Recent content by Billyjoe Jimbob

I was looking for a Oktoberfest recipe on Google and got taken to byo.com. Got turned on to an article, "Marzen: Brew Now for Oktoberfest (March 1997)" by Jeff Frame and I liked what I read so much, I Googled "Marzen". One of the links took me here. I've gotten a lot of good stuff browsing...

Right at 65 degrees...I didn't have too much blow-off either. My thumper water got golden colored from the foam but it never, ever blew so much out that it created any overflow problems. This is the first time I've ever used a lager yeast and I know that the temp mentioned is high but, I would...

Below is the recipe that I used... 14 lbs. pilsner malt 2 lbs Vienna malt 2 lbs Munich malt 0.75 oz. Tettnanger hops (4% alpha), 0.25 for 90 min., 0.5 oz. for 75 min. 1.5 oz. Mt. Hood hops (3.2% alpha), for 60 min. 0.75 oz. Saaz (3% alpha), for 30 min. 3 tsp. rehydrated Irish moss...