I've been reading a lot about oktoberfest lately and I don't have the ability to lager. I read in another thread that you can take pretty much any neutral ale yeast and use that instead. I have a random WLP008 (east coast/alt ale yeast) I got from my brother for no good reason that I can discern; I thought it might work well.
I looked through a lot of recipes on recipator (and the few posted here of course) and Vienna malt seems to be a major ingredient. Paddockwood isn't carrying it right now and I can't get any locally either. I formulated the recipe below based on what I have on hand. Any suggestions on how to get the nice malty beer I've read so much about would be excellent and much appreciated! As a side note I plan to use this for my first decoction mash attempt. I'm not trying to match the style point for point (hard to do when you're not even lagering) but keeping to the spirit would be nice.
I've posted the promash HTML output here if you prefer the nice colours and graph.
Oktoberfest Ale
Batch Size (L): 23.00 Wort Size (L): 23.00
Total Grain (kg): 6.07
Anticipated OG: 1.055 Plato: 13.65
Anticipated SRM: 18.4
Anticipated IBU: 24.4
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes
2.77 kg. Pale Malt(2-row)
2.00 kg. Munich Malt
0.45 kg. CaraMunich
0.45 kg. CaraAroma
0.40 kg. Biscuit Malt
20.00 g. Tettnanger 60 min.
20.00 g. Hallertauer 60 min.
10.00 g. Hallertauer 20 min.
Irish Moss 15 Min.
White Labs WLP008 East Coast/Alt Ale
Mash
Total Grain kg: 6.07
Total Water Qts: 16.17 - Before Additional Infusions
Total Water L: 15.30 - Before Additional Infusions
Step Rest Start Stop Heat Infuse Infuse Infuse
Step Name Time Time Temp Temp Type Temp Amount Ratio
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Protein Rest 5 30 122 122 Infuse 130 15.30 2.52
Conversion 25 60 154 154 Decoc 212 7.26 1.36 (Decoc Thickness)
Mash Out 5 15 168 168 Infuse 210 5.95 3.50
Total Water Qts: 22.45 - After Additional Infusions
Total Water L: 21.25 - After Additional Infusions
Total Mash Volume L: 25.30 - After Additional Infusions
All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.
All infusion amounts are in Liters.
All infusion ratios are Liters/Kilograms.
Feel free to tear it to pieces and thanx for any help!
I looked through a lot of recipes on recipator (and the few posted here of course) and Vienna malt seems to be a major ingredient. Paddockwood isn't carrying it right now and I can't get any locally either. I formulated the recipe below based on what I have on hand. Any suggestions on how to get the nice malty beer I've read so much about would be excellent and much appreciated! As a side note I plan to use this for my first decoction mash attempt. I'm not trying to match the style point for point (hard to do when you're not even lagering) but keeping to the spirit would be nice.
I've posted the promash HTML output here if you prefer the nice colours and graph.
Oktoberfest Ale
Batch Size (L): 23.00 Wort Size (L): 23.00
Total Grain (kg): 6.07
Anticipated OG: 1.055 Plato: 13.65
Anticipated SRM: 18.4
Anticipated IBU: 24.4
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes
2.77 kg. Pale Malt(2-row)
2.00 kg. Munich Malt
0.45 kg. CaraMunich
0.45 kg. CaraAroma
0.40 kg. Biscuit Malt
20.00 g. Tettnanger 60 min.
20.00 g. Hallertauer 60 min.
10.00 g. Hallertauer 20 min.
Irish Moss 15 Min.
White Labs WLP008 East Coast/Alt Ale
Mash
Total Grain kg: 6.07
Total Water Qts: 16.17 - Before Additional Infusions
Total Water L: 15.30 - Before Additional Infusions
Step Rest Start Stop Heat Infuse Infuse Infuse
Step Name Time Time Temp Temp Type Temp Amount Ratio
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Protein Rest 5 30 122 122 Infuse 130 15.30 2.52
Conversion 25 60 154 154 Decoc 212 7.26 1.36 (Decoc Thickness)
Mash Out 5 15 168 168 Infuse 210 5.95 3.50
Total Water Qts: 22.45 - After Additional Infusions
Total Water L: 21.25 - After Additional Infusions
Total Mash Volume L: 25.30 - After Additional Infusions
All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.
All infusion amounts are in Liters.
All infusion ratios are Liters/Kilograms.
Feel free to tear it to pieces and thanx for any help!
