Recipe for 10 Gallons |
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| Grain |
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| Description | Quantity | % | SRM |
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| Pilsner malt | 10.0 lbs | 43.5 | 2 |
| Munich malt | 10.0 lbs | 43.5 | 8 |
| Cara-pils dextrine malt | 2.0 lbs | 8.7 | 6 |
| Belgian special "B" | 1.0 lbs | 4.3 | 120 |
| TOTAL | 23.0 lbs | OG 1.063 | 12.7 |
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| Mash Schedule |
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| Step Name | Temp | Time |
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| Saccharification rest | 154°F | 90 mins |
| Mash Out | 165°F | 30 mins |
| Sparge | 168°F | |
| Hops |
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| Description | Alpha Acid | Quantity | Boil time | IBU |
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| Perle | 6.80% | 1.0 oz | FWH | 16.5 |
| Perle | 9.80% | 0.75 oz | 90 mins | 17.0 |
| Hallertau Hersbrucker (pellets) | 2.6% | 1.0 oz | 45 mins | 5.4 |
| Hallertau Hersbrucker (pellets) | 2.6% | 1.0 oz | 30 mins | 3.1 |
| Tettnanger (pellets) | 4.9% | 1.0 oz | 0 mins | 0.0 |
| TOTAL | 4.75 oz | 90 mins | 41.9 |
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| Yeast |
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| WLP011 (European ale) |
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The Hunt for Red Oktoberfest resulted from
experimentation by our brewmeister.
It seems that he wanted to brew a beer with a bright red color, but he was not sure how to accomplish this feat.
After a considerable search, he discovered that a specialty grain known as Belgian Special "B" would
impart quite a lot of red color to the finished brew.
And since this beer was being brewed for consumption in late September, there could be no question as to its
name!
