"Beerfest" recipe

I was just recalling a scene in the movie Beerfest, when after brewing the "secret family recipe" beer, it was nigh heavenly when they drank it. Are there any clues in the movie that we might glean in order to reproduce one of Germany's finest beers?

No, dillholes had a bunch of cans of extract, and a clear open fermenter. Pure Hollywood.

Damn. Talk about your all time disappointment.

how else could farva fall in there and drown?

From what I remember from the recipe in the movie, it only stated kilograms of malt and hops with no specifics. Given that the beer was a slight amber color, and that it was around Munich at Oktoberfest, I'd say it's an Oktoberfest beer.

All I could think of at that scene was "where would early 19th century Bavarians procure 2 cans of Pasteurized malt extract?"

That scene aside, Frau Blucher played a mean whore.

Gam Gam!

probably any light lager type recipe would do it. but you drown a farva in the fermenter. and also its a lambic.

during that scene when they made beer they threw in hops and grains at the same time into the kettle. it was funny. that movie is awesome. im still waiting for potfest

I dunno. I had hopes, but thought the movie was pretty craptacular.

Brewsmith said:

From what I remember from the recipe in the movie, it only stated kilograms of malt and hops with no specifics. Given that the beer was a slight amber color, and that it was around Munich at Oktoberfest, I'd say it's an Oktoberfest beer.

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I agree, they hade the color spot on for a vienna lager. My fav. "standard" is

33,33,33% pils, vienna, munich
22 ibus hallertau @ 60min.
.5 oz. hallertau @ 15min.
WLP830

scrambledegg81 said:

That scene aside, Frau Blucher played a mean whore.

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Gam Gam was a whore?? Nooooo!!!

"I alveys sleep betta wit a little sausage in me. See you boys!"

Beerfest is for beer drinkers what half baked is for potheads, an entertaining movie somewhat related to our hobby, though as inacurate and rediculous as it can be, its still hillarious and very enjoyable.

If i wanted to watch a factual movie about beer, id watch "american beer", if i wanted to watch a factual movie about marijuana id watch "botany of desire".

If i wanna laugh my ass off at some beer related comedy, id watch beerfest.

somepeople need to learn to look past the details and just laugh...

kypher said:

Damn. Talk about your all time disappointment.

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Sorry bud. I hate to see you get brought down from your cloud and all, but that was pretend. It's just like all those folks trying to reproduce the beer they drank in Lord Of The Rings. That stuff didn't actually happen, beer drinking and all. Your just going to have to brew real beer and pretend it's fake.

terrapinbrewer said:

If i wanna laugh my ass off at some beer related comedy, id watch beerfest.

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or...Strange Brew

Well...given that it's an ancient family *german* recipe it's got to adhere to the purity law, so I would assume probably something in the neighborhood of a classic oktoberfest. maybe that's why it was so good, because it was a fresh homebrew. Remember your reaction to your first homebrew? Did you think, "I wanna freeze it and skate on it, then in the springtime it would thaw out and we can drink it!"? I did...

Keith_Mahoney said:

or...Strange Brew

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I agree on Strange Brew.

step off you hoser!

good goin you knob!