oz Caramel 20L (grains)
1 oz GR Tettnang (hops)
1 oz GR Hallertau (hops)
1 vile San Francisco Lager Yeast WLP810
Brew: 9/30
OG: 1.056
Rack: 10/5
FG: 1.016
Bottle: 10/12
ABV: 5.25%
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