macaronijones
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So I set out today to make a "mocktoberfest" based on the recipe from brulosophy- http://brulosophy.com/recipes/moktoberfest/. Supposed to be about 1.052 w/ about 23 IBU's using Saaz at 60 and 15, fermented with kolsch yeast WLP 029.
The grain bill is:
4 lbs 15.0 oz Vienna Malt (46.5%)
2 lbs 7.0 oz Munich Malt 10L (22.9%)
2 lbs 2.0 oz Pilsner Malt, German (20%)
8.0 oz Crystal 60 (4.7%)
8.0 oz Honey Malt (4.7%)
2.0 oz Special B (1.2%)
Well, I was using a new homebrew shop where you weigh your own grains out and something went.... wrong. The bag felt too heavy walking out, the mash felt way too thick. Somehow i WAY overshot my gravity. My best guess (and I still can't really fathom having this much of a brain fart) is that while chatting with an employee while weighing stuff out I accidentally did 4lb 7oz of the munich and 4lb 2oz of the pilsner instead of 2lb's of each. So like four extra pounds of base grain.
My post-mash gravity was 1.088(!), so after diluting with 2 gallons water and boiling I wound up with 5.5 gallons of 1.072 beer.
Added what little additional Saaz I had in order to maintain about 23 IBU's. I've got two packets of WLP029 so should be good there. My best guess is my ACTUAL grain bill is something more like-
4 lbs 15.0 oz Vienna Malt (33.7%)
4 lbs 7.0 oz Munich Malt 8L (30.3%)
4 lbs 2.0 oz Pilsner Malt, German (28.2%)
8.0 oz Crystal 60 (3.4%)
8.0 oz Honey Malt (3.4%)
2.0 oz Special B (1%)
Basically my question to yall is... what exactly have I made here? My first thought was will this almost be like an imperial octoberfest? But my IBU's are so low compared to the gravity, my IBU to gravity points ratio is 0.32 whereas an octoberfest ought to be like 0.45. Based on BJCP guidelines would this be closer to something like a dunkles bock or a doppelbock? Beyond that I have no idea. Thanks in advance for any guidance.
The grain bill is:
4 lbs 15.0 oz Vienna Malt (46.5%)
2 lbs 7.0 oz Munich Malt 10L (22.9%)
2 lbs 2.0 oz Pilsner Malt, German (20%)
8.0 oz Crystal 60 (4.7%)
8.0 oz Honey Malt (4.7%)
2.0 oz Special B (1.2%)
Well, I was using a new homebrew shop where you weigh your own grains out and something went.... wrong. The bag felt too heavy walking out, the mash felt way too thick. Somehow i WAY overshot my gravity. My best guess (and I still can't really fathom having this much of a brain fart) is that while chatting with an employee while weighing stuff out I accidentally did 4lb 7oz of the munich and 4lb 2oz of the pilsner instead of 2lb's of each. So like four extra pounds of base grain.
My post-mash gravity was 1.088(!), so after diluting with 2 gallons water and boiling I wound up with 5.5 gallons of 1.072 beer.
Added what little additional Saaz I had in order to maintain about 23 IBU's. I've got two packets of WLP029 so should be good there. My best guess is my ACTUAL grain bill is something more like-
4 lbs 15.0 oz Vienna Malt (33.7%)
4 lbs 7.0 oz Munich Malt 8L (30.3%)
4 lbs 2.0 oz Pilsner Malt, German (28.2%)
8.0 oz Crystal 60 (3.4%)
8.0 oz Honey Malt (3.4%)
2.0 oz Special B (1%)
Basically my question to yall is... what exactly have I made here? My first thought was will this almost be like an imperial octoberfest? But my IBU's are so low compared to the gravity, my IBU to gravity points ratio is 0.32 whereas an octoberfest ought to be like 0.45. Based on BJCP guidelines would this be closer to something like a dunkles bock or a doppelbock? Beyond that I have no idea. Thanks in advance for any guidance.