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Oktoberfest

From the BrewBlog of Stoopsitters Brewing – Hastings, Minnesota USA
Printed April 24, 2024

Specifics
Style: Oktoberfest/Marzen
Brewer: Lon Chubiz
Brew Date: August 5, 2013
Yield: 5 gallons
Calories: 172 (12 ounces)
Conditioning: Bottles
ABV: 6%
ABW: 4.7%
Bottling ABV: 6.5%
Batch No: 11
OG: 1.053
OG (Plato): 13.1° P
FG: 1.008
FG (Plato): 2.05° P
Real Extract: 4.05° P
App. Atten.: 84.3%
Real Atten.: 69.1%
Status: Bottled
BJCP Style Info: Oktoberfest/Marzen
O.G.: 1.050 - 1.057
F.G.: 1.012 - 1.016
ABV: 4.8 - 5.7%
Bitterness: 20 - 28 IBUs
Color: 7 - 14 SRM
Info: Smooth, clean, and rather rich, with a depth of malt character. This is one of the classic malty styles, with a maltiness that is often described as soft, complex, and elegant but never cloying.

Commercial Examples: Paulaner Oktoberfest, Ayinger Oktoberfest-Märzen, Hacker-Pschorr Original Oktoberfest, Hofbräu Oktoberfest, Victory Festbier, Great Lakes Oktoberfest, Spaten Oktoberfest, Capital Oktoberfest, Gordon Biersch Märzen, Goose Island Oktoberfest, Samuel Adams Oktoberfest.
General Information
Method: All Grain
Malts and Grains
7.00 pounds German Pilsen Malt (2-Row) 47.5% of grist
5.00 pounds German Dark Munich Malt 33.9% of grist
1.00 pounds German CaraMunich Malt I 6.8% of grist
1.75 pounds Belgian Caravienne Malt 11.9% of grist
14.75 pounds Total Grain Weight 100% of grist
Hops
0.75 ounces Tettnanger Pellets
Type: Bittering
Use: First Wort 		 
0.25 ounces Tettnanger Pellets @ 60 minutes
Type: Bittering
Use: Boil 		 
0.50 ounces Tettnanger Pellets @ 30 minutes
Type: Bittering and Aroma
Use: Boil 		 
1.50 ounces Total Hop Weight  
Yeast
Name: German Lager
Manufacturer: White Labs
Product ID: WLP830
Type: Lager
Flocculation: Medium
Attenuation: 76%
Temperature Range: 50–55°F
Amount: 10 gr
Water Profile

Brookline, MA

Calicum: 3.7 ppm
Bicarbonate: 10 ppm
Sulfate: 5.4 ppm
Chloride: 17.5 ppm
Sodium: 28.5 ppm
Magnesium: 0.8 ppm
PH: 7.9%
Notes:

From Massachusetts Water Resource Authority - Nov. 2012
Fermentation
Primary: 10 days @ 50° F
Oktoberfest
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Brew Day Data
  Target Actual
Strike Water Amount: 4.9  
Strike Water Temperature:    
Mash Temperature:    
Mash Time:    
Sparge Water Amount: 5.9  
Sparge Water Temperature:    
Pre-Boil Gravity:    
Pre-Boil Amount: 6.7  
Post-Boil Amount: 5  
Boil Time:  
Original Gravity: 1.053 / 13.1° P  
     
     
     
     
Brew Day Notes
 

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