Great Lakes Brewery

[gcdowd]

God d@mn I love Great Lakes Brewery. Just tried their Oktoberfest and my god it's good. I've had a lot of their other beers and they are all fantastic. The Oktoberfest had a great grainy malty taste, does anyone know what malts they use?

Oh...and...Go Giants!

 

[pcollins]

Try this:

http://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/uploads/Beer/WEB Profile Oktoberfest 2012.pdf

Or the page for that pdf:

http://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/beer/an-exceptional-family-of-beers/seasonal/oktoberfest

It is great beer. I love it and did a clone of it last year. Relatively simple and very tasty!

 

[gcdowd]

The problem is, I don't have the equipment to lager. But if I could make an ale that is similar, I'd be great

 

[pcollins]

I don't lager either. I used US-05 and it turned out just fine. Go for it and you'll have a very tasty beverage!

 

[gcdowd]

Awesome. What was your recipe?

 

[pcollins]

Hopefully this will work...


BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Hop Dam Harvest Ale
Brewer: Peter Collins
Asst Brewer: Scott Bauldry
Style: Specialty Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 11.72 gal
Post Boil Volume: 11.18 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 10.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 9.60 gal
Estimated OG: 1.062 SG
Estimated Color: 12.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 39.7 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 77.4 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
12 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 53.2 %
8 lbs Munich I (Weyermann) (7.1 SRM) Grain 2 34.0 %
1 lbs 12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 3 7.4 %
1 lbs 4.0 oz Caramunich I (Weyermann) (51.0 SRM) Grain 4 5.3 %
3.00 oz Hallertauer (Cambridge) [4.00 %] - First Hop 5 19.9 IBUs
2.86 oz Hallertauer (Cambridge) [4.00 %] - Boil Hop 6 13.2 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 7 -
3.00 oz Hallertauer (Cambridge) [4.00 %] - Boil Hop 8 6.5 IBUs
3.00 oz Hallertauer (Cambridge) [4.00 %] - Boil Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
2.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 10 -
1.50 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 11 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 23 lbs 8.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 7.20 gal of water at 163.1 F 150.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Fly sparge with 7.59 gal water at 168.0 F
Notes:
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Pitched on yeast cake from Chinook Pale Ale.

Created with BeerSmith 2 - http://www.beersmith.com
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[gcdowd]

Thanks man! I'm gonna give it a shot sometime. What are the times on the hop additions? I think that is missing from the recipe above

 

[pcollins]

Weird...

Four hop additions as follows:
FWH
30 min
10 min
Flame out

 

[gcdowd]

Awesome, sounds great. Thanks man!